Biography

Kalli Therinae is an up and coming young actress who's name you may not know yet, but whose face and films you probably do. Best known for her role as April in Hallmark's Wrapped up in Christmas 2018 made for TV film, she starred opposite Emily Osment as her quirky and lovable advice giving assistant. She also played Melissa, a young teen that mysteriously goes missing in the critically acclaimed thriller You're Killing Me ( HBO Max 2023) starring the likes of Dermot Mulroney and the late Anne Heche.

Scrolling through her credits you will see that Kalli has quite the range, playing characters both much younger and older than she is, and in genres from squeaky clean hallmark leading lady, to scream queen, to edgy apocalyptic cult leader We all fall down (2015) and Permafrost (2024) anybody? To top it all off Kalli is a triple threat talent as a trained vocalist, actress and dancer.

The daughter of a Greek immigrant father and Utah born and raised mother of Swedish and Polynesian ancestry, Kalli was born in Houston Texas but has lived around the world. Her background and upbringing is as unique as she is, and has shaped her into the multi faceted performer that we know and love today.

As a young singer in Greece, Kalli went by the name of Kalli Georgellis where she had much success as a pre-teen singing sensation. Known as the young Celine Dion of Greece she sang a duet at the Opening Ceremony of the Para-Olympics in Athens 2004. Her early teen years took her all over Europe performing and touring. She also represented Greece in the prestigious singer songwriter competition of Eurovision Junior in 2005 with an original song that she wrote. She ended up placing 6th in the European final which is the Greece’s highest placement to date. Her debut on American Television was made on season 12 of American Idol.

As an independent artist known by the name of Xannova Xan (Alexandria of the Stars) she has amassed a sizable following and has over 1.5 million streams on Spotify. Two of her original songs were recently featured in A Home for Christmas, which she also starred in. In 2026 she is releasing her debut EP as Xannova Xan. This marks a highly anticipated release that is in collaboration with Grammy nominated record producers Jacob Bunton and Jeff Blue, who discovered mega stars Linkin Park and Macy Gray. 2026 is looking to be a big year for the young actress and we look forward to seeing her break onto the scene after years of hard work and dedication.
- IMDb mini biography by: SearchER50