Portia de Rossi

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born

January 31, 1973 in Geelong, Australia

gender

female

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Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body

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Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development. She also portrayed Veronica Palmer on the ABC sitcom Better Off Ted.

Portia is married to Ellen Degeneres.

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Books by Portia de Rossi

Average rating: 3.79 · 9,976 ratings · 1,397 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.79 avg rating — 9,946 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Vegan Cooking for Carnivores: Over 125 Recipes So Tasty You Won't Miss the Meat by Roberto Martin, Quentin Bacon (Photographer), Ellen DeGeneres (Afterword) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ambition to Meaning: Finding Your Life's Purpose by Wayne W. Dyer, Portia de Rossi 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Portia de Rossi

“True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.”
― Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

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“Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.”
― Portia de Rossi

tags: confidence , fear , growth , life

49 people liked it

“Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.”
― Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

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