Portia de Rossi
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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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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Portia de Rossi's Oprah cry talking about the shocking details of her anorexia and how Ellen's love saved her". dailymail.co.uk. 31 October 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1325082/Portia-Rossis-Oprah-talking-shocking-details-anorexia-Ellens-love-saved-her.html. Retrieved 15 February 2012.