Photographer: James Banasiak

Make-up & Hair: Lauren Frenden

Kelli Clevenger is a Florida and Chicago-based performer who at age three began entertaining as a dancer with training in tap, jazz, ballet, and clogging.  She created and choreographed Memphis' first kids clogging team and went on to become a Gregory Hines Tap Challenge Finalist and a National Clogging Champion.  

Kelli is a Southern gal, born and raised in Memphis, TN and proud Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of TN-Chattanooga with a B.S. in Physical Therapy.   While living in Chicago with her US Navy Chief husband, she has been cast in the world premiere of Dennis DeYoung’s critically acclaimed and Jeff Award winning musical “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”; as Joanne in the Chicago-area premiere of "RENT"; and the Chicago premiere of the London-originated and Jeff Award winning musical “Tomorrow Morning”.

Kelli studied theatre at University of Tennessee Chattanooga and on-camera at Act One Studios Chicago and Acting Studio Chicago.  She has had apprearances on Prison Break (Fox TV), Leverage (TNT), The Promotion (Dimension Films), The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers), and Public Enemies (Universal Pictures).  She has also had leading roles in award winning film productions:  "Chemical 12-D" won Audience Choice Award at the Chicago Citywide Film Makers Film Festival;  "Secrets of the Clown" won Best Horror Film at the 2007 NY International Independent Film Festival.

As a recording artist, Kelli has opened for acts such as Ronnie Milsap and Travis Tritt, recorded sessions at the infamous Sun Studios, and provided lead vocals for the Secrets of the Clown soundtrack.