Discovered in a talent competition in 2001, Ellary Porterfield is daughter to Walt and Traci Porterfield. She was born on June 5, 1989 in Bend, Oregon, where she spends most of her time, if not all in Los Angeles, California. Porterfield, nicknamed Elle by her friends, has been a vegetarian since birth. She has been in three pilots for NBC and CBS and has also starred in a major motion picture by Dreamworks entitled The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio alongside Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson. She has also appeared in the David Weissman Project in 2005 and Stuck in the Middle with You in 2003. Porterfield is quoted “there is no such thing as acting, only reacting” when she was asked what did she learn in her experience with Julianne Moore on the set of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.

Liza Witter is played by Ellary Porterfield in Hidden Palms, the new series by CW. Witter is the brainy kid with the weird attitude and a garage full of explosive science experiments and a keen observation of the immediate environment around her. She and Johnny Miller become good friends when they discover that they are on the same journey in finding the truth.



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