Portia de Rossi

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born

in Geelong, Australia

January 31, 1973

gender

female

genre

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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Portia de Rossi's Books

Average rating: 3.80 · 18,616 ratings · 1,810 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 18,428 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vegan Cooking for Carnivores: Over 125 Recipes So Tasty You Won't Miss the Meat by Roberto Martin, Quentin Bacon (Photographer), Ellen DeGeneres (Afterword) 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambition to Meaning: Finding Your Life's Purpose by Wayne W. Dyer, Portia de Rossi 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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“Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.”
― 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

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