Portia Large

Portia Large Actress/ Model 5ft 8" was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and raised in the Whitsundays, spending much of her time sailing with her family. In her early teens, she moved to the Gold Coast, and graduated high-school in the top 5% of the country. Portia went on to achieve high distinctions throughout her university education. While studying Business and Marketing, Portia founded her first business, sourcing commercial talent for Southern Cross Austereo, before moving into television commercial and radio production departments.In 2016, she landed her first role in front of the camera as an action double for Blake Lively in The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and in 2017 for Shailene Woodley in Baltasar Kormákur's film Adrift. Both roles working to her water based strengths including; breathe holding, sailing, scuba diving and surfing. Show less «