Portia de Rossi (real name Amanda Lee Rogers) is an Australian actress. She was born in 1973 at Melbourne. She changed her name to 'Portia' when she was 15 and after studying law she was spotted by a casting director and moved into acting, playing 'Giddy' in the 1994 film 'Sirens' and later 'Murphy' in the 1997 film 'Scream 2' and appearing in the television series 'Ally McBeal'. Research Portia de Rossi