# Portia Reiners

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{{short description|American actress (born 1990)}}
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| birth_name    = Portia Sullivan Reiners
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1990|03|8}}
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| occupation    = Actress
| years_active  = 1997–present
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'''Portia Sullivan Reiners''' (born March 8, 1990)<ref name="Gale 2011">{{cite news |title=Portia Reiners |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609028923/BIC |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |publisher=Gale |date=2011}}</ref> is an American [actress](/source/actress). She has worked in theater, television, and film. Her television career includes the role of [Britney Jennings](/source/Britney_Jennings) on ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)''.<ref name="SheKnows 2019">{{Cite news|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/24493/one-life-to-live-where-are-they-now-portia-reiners/|title=One Life To Live Where Are They Now: Portia Reiners|last=Mistretta|first=Amy|work=SheKnows.com|access-date=April 12, 2019|publisher=[SheKnows Media](/source/SheKnows_Media)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/1095/portia-reiners-leaves-oltl/|title=Portia Reiners Leaves OLTL!|work=SheKnows.com|access-date=April 12, 2019|publisher=[SheKnows Media](/source/SheKnows_Media)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/6302/one-life-to-lives-portia-reiners-and-jonathan-grof/|title=One Life to Live's Portia Reiners And Jonathan Groff In Twelve Thirty!|work=SheKnows.com|access-date=April 12, 2019|publisher=[SheKnows Media](/source/SheKnows_Media)}}</ref>

==Career==
Reiners began her acting career in theater at age seven, appearing as [Oliver](/source/Oliver_Twist_(character)) in the musical ''[Oliver!](/source/Oliver!)'',<ref name="Gale 2011"/> and then was signed to the Abrams Artists Agency at age ten.<ref name="SheKnows 2019"/> She began her television career in 2000 as Lily Benton Montgomery in ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)'', then played Ada Dunne in ''[As the World Turns](/source/As_the_World_Turns)'' in 2006 <ref name="SheKnows 2019"/> followed by [Britney Jennings](/source/Britney_Jennings) in ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)'' from 2006 through 2007.<ref name="SheKnows 2019"/>

She continued in theater playing Annie in the musical ''[Annie](/source/Annie_(musical))'', Catherine in ''[The Children's Hour](/source/The_Children's_Hour_(play))'', Baby June in the musical ''[Gypsy](/source/Gypsy_(musical))'', and then starring as Jenny Litnov in ''The Notebook'' at the [McGinn-Cazale Theatre](/source/Second_Stage_Theater) in New York City.<ref name="Gale 2011"/><ref name="Gates 2002">{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Anita |title=A Puzzling Relationship Gilded by Poetry: [Review] |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=27 June 2002<!-- |via=ProQuest --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Gordon |title=Too Many Pages Missing in This 'Notebook' |work=[Newsday](/source/Newsday) |date=26 June 2002<!-- |via=ProQuest --><!-- Needs URL -->}}</ref> In 2001, she played Kasia Gruszka in ''[More Lies about Jerzy](/source/More_Lies_About_Jerzy)'' at the [Vineyard Theatre](/source/Vineyard_Theatre) in New York City.<ref name="Gale 2011"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gamerman |first1=Amy |title=Theater: Grappling With an Enigma – In Mr. Holmes's New Play, Fact and Fiction Tangle in a Tale Of Self-Invention and Deceit |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |date=24 January 2001<!-- |via=Proquest --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=The Painted Bird, Caged: What Is the Truth About Art?: [Review] |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=23 January 2001<!-- |via=Proquest --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref>

She starred as Mel in the 2010 movie ''[Twelve Thirty](/source/Twelve_Thirty_(film))''.<ref name="SheKnows 2019"/>

==Filmography==
* ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)'' (7 episodes, 2000–2006) .... Lily Benton Montgomery
* ''[The Grey Zone](/source/The_Grey_Zone)'' (2001) .... Young Girl ([voice](/source/Voice_actress))<ref name="Gale 2011"/>
* ''[Iron Jawed Angels](/source/Iron_Jawed_Angels)'' (2004) ([TV movie](/source/Television_movie)) .... 14-year-old Jenny Leighton<ref name="Gale 2011"/>
* ''[Law & Order: Criminal Intent](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Criminal_Intent)'' (1 episode, "[In the Wee Small Hours: Part 1](/source/In_the_Wee_Small_Hours_(Law_%26_Order%3A_Criminal_Intent_episode))", 2005) .... Nancy<ref name="Gale 2011"/>
* ''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' (1 episode, "Great Satan", 2009) ....Jill Sorenson<ref name="Gale 2011"/>
* ''[As the World Turns](/source/As_the_World_Turns)'' (13 episodes, 2006) .... Ada Dunne
* ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)'' (47 episodes, 2006-2007) .... [Britney Jennings](/source/Britney_Jennings)
* ''Neal Cassady'' (2007) .... Cathy Cassady<ref name="Gale 2011"/>
* ''[Twelve Thirty](/source/Twelve_Thirty_(film))'' (2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Getting to know the whole family |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/twelve-thirty-2011 |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=RogerEbert.com |date=May 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=In States of Undress, Mental and Physical |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/movies/14twelve.html |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times) |date=January 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title=One man, three women in 'Twelve Thirty' |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/one-man-three-women-in-twelve-thirty-a56973 |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=[Newsday](/source/Newsday) |date=March 3, 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Her mother was an actress.<ref name="Gale 2011"/> Reiners was named after the character Portia from [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare)'s ''[The Merchant of Venice](/source/The_Merchant_of_Venice)''.<ref name="SheKnows 2019"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1264705|name=Portia Reiners}}
* [https://twitter.com/PortiaReiners Portia Reiners] at [https://twitter.com/ Twitter]

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Category:Living people
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women

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