Kelli Giddish — American Actress born on April 13, 1980,

Kelli Marie Giddish 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. Previously, she portrayed Di Henry on the ABC soap opera, All My Children, as well as starring in short-lived Fox crime drama series, Past Life; and the NBC crime drama series, Chase... (wikipedia)

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