December 1, 2004
The comedienne and the Ally McBeal actress posed backstage at VH1’s Big in ’04 Awards. De Rossi had recently ended a longterm relationship with singer Francesca Gregorini.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s Road to Romance
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September 18, 2005
In one of their first public appearances as a couple, DeGeneres and de Rossi held hands at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in L.A.
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January 26, 2006
De Rossi (at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A.) told The Advocate it was love at first sight with DeGeneres. "I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot [in 2004] and she took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life, where I saw somebody and experienced all of those things you hear about in songs and read about in poetry. My knees were weak."
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June 15, 2007
The talk show host and the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress looked head-over-heels in love at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Hollywood. DeGeneres won the award for Outstanding Talk Show.
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June 20, 2008
DeGeneres (at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards) proposed to de Rossi with a 3-carat diamond ring.
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August 16, 2008
Shortly after California lifted the ban on same-sex marriage, the couple tied the knot in front of 19 friends and family members at their home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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August 31, 2009
Will the two stars (at the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in L.A.) ever have kids? "We thought about it," DeGeneres wrote in her book, Seriously...I'm Kidding. "We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house."
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September 7, 2010
The couple (seen leaving Da Silvano in New York City) now live in the same Malibu mansion once owned by Brad Pitt. The property, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean and includes a pool and tennis court, cost a reported $12 million.
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January 5, 2011
De Rossi supported her wife at COVERGIRL Cosmetics' 50th anniversary party in West Hollywood. "Just being a couple -- being able to walk down a red carpet holding her hand, that's exciting for me," de Rossi once told The Advocate. "I respect her so much."
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January 11, 2012
Weeks before DeGeneres 54th birthday, she and her wife hit up the People's Choice Awards in L.A.
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