Portia de Rossi
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Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; January 31, 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi (icon), is an Australian-American 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
and Olivia Lord on Nip/Tuck
.
, Australia, she is the daughter of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers. She was raised in Grovedale
, a suburb of Geelong in Victoria, Australia. As a child, she modeled for print and TV commercials. She adopted the name Portia de Rossi at the age of 15, stating in 2005 that she had intended to reinvent herself, using the given name of Portia
, a character from William Shakespeare
's The Merchant of Venice
, and an Italian last name.
Sirens
. Soon afterwards she moved to Los Angeles and had guest roles on several TV shows, and a permanent role in Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
, before landing a role in the film Scream 2
. During this time in the United States, de Rossi worked diligently to replace
her native Australian accent with her current General American
one.
She attracted international attention when she joined the main cast of the Ally McBeal
TV series in 1998 playing lawyer Nelle Porter. She remained with the show until its end in 2002. In 2001, she starred in Who Is Cletis Tout?
with Christian Slater
.
From 2003–2006, de Rossi starred as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Fox Television's critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series Arrested Development.
She also portrayed John F. Kennedy, Jr.
's wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
, in the made for TV movie America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story in 2003. In 2005 she portrayed a fortune-teller named Zela in the Wes Craven thriller Cursed. From 2007–2008, de Rossi appeared in Nip/Tuck's
fifth season as Julia McNamara
's girlfriend Olivia Lord.
In 2009 and 2010, de Rossi played the high-strung, oversexual, and controlling Veronica Palmer on the ABC show Better Off Ted
. De Rossi will reprise her role as Lindsay Bluth Fünke in 2012's film adaptation of Arrested Development. In 2011 she appeared in Better Off Ted cast member Malcolm Barrett's music video for "Revenge of the Nerds", spoofing her character Veronica in a cameo (alongside other cast members of the cancelled series).
She ranked 69th 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 a People
magazine special edition. TV Guide
included her and Ellen DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in 2007.
from 1996 to 1999, initially part of a plan to get a green card, but she did not go through with it. She said that "it just obviously wasn't right for me". In a 2010 interview on Good Morning America
she explained that as a young actress she was fearful of being exposed as gay.
From 2000 to 2004, de Rossi dated singer Francesca Gregorini
, daughter of actress Barbara Bach
and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr
. She said most of her family and Ally McBeal castmates did not know she was a lesbian until tabloid
pictures of the couple were published. She declined to publicly discuss the relationship or her sexual orientation at the time.
De Rossi and Gregorini broke up in late 2004 as de Rossi began dating talk-show host/comedian Ellen DeGeneres
, whom she met backstage at an awards show. In 2005, she opened up publicly about her sexual orientation in interviews with Details
and The Advocate
. She became engaged when DeGeneres proposed with a 3-carat diamond ring. They were married at their Beverly Hills home on August 16, 2008, witnessed by their mothers and 17 other guests. On August 6, 2010, Portia filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. The petition was granted on 23 September 2010. She became a US citizen in September 2011.
De Rossi struggled with the eating disorder
anorexia nervosa
for four years while filming Ally McBeal.
In 2010 de Rossi published the autobiography Unbearable Lightness which talks about the turmoil that she has experienced in her life, including suffering from anorexia nervosa and being misdiagnosed with lupus
. To promote the book, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
.
De Rossi supports a variety of charitable organizations, including Locks of Love
, a group that provides human hair wigs (made from donated ponytails) either free of charge or on a sliding scale based on their own guidelines for children with alopecia
and other medical conditions that cause hair loss. She has also supported fundraising efforts for FXB International, an African AIDS
relief organisation, and The Art of Elysium, an art foundation for terminally ill children. An avid animal lover, de Rossi also supports Alley Cat Allies
, an organisation dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of cats.
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development. She also portrayed Veronica Palmer on the ABC sitcom Better Off Ted
Better Off Ted
Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created and written by Victor Fresco , who also serves as the show's Executive Producer...
and Olivia Lord on Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
.
Early life
Born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, VictoriaHorsham, Victoria
Horsham is the largest city by population and regional centre of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia and is approximately north-west of Melbourne via the Western Highway. At the 2006 census, Horsham had a population of 14,125. Horsham is in the federal Division of Mallee...
