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Kelli Giddish

Kelli Giddish
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Giddish as Amanda Rollins in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Born Kelli Marie Giddish
(1980-04-13) April 13, 1980 (age 36)
Cumming, Georgia, U.S.
Education Forsyth Central High School
Alma mater University of Evansville
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Lawrence Faulborn (m. 2015)
Children Ludo Faulborn
Parent(s) Charles Giddish
Nita Giddish

Kelli Marie Giddish (born April 13, 1980) is an American television, stage, and film actress. She is best known for her role as NYPD Detective Amanda Rollins in the NBC television legal crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–present). Previously, she portrayed Di Henry on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2005–07), as well as starring in short-lived Fox crime drama series Past Life (2010); and the NBC crime drama series Chase (2010–11).

Giddish was born in Cumming, Georgia. She is the daughter of Charles and Nite Giddish, and has a brother named Eli. Her paternal grandfather Ralph L. Giddish (Georgia, ca. 1923) enlisted in the United States Army on March 18, 1943 and was a World War II veteran. He nudged her interest in acting along by taking her to the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Her maternal grandmother Dosia Hildebrand was also very supportive of her interests. 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 Manhattan to pursue her acting career.


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