Orissa Kelly
| Orissa Kelly | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Orissa Kelly |
| Country represented |  Great Britain |
| Born | March 6, 1995 Watford, Hertfordshire |
| Hometown | Watford, Hertfordshire |
| Height | 155.5 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
| Discipline | Acrobat |
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Orissa Kelly (born March 6, 1995) is a British acrobat who specialises in Foot Archery, Contortion and Aerial Silks. Orissa began her career as a gymnast and at the age of 17, moved onto circus performances as an aerialist. By 19, Orissa became the first person in the United Kingdom to perform Foot Archery.[1] She has performed in the Hollywood Film Wonder Woman (2017) as well as TV shows on ITV and MTV.
Early Life
Orissa was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. Her older brother, Mark Stanton Kelly, is an internationally recognised stunt performer. [2] Orissa began gymnastics at 3 years old, training and competing for Harrow School of Gymnastics. She retired from her competitive gymnastics at the age of 17, having competed both nationally and internationally.
Acrobatic Career
At 17, she began training for a career in aerial acrobatics at Du Sol School of Aerial and Acrobatics, which began her career in circus performance. At 19, she developed her foot archery act, training every day in a cold cricket field perfecting her act. This determination propelled Orissa to becoming the United Kingdom's only professional foot archer. She has appeared on Britain’s Got Talent (2016) and wowed the judges with her act [3] with judge Amanda Holden calling Orissa “… a really bendy hot cupid”. Orissa has performed on every continent apart from Antarctica, and performs shows for celebrities and for corporate events.
Performances
- Britain’s Got Talent
- The Great British Tattoo Show[4]
- Frankenstein Chronicles
- Touche pas a mon poste
- 5 Gegen Jauch
- Top Billing
- Expresso South Africa
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- MTV's Amazingness Season 1
In 2015, Orissa performed for Her Majesty The Queen whilst launching the new ship from P&O Cruises, Brittannia.
In 2018, Orissa performed in the MTV show Amazingness [5] winning the competition and taking home a $10,000 prize.
References
- ↑ "UK’s Only Foot Archer" Corporate Entertainment Agency
- ↑ Stanton Kelly IMDB page””Mark Stanton Kelly”
- ↑ ”Orissa Kelly BGT audition” ”ITV.com”
- ↑ "Great British Tattoo show lineup" "Great British Tattoo Show"
- ↑ "MTV Amazingness Season 1" "MTV",
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