, Australia, she is the daughter of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers. She was raised in Grovedale
Grovedale, Victoria
Grovedale is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.The suburb is bounded by the Waurn Ponds Creek, Rossack Drive, Boundary Road and Barwarre Road.-Toponomy:...
, a suburb of Geelong in Victoria, Australia. As a child, she modeled for print and TV commercials. She adopted the name Portia de Rossi at the age of 15, stating in 2005 that she had intended to reinvent herself, using the given name of Portia
Portia (Merchant of Venice)
Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, and intelligent heiress, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose between three caskets composed of gold, silver and lead...
, a character from William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
, and an Italian last name.
Career
Her first significant role was playing a young and impressionable model in the Australian 1994 film1994 in film
1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...
Sirens
Sirens (film)
Sirens is a 1993 film, written and directed by John Duigan, and set in Australia between the two World Wars.Sirens, along with Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bitter Moon—all released in the U.S...
. Soon afterwards she moved to Los Angeles and had guest roles on several TV shows, and a permanent role in Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher is an American sitcom which aired on the WB from 1996 until 1998. The executive producers of the program, Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, drew on their own experiences as former teachers in New York and actually based the character that Mitch Mullany played on their...
, before landing a role in the film Scream 2
Scream 2
Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film created and written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy and Liev Schreiber, released on December 12, 1997 as the second installment in the Scream film series...
. During this time in the United States, de Rossi worked diligently to replace
Accent reduction
Accent reduction, also known as elocution or accent modification, is a systematic approach used to learn or adopt a new accent. It is the process of learning the sound system of a language or dialect...
her native Australian accent with her current General American
General American
General American , also known as Standard American English , is a major accent of American English. The accent is not restricted to the United States...
one.
She attracted international attention when she joined the main cast of the Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
TV series in 1998 playing lawyer Nelle Porter. She remained with the show until its end in 2002. In 2001, she starred in Who Is Cletis Tout?
Who is Cletis Tout?
Who is Cletis Tout? is a 2001 crime comedy film written and directed by Chris Ver Wiel and starring Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tim Allen...
with Christian Slater
Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater is an American actor. He made his film debut with a small role in The Postman Always Rings Twice before playing a leading role in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean...
.
From 2003–2006, de Rossi starred as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Fox Television's critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series Arrested Development.
She also portrayed John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. , often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr. or John-John, was an American socialite, magazine publisher, lawyer, and pilot. The elder son of U.S. President John F...
's wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was the wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.-Early life:...
, in the made for TV movie America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story in 2003. In 2005 she portrayed a fortune-teller named Zela in the Wes Craven thriller Cursed. From 2007–2008, de Rossi appeared in Nip/Tuck's
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
fifth season as Julia McNamara
Julia McNamara
Julia McNamara is a fictional character in the American television series Nip/Tuck, portrayed by Joely Richardson.-Character history:...
's girlfriend Olivia Lord.
In 2009 and 2010, de Rossi played the high-strung, oversexual, and controlling Veronica Palmer on the ABC show Better Off Ted
Better Off Ted
Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created and written by Victor Fresco , who also serves as the show's Executive Producer...
. De Rossi will reprise her role as Lindsay Bluth Fünke in 2012's film adaptation of Arrested Development. In 2011 she appeared in Better Off Ted cast member Malcolm Barrett's music video for "Revenge of the Nerds", spoofing her character Veronica in a cameo (alongside other cast members of the cancelled series).
She ranked 69th in Stuff
Stuff (magazine)
Stuff is a men's magazine featuring reviews of consumer electronics, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience.- UK edition :...
's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales
Femme Fatales (magazine)
Femme Fatales is an American men's magazine focusing on film and television actresses.Femme Fatales was founded by Frederick S. Clarke in the summer of 1992, as the sister publication of his science fiction film magazine Cinefantastique. Published by Clarke, it was originally edited by pin-up...
Sexiest Women of 2003 list, 24 in Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
's 100 Sexiest Women List in 2004, and in late 2006, the magazine Blender
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
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 a People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
magazine special edition. TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
included her and Ellen DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in 2007.
