Article: How the love of a good woman helped Ally McBeal star to bloom again; Actress whose figure faded away shows off a healthy new look.

Byline: BETH HALE

TWO years ago she was barely half the woman she is today.

Her skeletal appearance as she danced at a ball in Los Angeles led to fears for Portia De Rossi's health.

In her sleeveless black dress, the sharp angles of a once curvaceous figure were painfully on show.

But the Ally McBeal star's days of drastic dieting seem to be over at last.

She seemed a picture of health and contentment when she attended an art show in LA this week.

Friends put her transformation down to her relationship with Francesca Gregorini, the stepdaughter of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr.

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