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Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American model, philanthropist, and actress. She is best known for starring as Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development, and as Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017).
Birth Name
Amanda Lee Rogers
Born
Wednesday, 31 January 1973
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kardashians | Self | 2022 |
| Adele: One Night Only | Self / Self - Audience Member | 2021 |
| My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman | Self | 2018 |
| Santa Clarita Diet | Dr. Cora Wolf | 2017 |
| Hollywood Medium | Self | 2016 |
| Now Add Honey | Beth Morgan | 2015 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | Herself / Self | 2015 |
| The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | Self | 2015 |
| It Got Better | Self | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kardashians | Self | 2022 |
| Adele: One Night Only | Self / Self - Audience Member | 2021 |
| My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman | Self | 2018 |
| Santa Clarita Diet | Dr. Cora Wolf | 2017 |
| Hollywood Medium | Self | 2016 |
| Now Add Honey | Beth Morgan | 2015 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Tab Hunter Confidential | Herself / Self | 2015 |
| The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | Self | 2015 |
| It Got Better | Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Sean Saves the World | Jill | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Self | 2013 |
| Mockingbird Lane | Lily Munster | 2012 |
| The Conversation | Self | 2012 |
| Scandal | Elizabeth North | 2012 |
| Doc McStuffins | Edie | 2012 |
| The Teen Choice Awards 2009 | Self - Audience Member | 2009 |
| Better Off Ted | Veronica Palmer | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
| The Shift | Denise Moore | 2009 |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | 2005 |
| Cursed | Zela | 2005 |
| Dead & Breakfast | Kelly / Kelly - The Bride | 2004 |
| Arrested Development | Lindsay Bluth Fünke | 2003 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Herself / Self | 2003 |
| All the Way | Hilary Hunter | 2003 |
| Nip/Tuck | Olivia Lord | 2003 |
| I Witness | Emily Thompson (as Portia De Rossi) / Emily Thompson | 2003 |
| Inside Edition | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself / Herself - Guest | 2003 |
| America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy | 2003 |
| Mister Sterling | Lauren Barnes | 2003 |
| The Twilight Zone | Laurel Janus | 2002 |
| The Glow | Jackie Lawrence | 2002 |
| Who Is Cletis Tout? | Tess Donnelly / Tess Tobias | 2001 |
| Women in Film | Gina | 2001 |
| Behind the Scream | Self | 2000 |
| Ally | Nelle Porter | 1999 |
| Stigmata | Jennifer Kelliho | 1999 |
| American Intellectuals | Sarah | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Bonnie Swanson's Prank Call Voice | 1999 |
| The Invisibles | Joy | 1999 |
| Perfect Assassins | Lana Collins / Leo Benita | 1998 |
| Girl | Carla | 1998 |
| Scream 2 | Sorority Sister Murphy | 1997 |
| Veronica's Closet | Carolyn | 1997 |
| Ally McBeal | Nelle Porter | 1997 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Elana Lewis | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
| New York Daze | Maria Hunter | 1995 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Guest | 1994 |
| Sirens | Giddy | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