Personal life
Portia de Rossi is openly gay. She was married to documentary film-maker Mel MetcalfeMel Metcalfe
Mel Metcalfe is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Sound.-Selected filmography:* Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home * Beauty and the Beast * Aladdin -External links:...
from 1996 to 1999, initially part of a plan to get a green card, but she did not go through with it. She said that "it just obviously wasn't right for me". In a 2010 interview on Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
she explained that as a young actress she was fearful of being exposed as gay.
From 2000 to 2004, de Rossi dated singer Francesca Gregorini
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca Gregorini is an Italian-American singer and songwriter. -Youth:...
, daughter of actress Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach is an American actress and model known as the Bond girl from the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me . She is married to former Beatle Ringo Starr.-Early life:...
and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
. She said most of her family and Ally McBeal castmates did not know she was a lesbian until tabloid
Tabloid journalism
Tabloid journalism tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news...
pictures of the couple were published. She declined to publicly discuss the relationship or her sexual orientation at the time.
De Rossi and Gregorini broke up in late 2004 as de Rossi began dating talk-show host/comedian Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season....
, whom she met backstage at an awards show. In 2005, she opened up publicly about her sexual orientation in interviews with Details
Details (magazine)
Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications, founded in 1982. Though primarily a magazine devoted to fashion and lifestyle, Details also features reports on relevant social and political issues.-History:...
and The Advocate
The Advocate
The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed monthly and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a web site. Both magazine and web site have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to LGBT people...
. She became engaged when DeGeneres proposed with a 3-carat diamond ring. They were married at their Beverly Hills home on August 16, 2008, witnessed by their mothers and 17 other guests. On August 6, 2010, Portia filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. The petition was granted on 23 September 2010. She became a US citizen in September 2011.
De Rossi struggled with the eating disorder
Eating disorder
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...
anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate...
for four years while filming Ally McBeal.
In 2010 de Rossi published the autobiography Unbearable Lightness which talks about the turmoil that she has experienced in her life, including suffering from anorexia nervosa and being misdiagnosed with lupus
Lupus
Lupus most commonly refers to the disease systemic lupus erythematosus.Lupus may also refer to:-Medicine:* Lupus erythematosus, a chronic autoimmune disease with several different forms...
. To promote the book, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
.
De Rossi supports a variety of charitable organizations, including Locks of Love
Locks of Love
Locks of Love is a non-profit charity based in the United States. The organization accepts donations of human hair and money, with the stated intention of making wigs for needy children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition in Canada and the USA....
, a group that provides human hair wigs (made from donated ponytails) either free of charge or on a sliding scale based on their own guidelines for children with alopecia
Alopecia
Alopecia means loss of hair from the head or body. Alopecia can mean baldness, a term generally reserved for pattern alopecia or androgenic alopecia. Compulsive pulling of hair can also produce hair loss. Hairstyling routines such as tight ponytails or braids may induce Traction alopecia. Both...
and other medical conditions that cause hair loss. She has also supported fundraising efforts for FXB International, an African AIDS
HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and cause of death in Africa. Although Africa is home to about 14.5% of the world's population, it is estimated to be home to 67% of all people living with HIV and to 72% of all AIDS deaths in 2009.-Overview:...
relief organisation, and The Art of Elysium, an art foundation for terminally ill children. An avid animal lover, de Rossi also supports Alley Cat Allies
Alley Cat Allies
Alley Cat Allies is a nonprofit advocacy organization whose mission is to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of cats. Alley Cat Allies works toward this goal by reforming public policies and institutions to serve the best interests of cats, expanding and promoting...
