2. Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are definitely Hollywood’s most powerful lesbian couple.

However, before beautiful Portia began her relationship with DeGeneres, the actress was briefly married to a man, documentary filmmaker Mel Metcalfe.

It appears that this marriage was based on convenience as the Australian actress wanted to get a green card out of it. The union lasted a few years and Metcalfe ended up leaving de Rossi for her brother’s wife.

It took her several more years for her to publicly come out. In a 2010 interview on “Good Morning America,” she explained that as a young actress, she was fearful of being exposed as a lesbian.