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I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.

Portia de Rossi

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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Writer
Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
Portia DeGeneres
Portia Di Rossi
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Thanks so much, everybody, for making gay marriage legal, thank you for everything you've done-I'm just going to walk through that door
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