FILMOGRAPHY

2005] Cursed
2004] Dead & Breakfast
2003-] "Arrested Development"
2003] The Night We Called It a Day
2003] I Witness
2003] America's Prince: The JFK Jr. Story (TV)
2002] The Glow (TV)
1998-02] "Ally McBeal"
2001] Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001] Women in Film
1999] Stigmata
1999] American Intellectuals
1999] The Invisibles
1998] Astoria (TV)
1998] Perfect Assassins (TV)
1998] Girl
1997] Scream 2
1996] "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher"
1995] The Woman in the Moon
1995] "Too Something"
1994] Sirens

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Poria De Rossi Zone

Born 31 January 1973 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Got the role of Nelle Porter on "Ally McBeal" after Vanessa Marcil was forced to turn it down, due to signing on to Beverly Hills, 90210.

Got her role in Who Is Cletis Tout? after Sarah Michelle Gellar turned it down.

Born Amanda Rogers in 1973, at 15 she changed her name to Portia before studying law at the University of Melbourne. "I got past the law of torts and the history and philosophy of law, and thought, 'I am so out of here.'" "But I like to think I would have continued had I not stumbled into Sirens."

Divorced from Mel Metcalfe. She was engaged to Francesca Gregorini, a singer/songwriter and stepdaughter of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr. Portia is currently dating comedian Ellen DeGeneres.

Portia on Who Is Cletis Tout?:
"Of all the movies I've done, it's the one I most like to watch. It's a fast-paced, good ol'-fashioned caper movie. It's intelligent and has twists within twists. It's almost like a tribute to all the great old movies that shaped modern film."

Portia on Ally McBeal:
"That was a wonderful experience for me: being on a really innovative show for four years. It changed my life."

Portia on nailing her aussie accent for The Night We Called It A Day:
" The accent was a bit of a challenge, which is embarrassing to admit. I think it was because I'd worked so hard to get rid of it. For nine years I'd barely used it, then suddenly I was playing a character with a really broad accent when I never really had one in the first place. It is embarrassing, though: what kind of expat am I? Actually, I had an audition to play an Australian character five years ago and they turned me down because my accent wasn't good enough. Most people here don't even know I'm Australian."