Actress Portia de Rossi is worried that playing a lesbian will typecast her, as she is also a lesbian in real life.
Portia de Rossi (born January 31, 1973) is an Australian actress best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the television series Arrested Development. From 2007-2008, de Rossi appears in Nip/Tuck’s 5th season as Julia McNamara’s new girlfriend Olivia Lord.
De Rossi is currently living with Ellen DeGeneres in Beverly Hills.