Meaning of name Portia

The names of some famous persons by the name Portia (or its variants) are:

Portia Reiners, born on 8 March , a famous actress. Portia Reiners's background: An American actress. She is most recognizable for her role as teenager Britney Jennings, who replaced Katrina Bowden. Starr Manning's biggest enemy, on the daytime soap opera One Life To Live. Portia Reiners stepped in for Leven Rambin in 2006, playing the autistic Lily Montgomery on All My Children. Portia was named after the character Portia from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Portia May White, born on 24 June, a famous singer. Portia May White's background: A singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. As an African-Canadian, her popularity helped to open previously closed doors for talented blacks who followed. She made her musical debut at the age of six in her fathers’ church choir. At the age of 17, while she was teaching school in Lucasville just outside of Halifax, she received her first break, winning a silver cup in the Nova Scotia Music Festival. From this experience, she qualified and received a scholarship from the Halifax Ladies Music Club, so she could attend the Halifax Conservatory of Music. One of the great contralto vocalists in the history of Canadian classical music, Portia made her debut on the national stage in Toronto in 1941. By 1944 she had made her international debut in New York City and later toured the world. When a rasp in her voice appeared it forced her to retire, she settled in Toronto and taught some of Canada’s foremost pop singers of the day.

Portia de Rossi, born on 31 January, a famous actress. Portia de Rossi's background: 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. De Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers. She was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong. As a child, she modeled for print and TV commercials. She took the name Portia de Rossi at a young age. Her first significant role was playing a young and impressionable model in the Australian 1994 film Sirens. Soon afterwards she moved to Los Angeles and had guest roles on TV shows before landing a role in the film Scream 2. She attracted international attention when she joined the main cast of the Ally McBeal TV series in 1998 playing lawyer Nelle Porter. She remained with the show until its end in 2002. In 2001, she starred in Who is Cletis Tout? with Christian Slater. From 2003–2006, de Rossi starred as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on F