- Birth Date:January 31st, 1973 - Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Credits: Acting
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Luxuriantly tressed blonde Portia de Rossi combined her former interest in the law with her subsequent acting career and achieved TV fame when she joined the cast of the Fox TV hit Ally McBeal in 1998. Born Mandy Rogers in Melbourne, Australia, de Rossi acted in TV commercials as a teen and modeled, but entered college to become a lawyer. She changed professions, however, when she was cast as one of the titular beauties tempting the wife of stuffy Hugh Grant in John Duigan's comedy Sirens (1994). de Rossi relocated to Los Angeles and appeared on TV sitcoms Too Something (1995) and Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996), as well as in the blockbuster horror sequel Scream 2 (1997) as one of the terrorized sorority sisters.
After a starring role in the TV crime movie Perfect Assassins (1998), de Rossi joined Ally McBeal in its second season as icy legal hotshot Nelle. Infuriating Calista Flockhart's Ally and enthralling Peter MacNicol's Cage, Nelle swiftly shook up the series' bizarre office politics; de Rossi's burgeoning fame became somewhat of the proverbial burden as well as blessing when her decreasing weight, like Flockhart's, became the subject of press speculation in 2000. Continuing to act in films as well as on TV, de Rossi played a small part in the supernatural horror story Stigmata (1999) and starred as a junkie in the indie drama The Invisibles (1999).
After the 2002 demise of Ally McBeal, de Rossi wasted little time in attaching herself to another edgy and successful project. Another critically-acclaimed Fox show, the ensemble sitcom Arrested Development cast the actress as the self-righteous twin sister of Jason Bateman's Michael Bluth, the only sane member of an affluent and eccentric California family. ~ Lucia Bozzola
After a starring role in the TV crime movie Perfect Assassins (1998), de Rossi joined Ally McBeal in its second season as icy legal hotshot Nelle. Infuriating Calista Flockhart's Ally and enthralling Peter MacNicol's Cage, Nelle swiftly shook up the series' bizarre office politics; de Rossi's burgeoning fame became somewhat of the proverbial burden as well as blessing when her decreasing weight, like Flockhart's, became the subject of press speculation in 2000. Continuing to act in films as well as on TV, de Rossi played a small part in the supernatural horror story Stigmata (1999) and starred as a junkie in the indie drama The Invisibles (1999).
After the 2002 demise of Ally McBeal, de Rossi wasted little time in attaching herself to another edgy and successful project. Another critically-acclaimed Fox show, the ensemble sitcom Arrested Development cast the actress as the self-righteous twin sister of Jason Bateman's Michael Bluth, the only sane member of an affluent and eccentric California family. ~ Lucia Bozzola
ACTING CREDITS
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Arrested Development (0000) ...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
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Better Off Ted TV (22 episodes)
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Mess of a Salesman
...Veronica Palmer
Jan 26, 2010 -
Lust in Translation
...Veronica Palmer
Jan 19, 2010 -
The Long and Winding High Road
...Veronica Palmer
Jan 12, 2010 -
Beating a Dead Workforce
...Veronica Palmer
Jan 5, 2010 -
The Great Repression
...Veronica Palmer
Jan 1, 2010 -
It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal
...Veronica Palmer
Dec 29, 2009
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Mess of a Salesman
...Veronica Palmer
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Nip/Tuck TV (9 episodes)-
Roxy St. James
...Olivia Lord
Jan 27, 2009 -
Candy Richards
...Olivia Lord
Feb 19, 2008 -
August Walden
...Olivia Lord
Feb 12, 2008 -
Dr. Joshua Lee
...Olivia Lord
Dec 11, 2007 -
Damien Sands
...Olivia Lord
Dec 4, 2007 -
Chaz Darling
...Olivia Lord
Nov 27, 2007
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Roxy St. James
...Olivia Lord
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Arrested Development TV (51 episodes)-
Family Ties
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Feb 10, 2006 -
Exit Strategy
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Feb 10, 2006 -
Fakin' It!
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Feb 10, 2006 -
Development Arrested
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Feb 10, 2006 -
S.O.B.s
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Jan 2, 2006 -
Making a Stand
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Dec 19, 2005
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Family Ties
...Lindsay Bluth Fünke
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Cursed (2005) ...Zela
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Dead & Breakfast (2004) ...Kelly - The Bride
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