Portia de

 Portia de Rossi is an American actress and model from Australia who has a net worth of $50 million. It should be noted that much of Portia's net worth is combined with her extremely-wealthy wife since 2007 Ellen Degeneres. Portia is most likely to be famous to the public for her performance in the television show "Arrested Development".Portia Lee James DeGeneres is known as Portia de Rossi, was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, on the 31st of January, 1973. Margaret Rogers was her mother. She was a receptionist for medical services. Her father, Barry Rogers, unfortunately died when she was only nine years old. De Rossi was born in Grovedale, Victoria and was the model for many commercials on television and in print in her early years. She adopted her professional name Portia de Rossi at the age of was 15 years old, being inspired by the character Portia from William Shakespeare's work "The Merchant of Venice". She studied law at the University of Melbourne and Geelong Grammar School.