Kelli Giddish Quotes

United States, Actress
April 13, 1980

Kelli Marie Giddish (born April 13, 1980) is an American television, stage, and film actress. She is best known for her role as NYPD Detective Amanda Rollins in the NBC television legal crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–present). Previously, she portrayed Di Henry on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2005–07), as well as starring in short-lived Fox crime drama series Past Life (2010); and the NBC crime drama series Chase (2010–11).

Also known as Television Actor, Film Actor

I had never been to Texas. I'd been through Texas, but I'm so glad to be back in a place that's not L.A. or New York. To talk about Dallas, to talk about there being sweet tea on the catering table, it's rich and saturated in American-ness.

Kelli Giddish
- American
- Sweet
- Tea
It's a luxury being able to work every day in the streets of Manhattan. It doesn't get much cooler than that. When you move to New York, that's exactly what you dream of. And I'm doing it.

Kelli Giddish
- Work
- Dream

It's always cool on the airplane when people are watching 'SVU.' It's funny. And it's always the reruns.

Kelli Giddish
- People
- Funny
- Cool
I went down for a week with the Houston Marshals. I didn't know that they hated paperwork as much as I hated it. They loathe it, man. They want to be in their cars catching the bad guys. They don't want to be filling out paperwork about the bad guys, you know, and the ones they've caught.

Kelli Giddish
- Bad
I'd been on 'SVU' before and I'd been on 'Criminal Intent,' but I wasn't a follower. Like, my mom watches every episode, even before I was on it.

Kelli Giddish
- Mom