Portia Degeneres, an Australian-born actress, was born with adopting the name Amanda Lee Rogers but later was named as Portia de Rossi when first becoming a model, has been granted the order to change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres on Thursday. Therefore, PORTIA de Rossi has now become Mrs. DeGeneres! Portia met the TV star Ellen DeGeneres in 2004 as found, and later got married in 2008 over a time when in California gay marriage was legal. However, neither woman attended the hearing. The 37-year-old Australian-born actress asked for an appeal for a name alteration was granted by Superior Court in Los Angeles through a closed hearing on Thursday.