Several actors “Arrested Development” have become quite successful after the end of the show. People like Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale and David Cross performed in many success in many success. Jessica Walter continued to establish himself as a real comedy legend “Archer” before their tragic death in 2021. The person who told the show – a guy named Ron Howard – apparently got right for themselves, all in all.
Portia de Rossi, on the other hand, is an exception to the rule. Despite her obvious talent and her charisma, the reliable funny actress who played the important one Main character “Arrested Development” Lindsay Blueh-Tenke is not what you would call the Hollywood name of the household these days. In fact, after the fifth and last season of the show in 2019, she really didn’t do that much … at least when it comes to actors. Why did de Rossi effectively disappear from Hollywood?
She married Ellen Degeneres
The biggest thing that a casual fan probably knows about Portia de Rossi’s recent years is the developments in their personal life, which is understandable, since their partner is even more famous than her. De Rossi is married to the comedian and talk show moderator Ellen DeGeneres and has been a rather frequent guest in the “The Ellen Degener Show” of the latter over the years. The couple married in 2008 and is still together. In an interview with Oprah WinfreyDe Rossi described the beginning of the relationship, which was comparatively slow due to its radically different living conditions:
“It took me three years to actually tell her how I felt about her because I was on it. ‘Allied McBeal ‘ At that time I did not live as an open gay person. I was closed and very, very afraid that when I talked about being gay, the end of my career would be. So I was not about to meet with the most famous lesbian in the world. “
Despite her first reservations, de Rossi ultimately decided to reach. Degeneres was initially surprised, but it is pretty sure to say that the two soon worked out things. As de Rossi Oprah said:
“I felt this overwhelming connection with her and just didn’t want to miss it. Love overcame fear.”
Age and aversion to advertising caused de Rossi to stop ending acting
It is unlikely that Portia de Rossi will return to Hollywood in acting capacity, and is quite open when it comes to being a retired actor. Many of her reasons to leave the job behind her “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” There Degeneres discussed her wife’s dislike against the publicity circuit.
“You are not a big fan of press and talk shows. She really doesn’t do it. That’s why she actually stopped playing. You decided that you didn’t want to do anything about acting and you switched off from ‘off.’scandal. ‘”
De Rossi interfered and revealed that there was also another factor that influenced her departure from the actor) concerns of the actresses who believe that the roles stop – or anyway – as soon as it reaches a certain age have.
“I approached 45 and I only asked myself that I could do something where I have never done before, to really challenge it and differently the next 10 or 20 years, so I decided to leave and go to a company found. “
She originally wanted to stop playing acting before arrested development season 5
Another interesting fact that emerged from this 2018 interview was that Portia de Rossis Hollywood departure was actually later than planned. She had already arranged her exit from the political drama “Skandal” ABC (in which she played Elizabeth North) in 2017 when the creator of “Arrested Development” convinced her to return to another round of victory with a strange tactic:
“I called Mitch Hurwitz that the creator of ‘is’Relatives development ‘ And I said, “If there is a 5th season, I won’t do it because I have stopped acting. And he seemed really understandable and he totally understood it. We had a great conversation and then he wrote me in five episodes. I don’t know how it happened, but yes, I’m in season 5. “
In view of her positive experiences with the show, it is understandable that de Rossi ultimately decided to stay in the occupation of Season 5 “Arrested Development”. In an interview from 2010 with Marie ClaireShe explained that she appreciated the role of Lindsay because her acting talent, not her appearance, were at the forefront when they turned the show:
“What I looked like was so secondary and not important compared to the funny or how well I was done in this role as an actress. And that is a big deal … what you look like is compared to what you think , so unimportant what you think and what you are and who you are.
De Rossi started a new art business
Portia de Rossi didn’t joke when she said she wanted to concentrate on new things. In 2018, the former actress started an art print company, General Public. The company’s business model is to work with a curated group of artists, the selected works of which generally publicly reproduces and sells at a much lower price with which art is associated with art. In an interview with Santa Barbara MagazineDe Rossi said that the company’s business model is to close the gap between cheap art print posters and unaffordable, unique works of art, thus granting the art -loving public public works at comparatively low costs.
“There is an enormous gap in the market between art and decorative art. If you buy art with a low budget, you only have black skirts on a piece of paper. People know good art and composition, but I trust your instincts.
Instead of a flat and textless poster printing, the general public of de Rossi uses 3D printing technology to create so-called synography copies of the painting of the artist’s head and to pay the original artist license fees for each sold. The ability to compensate for the original artist well said de Rossi to Haute Livingis a crucial part of your mission.
“We believe that a painting is good because it is good. Not because it is rare. In short, I don’t want to cut out the middle man (GP is a kind of medium man), I would like to change the system to go to the artist come more than the gallery. “
She left the United States after the 2024 presidential election
Although Portia de Rossi and Ellen Degeneres are happily married, their life has been in some turbulence in recent years. In 2020, Degener’s’ career was derailed by several allegations of bullying and toxic behavior towards its employees and other people, which ultimately led to the end of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show”. This understandably burdened the couple’s public visibility, especially since de Rossi was a joint guest on the show.
In 2024, De Rossi took another step away from Hollywood. After Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2024, she and Degeneres left the United States completely and moved to the area of Cotswolds in the United Kingdom. This step happened after Degeneres’ tour “Ellen’s Last Stand … Up”, on which she announced that she finally looks.
Therefore, this announcement and its resettlement to the other side of the Atlantic seems to imply that both De Rossi and degeneres have now completely withdrawn from the entertainment industry and are therefore satisfied with leading a comparatively quiet life. Do not expect de Rossi to employ your new British life and business companies to soon make your Grand Hollywood comeback.