, an organisation dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of cats.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Sirens Sirens (film) Sirens is a 1993 film, written and directed by John Duigan, and set in Australia between the two World Wars.Sirens, along with Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bitter Moon—all released in the U.S... |
Giddy | |
| 1995 | The Woman in the Moon | Shauna | |
| 1995– 1996 |
Too Something Too Something Too Something is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network in October 1995 and again from May, 1996 to June 23, 1996.-Premise:The show centered on Eric McDougal, a would-be author, and Donny Reeves, a photographer, who were roommates in Manhattan.... |
Maria Hunter | TV series (22 episodes) |
| 1996– 1997 |
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher is an American sitcom which aired on the WB from 1996 until 1998. The executive producers of the program, Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, drew on their own experiences as former teachers in New York and actually based the character that Mitch Mullany played on their... |
Elana Lewis | TV series (22 episodes) |
| 1997 | Veronica's Closet Veronica's Closet Veronica's Closet is a sitcom which aired on NBC from September 25, 1997, to June 27, 2000.The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica “Ronnie” Chase, the head of her own lingerie company.- Season one :... |
Carolyn | TV series (1 episode: Veronica's First Date) |
| 1997 | Scream 2 Scream 2 Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film created and written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy and Liev Schreiber, released on December 12, 1997 as the second installment in the Scream film series... |
Sorority Sister Murphy | |
| 1998 | Astoria | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Girl Girl (film) Girl is a 1998 American drama film starring Dominique Swain, Christopher Masterson, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix, Tara Reid, John Philbin and Selma Blair. It was based on the novel of the same name, written by Blake Nelson. It was written by Blake Nelson and David E... |
Carla Sparrow | |
| 1998 | A Breed Apart | Lana Collins | TV movie |
| 1998– 2002 |
Ally McBeal Ally McBeal Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia... |
Nell Porter | TV series (89 episodes) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2000—2001) |
| 1999 | The Invisibles The Invisibles The Invisibles is a comic book series that was published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics from 1994 to 2000. It was created and scripted by Scottish writer Grant Morrison, and drawn by various artists throughout its publication.... |
Joy | |
| 1999 | American Intellectuals | Sarah | |
| 1999 | Stigmata Stigmata (film) Stigmata is a 1999 supernatural horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Patricia Arquette as a hairdresser from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who is afflicted with the stigmata after acquiring a rosary formerly owned by a deceased Italian priest who himself suffered from the phenomena... |
Jennifer Kelliho | |
| 1999 | Ally | Nell Porter | TV series (12 episodes) Ally McBeal Ally McBeal Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia... spin-off |
| 2001 | Women in Film | Gina | |
| 2001 | Who Is Cletis Tout? Who is Cletis Tout? Who is Cletis Tout? is a 2001 crime comedy film written and directed by Chris Ver Wiel and starring Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tim Allen... |
Tess Tobias | |
| 2002 | The Glow | Jackie Lawrence | TV movie |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist... |
Laurel Janus | TV series (1 episode: Dead Man's Eyes) |
| 2003 | Two Girls from Leemore | ||
| 2003 | America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Story is a 2003 20th Century Fox television film. It is a biographical film about the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and based on Christopher Andersen's 2000 bestseller, The Day John Died. It was directed by Eric Laneuville and stars Kristoffer Polaha, Portia de... |
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was the wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.-Early life:... |
TV movie |
| 2003 | Mister Sterling Mister Sterling Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff... |
Lauren Barnes | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2003 | I Witness I Witness I Witness is an action film starring Jeff Daniels and James Spader. It was released in the United States on February 1, 2003.-Plot:Human rights activist James Rhodes arrives in Tijuana to help oversee local union elections. While there, he becomes embroiled in a mass murder at what appears to be a... |
Emily Thompson | |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day The Night We Called It a Day (film) The Night We Called It a Day is an Australian film directed by Peter Clifton starring Dennis Hopper as Frank Sinatra and Melanie Griffith as Barbara Marx, and featuring Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, and David Hemmings. The movie is based on the true events surrounding one of several... |
Hilary Hunter | |
| 2003– 2006 |
Arrested Development | Lindsay Bluth Fünke | TV series (53 episodes) TV Land Award for Future Classic (2003) Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2005) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Comedy or Musical (2004) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005—2006) |
| 2004 | Dead & Breakfast Dead & Breakfast Dead & Breakfast is a 2004 horror/comedy film directed by Matthew Leutwyler.-Plot:Six friends take a road trip to Galveston, Texas in an RV for the wedding of their friend, Kelly... |
Kelly | |
| 2005 | Cursed | Zela | |
| 2007– 2009 |
Nip/Tuck Nip/Tuck Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy... |
Olivia Lord | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 2009 | The Shift | Denise Moore | |
| 2009– 2010 |
Better off Ted Better Off Ted Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created and written by Victor Fresco , who also serves as the show's Executive Producer... |
Veronica Palmer | TV series (26 episodes) |