The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

Actress                          

Selected Works:

Sirens - Aus-Uk -  as Giddy - 1994
The Woman in the Moon - USA - 1995
Too Something - aka New York Daze - USA - TV series - as Maria Hunter - 1995
Veronica's Closet - USA - TV series - episode S01 E05 as Carolyn - 1997
Scream 2 - USA as Sorority Sister Murphy - 1997
Ally McBeal - USA - TV series - seasons 2–5 as Morgan 'Nelle' Porter - 1998–2002
Astoria - USA - TV - 1998
Girl - USA as Carla Sparrow - 1998
Perfect Assassins - aka A Breed Apart - USA - TV as Lana Collins - 1998
The Invisibles - USA as Joy - 1999
American Intellectuals - USA as Sarah - 1999
Stigmata - USA as Jennifer Kelliho - 1999
Women in Film - USA as Gina - 2001
Who is Cletis Tout? - USA, CAN as Tess Donnelly - 2001
The Glow - USA - TV as Jackie Lawrence - 2002
The Twilight Zone - USA - TV series - episode S01 E08 as Laurel Janus - 2002
Two Girls from Leemore - USA - 2003
Arrested Development - TV series - USA - TV series as Lindsay Bluth Fünke - 2003–2006
America's Prince The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story - USA - TV as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy - 2003
Mister Sterling - USA - TV series - episodes S01 E08-E09 as Lauren Barnes - 2003
I Witness - USA, GER as Emily Thompson - 2003
The Night We Called It A Day - aka All The Way/aka All The Way The Kidnapping Of A Music Legend - AUS, USA as Hilary Hunter - 2003
Dead & Breakfast - USA as Kelly - 2004
Cursed - USA, GER as Zela - 2005
Nip/Tuck - USA - TV series - episodes S05 E02-E08, E13-E14 as Olivia Lord - 2007
Ambition To Meaning - Film as Denise - 2008
Better Off Ted - USA - TV series as Veronica - 2009
Arrested Development as Lindsay Bluth Fünke - 2010

Unbearable Lightness  - about the turmoil that she has experienced in her life, including suffering from anorexia nervosa and being diagnosed with lupus - 2010.                          

Mother Margaret
Father Barry Rogers
Husband Mel Metcalfe - 1996–1999
Wife and Partner Ellen DeGeneres - 2008–present                          

Portia De Rossi was named number 67 in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales' Sexiest Women of 2003 list, 24 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women List in 2004, and in late 2006, the magazine Blender listed her as one of the hottest women of film and TV. 

In May 2007, she was featured as one of 100 Most Beautiful in People Magazine special edition. 
TV Guide included de Rossi and DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in 2007.                          

Portia and Ellen DeGeneres married in California, August 2008, and live in Beverly Hills.

a petition was filed to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres - September 23, 2010.

Portia once weighed only 82 pounds! It was during her four seasons on "Ally McBeal" - 1998-2002 that the eating disorder took hold.