Kelli Giddish 
          joined the cast of All My Children in March of 2005, creating 
          the role of Di Kirby. 
          
          Ms. Giddish graduated from the University of Evansville in Evansville, 
          Indiana where she majored in performance arts. While at Evansville, 
          Ms. Giddish performed in such works as the Kentucky Cycle, Ah, 
          Wilderness, Awake and Sing! and Eleemosynary. During her 
          college years she was selected as an Irene Ryan Finalist which gave 
          her the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington 
          D.C. Ms. Giddish also studied abroad in Grantham England, but returned 
          to the United States when she was cast in a production of Suzanne 
          Bradbeer's Full Bloom in New York City. 
          
          Ms. Giddish's New York City credits include Bobbi Boland, 
          playing opposite Farrah Fawcett, Connie Congdon's Moontel Six 
          at The O'Neill Playwright's Conference, Sherri Wilner's Hunger, 
          Mat Smart's Shoes and Chopin's Preludes, as well as a 
          self written and acted show about a woman atop a water tower entitled
          Dropsy. 
          
          Ms. Giddish just finished a short film entitled Walls by Jack 
          Roberts and continues to be dedicated to developing new projects with 
          undiscovered playwrights. 
          
          Born and raised in Cumming, Georgia Ms. Giddish was an all star 
          athlete of her high school's softball team and a staple in her high 
          school's theater department.