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Portia de Rossi takes wife Ellen Degeneres' name

Thursday, September 23, 2010
*** FILE *** In this 2008 file photo actress Portia de Rossi, left, and television personality Ellen DeGeneres arrive at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. DeGeneres is putting the state Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and actress Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show Thursday May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks, FILE) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*** FILE *** In this 2008 file photo actress Portia de Rossi, left, and television personality Ellen DeGeneres arrive at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. DeGeneres is putting the state Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and actress Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show Thursday May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks, FILE) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -September 23, 2010 -- Portia de Rossi has officially taken wife Ellen Degeneres' last name.

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A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted De Rossi's request to take the last name of her partner during a closed hearing Thursday. The television star will now legally be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

The couple was married in August 2008. The 37-year-old Australian-born actress asked for the name change last month.

Neither woman attended the hearing. They married during the five-month window in which gay marriage was legal in California.

Portia DeGeneres is well-known for her roles on several television series, including "Ally McBeal," "Arrested Development" and "Better Off Ted."

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