Kelli Giddish

 Kelli Marie Giddish (born April 13 20th, 1980) is an American stage, television and film actor. She was the NYPD Detective Amanda Rollins on the NBC crime-drama television show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2022. Giddish has previously played Di Henry in ABC's soap show All My Children (2005–2007) as well as Dr. Kate McGinn (Fox crime-drama series Past Life (2010)) and Annie Nolan Frost (NBC crime-drama Series Chase (2010–2011). Giddish was born in Cumming, Georgia. She is the daughter of Charles and Nita Giddish. She has an older brother named Eli. Her paternal grandfather sparked her to pursue acting by taking her to the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Her maternal grandmother was in favor of her enthusiasm. Georgia was the place she went to Forsyth Central High School. She was also involved in the local drama school, Yatesy Harvey. This teacher was a friend of her mother and was the director of a community theater. Giddish was a performer in Yatesy Harvey's plays as well as she was a participant in her drama camp for sleepovers for a number of years. Of Harvey,