Portia Reiners
# Portia Reiners

Portia Sullivan Reiners (born March 8, 1990) is an American actress. She has worked in theater, television, and film. Her television career includes the role of Britney Jennings on One Life to Live.

## Career

Reiners began her acting career in theater at age seven, appearing as Oliver in the musical Oliver!, and then was signed to the Abrams Artists Agency at age ten. She began her television career in 2000 with the role of Lily Benton Montgomery in All My Children, then had the role of Ada Dunne in As the World Turns in 2006. She then had the role of Britney Jennings on One Life to Live from 2006 through 2007.

She also continued in theater, with roles including Annie in the musical Annie, Catherine in The Children's Hour, Baby June in the musical Gypsy, and the starring role of Jenny Litnov in The Notebook at the McGinn-Cazale Theatre in New York City. In 2001, she played the role of Kasia Gruszka in the play More Lies about Jerzy at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City.

She starred as Mel in the 2010 movie Twelve Thirty.

## Filmography

* All My Children (7 episodes, 2000-2006) .... Lily Benton Montgomery
* The Grey Zone (2001) .... Young Girl (voice)
* Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV movie) .... 14-year-old Jenny Leighton
* Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode, "In the Wee Small Hours: Part 1", 2005) .... Nancy
* Law & Order (1 episode, "Great Satan", 2009) ....Jill Sorenson
* As the World Turns (13 episodes, 2006) .... Ada Dunne
* One Life to Live (47 episodes, 2006-2007) .... Britney Jennings
* Neal Cassady (2007) .... Cathy Cassady
* Twelve Thirty (2010)

## Personal life

Her mother was an actress. Reiners was named after the character Portia from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

