Portia de Rossi was born as Amanda Lee Rogers on 31st of January 1973. 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.On August 6, 2010 she filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.