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Kelli Giddish : biography

April 13, 1980 –

Kelli Giddish (born April 13, 1980) is an American television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her role as Diana Henry on the ABC’s daytime drama All My Children (2005–2007). She is also known for her leading roles in the short-lived TV series Past Life (2010) and Chase (2010–2011). Giddish currently stars in the NBC legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Amanda Rollins.

Early Career

Born in Cumming, Georgia, she is the daughter of Charles Giddish and wife Nita, and has a brother named Eli Giddish.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelli-giddish/bio/283343 Her paternal grandfather Ralph L. Giddish (Georgia, ca. 1923) enlisted in the United States Army on March 18, 1943http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelli-giddish/bio/283343http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelgriffin&id=I2343 and was a World War II Veteranhttp://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/legacy.asp?perIdentification=20368 and nudged her interest in acting along by taking her to the Fox Theatre in Atlantahttp://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2003-11-13-122485.112113_Forsyth_Central_graduate_rising_star.htmlhttp://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2003-11-13-122485.112113_Forsyth_Central_graduate_rising_star.html and her maternal grandmother Dosia Hildebrandhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelli-giddish/bio/283343 was very supportive of her interests.http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2003-11-13-122485.112113_Forsyth_Central_graduate_rising_star.html

Giddish graduated from Forsyth Central High School in 1998, winning Region Best Actress in the 1997 One Act competition, and was also 1998 State Literary Champion for Girls Dramatic Interpretation. Giddish graduated with honors from the University of Evansville in Indiana where she majored in Theatre Performance. After graduating, she decided to move to New York City to pursue her acting career.

Giddish joined the cast of All My Children in March 2005, creating the role of Di Henry. In July 2007, it was confirmed by Soap Opera Weekly magazine that Giddish and All My Children parted ways in a mutual decision and that she would make her final appearance as Di on September 19, 2007.

She also appeared in the film Death in Love, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and created the role of Courtney in the popular web series The Burg (theburg.tv). The same people responsible for The Burg also created All’s Faire in which Giddish played the role of Cindy.

Giddish, Nicholas Bishop, and Ravi Patel were cast in Fox’s reincarnation drama pilot, Past Life. The WBTV-produced reincarnation project revolved around past-life investigators. Giddish played a Ph.D. in psychology and cognitive research who believes in reincarnation.

It was announced on May 18, 2009 that Fox had officially placed Past Life on their Midseason 2010 schedule to air at 9:00 PM EST on Tuesdays. It premiered on February 9, 2010, and was canceled on February 18.

Giddish starred as the central character, U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, in the police procedural drama Chase, which premiered on NBC in fall 2010. Giddish received rave reviews for her ability to play the lead character in the series, but it was pulled in early February 2011. On April 6, 2011, NBC decided to air five new episodes of Chase on Saturday nights with the first beginning on April 23, 2011.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In January 2007, Kelli guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the 8th season episode, "Outsider," as Kara Bawson.

It was announced on June 27, 2011 that Giddish would join the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for its thirteenth season along with Cold Case Danny Pino coniciding with the departing Christopher Meloni. Giddish told TV Guide during Summer filming; "Everybody on the set is really excited and energized. They’ve lost a family member with Chris Meloni leaving, but they’ve been very accepting of us. Amanda is thrilled to be here working with these people, and so am I."