Portia de Rossi won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 for her role as Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal .
She currently appears as a regular cast member on the American political thriller television series Scandal in the role of Elizabeth North , the Vice President 's Chief of Staff.  She is also known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the American television series Ally McBeal - for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 - and as Lindsay Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development .
Portia de Rossi