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Kelli Giddish
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Characters
Amanda Rollins
Kara Bawson
Dana Stipe
Date of birth
April 13, 1980
Place of birth
Cumming, Georgia
IMDb profile

Kelli Giddish is an actress known for her roles as Diana Henry on the ABC soap opera, All My Children and her roles on short-lived television series such as Fox's Past Life and NBC's Chase. She stars on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Amanda Rollins.

Kelli starred on All My Children from March 2005 to September 2007 as Di Henry (a role also played by Heather Kenzie in later epsiodes). She has also starred in the movie, Death in Love, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. She has also guest-starred on television shows such as Damages, Without a Trace, Life on Mars, and The Good Wife. Giddish also appears in the music video for the song "All Love is Lost" by the heavy metal band Body Count, fronted by her SVU co-star Ice-T.

In January 2007, prior to her portrayal of Rollins, Kelli guest-starred on SVU in the eighth season episode "Outsider" as Kara Bawson. In November 2007, Kelli guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the seventh season episode "Depths" as Dana Stipe.

Kelli divides her time between Los Angeles and New York.

On August 24, 2022, Giddish confirmed on Instagram that she was departing the main cast in the ninth episode of the twenty-fourth season after 11 years.[1] Days later, it was confirmed that Giddish's departure from the series was not her choice and that she had been fired after being unable to negotiate with salaries with NBC, which sparked outrage from fans of the series. According to reports, Hargitay also tried to convince NBC to keep Giddish on the series but was unsuccessful.[2]

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