Portia de Rossi

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de Rossi in February 2007

Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; January 31, 1973), known better as Portia de Rossi (/ˈpɔərʃə də ˈrɒsi/), is an Australian-American actress. She is best known for the television work on series such as Ally McBeal and Arrested Development.

She wrote a book about her battle with anorexia called Unbearable Lightness: A story of loss and gain.[1] At one stage she weighed only 82 lb (37 kg), was eating only 300 calories a day, and taking 20 laxative pills a day.[1]

She is openly lesbian. She married comedian Ellen DeGeneres in Los Angeles in 2008.[1]

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