Portia de Rossi
A willowy blonde with a deft touch in comic roles, Portia de Rossi excelled at presenting the highs and lows of wealthy and powerful women in such television series as "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997-2002) and "Arrested Development" (Fox, 2003-06). A former child model, she endured personal hardships regarding her weight and self-esteem while making her way into acting; supporting parts in minor television series preceded her star-making turn as a steely lawyer on "McBeal." De Rossi showed a lighter side as the flighty Lindsay Bluth-Fünke on "Development" before returning to a variation of her iron mistress persona on the short-lived cult favorite "Better Off Ted" (ABC, 2009-2010) and moving into no-nonsense drama with a supporting role in Shonda Rhimes' "Scandal" (ABC 2012- ). Despite the success of these performances, she was best known to the general public as the spouse of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, but her onscreen talent made her a favorite among comedy fans of all stripes.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure | Self | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Now Add Honey | Beth Morgan (Character) | - | 2015 |
17% |
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Now Add Honey | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Ambition to Meaning: Finding Your Life's Purpose | Denise Moore (Character) | - | 2009 |
16% |
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Cursed | Psychic (Character) | $19.3M | 2005 |
53% |
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Dead & Breakfast | Kelly (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Night We Called It a Day | Hilary Hunter (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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I Witness | Emily Thompson (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Night We Called It a Day | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Glow | Jackie Lawrence (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Women in Film | Gina (Character) | - | 2001 |
23% |
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Who Is Cletis Tout? | Tess Donnelly (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Invisibles | Joy (Character) | - | 1999 |
22% |
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Stigmata | Jennifer Kelliho (Character) | $50.0M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Girl | Carla Sparrow (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Perfect Assassins | Lana Collins (Character) | - | 1998 |
74% |
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Sirens | Giddy (Character) | $5.8M | 1994 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012-2016 2018-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Ellen's Next Great Designer | Guest | 2021 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Lindsay Funke (Character) | 2003-2006 2013 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Bonnie Swanson's Prank Call Voice (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
93% | 72% | Scandal |
Lizzie Bear (Character), Elizabeth North (Guest Star) |
2014-2017 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet | Guest | 2012 |
89% | 95% | Better Off Ted | Veronica (Character) | 2009-2010 |
74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Olivia Lord (Guest Star) | 2007-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mister Sterling | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
50% | 77% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
61% | 78% | Ally McBeal | Nell Porter (Character) | 1998-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Veronica's Closet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Unknown (Character) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Something | Maria Hunter (Character) | 1995-1996 |
22% | 41% | Sean Saves the World | Unknown (Guest Star) |