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De Rossi requests legal name change

Ellen DeGeneres (R) and Portia de Rossi attend the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on August 30, 2009. UPI/ Phil McCarten
Ellen DeGeneres (R) and Portia de Rossi attend the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on August 30, 2009. UPI/ Phil McCarten | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Actress Portia de Rossi has filed papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court to legally change her name to Portia DeGeneres, TMZ reported Monday.

De Rossi, who is best known for her roles on TV's "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development," married talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in 2008.

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TMZ said the papers the actress filed last Friday said, "Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse."

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