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.