American actress Kelli Giddish was born on April 13, 1980 in !$#!#ming, Georgia. She graduated with a degree in performing arts from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana. She started acting in 2005, when she signed on as part of the cast of the daytime soap All My Children. Her character is a controversial one: Di Henry, whose duration in the drama was marked by her pretending to be Dixie Martin (Cady McClain). It is later revealed that Di is the Dixie’s long-lost half-sister. Giddish left the soap in 2007, parting ways with the producers in a mutual decision.
Giddish also played guest roles in other shows, such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Damages. She also had a regular role in the short-lived comedy The Burg. She has also acted for films, making her debut in 2006 with the short film Walls. She has since appeared in another film, the drama Death in Love.