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| “ | The only thing that's twisted is you. And why can't i be Kelly? Huh? Why can't i be a great dancer? Why cant i have the hot boyfriend? Is it really so hard to believe that Kelly Beasley could be popular and talented?! | ” |
— Kelly to Faran
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Kelly Beasley is one of the Little Liars and main character in the television series, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin on Max. She is portrayed by Mallory Bechtel.
Kelly is the popular girl at Millwood High School who does her best to keep the peace within her family. After her twin's murder, Kelly began behaving like Karen making Faran suspect that she was Karen, but it turned out that she only wanted to be like Karen because of their father. Later, she became the sixth Little Liar after befriending the girls and becoming A's new target.
Biography
Kelly is the identical twin sister of Karen and the daughter of Tom and Martha Beasley. The Beasley family portrayed a perfect front to the town of Millwood, representing the towns greatest wealth, perfection and "prestige" with their patriarch being the domineering sheriff. However, the family struggles behind picturesque walls with a verbally intimidating Tom, a sheltered Martha, and the conniving twins that do everything possible to please their father. Karen and Kelly often switched places, pretending to be the other to fool their teachers or parents.
As she and her sister grew up, they became friends with the outgoing and party-loving Imogen Adams. Together, the trio partied and hung out becoming the "It" girls of Millwood.
Personality
Where Karen is the troublemaker who revels in chaos, Kelly is the peacemaker who chooses harmony. She is more reserved and comparatively kinder than her more domineering sister, nonetheless, Kelly never waivers in her loyalty to her sister. Underneath her quiet exterior lies a darker side to her, more like her twin than she lets on. She exhibits the same levels of manipulation as her sister and can execute well thought schemes of revenge when angered.
Her sister's death immense waves of despairing wallow and guilt. Nonetheless, despite being the mastermind of the Spirit Dance stunt, Kelly never blamed Imogen or her newfound friends for Karen's death, nor did she seek out further retribution like her father. Rather, she punished herself by self-harming. No one at her home life made her feel safe or alleviated her guilt, which amplified them ten-fold. She found a surprisingly safe person in Faran, who offered her a person to talk to for the first time. Through that connection, Kelly makes friends with the other girls, who eventually welcome her into their group. When Kelly learned that her father started the chain of events that led to Karen's death, she finally had somewhere to place them blame other than herself. She found her voice against Tom, spoke up for herself, and tried to save her friends.
Physical Appearance
Kelly is a tall teenager with shoulder-length, straight blonde hair, round green eyes, an oval-shaped face identical in appearance to her twin Karen.
Series
Romantic Relationships
Greg Mantzoukas - He was initially Karen’s boyfriend first however he started up an relationship with Kelly which resulted in a kiss at Imogen’s Halloween party which Faran saw. Kelly claims they kissed because of their grief in missing Karen. However a few weeks later in a heavy make out session in Greg’s car. Kelly told him he could call her “Karen”.
Relationships
The Little Liars
Faran Bryant - Besides from being classmates in aside to having dance classes together, they weren’t really friends, with Faran declining to go the twins house party. Faran started to suspect that Kelly was really Karen after noticing her different behavior the surviving twin was exhibiting, however, when she confronted her with these suspicious, Kelly went and told Madame Giry that Faran was harassing her and even dropped out of ballet to not be around Faran. However, this all got cleared up when Faran learned that it was really Kelly she was dealing with, not Karen, paving the way for Kelly to become the sixth liar in her friend’s group.
Imogen Adams - She became friends with Imogen around the same time that Karen did in their childhood. Kelly walked in on Greg kissing Imogen and told her sister which basically ended their friendship despite Imogen’s pleas that Chip came on to her. Several months later Kelly came up with an plan to “carry” Imogen after she won Spirit Queen although this took an dark turn after Karen was murdered by - A whom threw her off the rafters. Afterwards Kelly rebuilt her friendship with Imogen slowly and admitted the Twins’s plan to her. She even invited Imogen to Karen’s funeral although her own parents blamed Imogen for Karen losing her life.
Family
Tom Beasley - Compared to Karen, Kelly always thought she was their father’s unfavorite daughter which prove truth after Tom spitefully told she should be the one to have died instead of Karen which caused an hurt Kelly to lash out at him. He tried to kill Kelly first an part of a familicide attempt however Martha stabbed him saving Kelly.
Martha Beasley - Their relationship was hard after Karen’s death since Martha in her grief kept confusing Kelly for her deceased twin and was seemly slipping away from reality. However, Martha did snap out of it to save Kelly from being killed by her own father.
Karen Beasley - Even though they were twins, Kelly always downplayed her abilities to give Karen more of the spotlight. They were close growing up and Kelly felt survivor guilt and devastated after Karen's murder because she was the one who suggested that Karen "Carried" Imogen at The Spirit Dance.
Other Friends
Appearances
Season 1 (10/10)
- Chapter One: Spirit Week
- Chapter Two: The Spirit Queen
- Chapter Three: Aftermath
- Chapter Four: The (Fe)Male Gaze
- Chapter Five: The Night He Came Home
- Chapter Six: Scars
- Chapter Seven: Carnival of Souls
- Chapter Eight: Bad Blood
- Chapter Nine: Dead and Buried
- Chapter Ten: Final Girls
Trivia
- According to Mallory Bechtel, there are two methods she used to differentiate the twins: Karen always wears heels as opposed to Kelly who wear flats, and Karen listens with her mouth open while Kelly keeps hers shut.
- During dinner, when their father is on a tirade, "Karen" is listening with her mouth closed, and "Kelly" is listening with her mouth open.
- After "Karen's death," her corpse is shown wearing flats.
- After Karen's funeral, Kelly is shown wearing heels, and listens to her father's drunken tirade with her mouth open.
- Kelly has a scar on her foot, where Karen had been pierced with the razor blade.
- Madame Giry tells Faran that Kelly has scars due to her cutting herself in the past.
- Kelly unofficially joined The Little Liars in Chapter Eight: Bad Blood, though she didn't find out about A's antics or become involved in the true nature of the group until Chapter Ten: Final Girls. Her brief involvement in The Trial and later its aftermath confirms her status as the sixth Little Liar.[1]
- Kelly is the only Little Liar whose mother was never a member of Davie's Clique in 1999.
- Her favorite clubbing movie is Party Girl.[2]
- Her favorite Christmas movie is Home Alone.[3]
- According to the Pilot Draft Kelly was originally named Sharon [4]
Book Comparisons
- A character named "Kelly Hamilton" was first seen in Perfect, as a popular sophomore on Rosewood Day. She was part of Mona Vanderwaal's birthday "Party Court" along with Nicole Hudson and Hanna's enemies Naomi Zeigler and Riley Wolfe.
- Kelly is strongly believed to be inspired by Courtney DiLaurentis, the twin sister of Alison DiLaurentis who was noted to be the sweeter, more likable twin much to her sister's ire and chagrin. Alison manipulated her family to believe Courtney was insane and dangerous, forcing them to send her to a mental institution. In a desperate attempt at freedom did Courtney switch places with Alison behind the latter's back, inadvertently setting up the events that would lead to the infamous disappearance of "Alison".
- Courtney, like Kelly, are the good twins. Both even posed as their respective twin. In addition to being blonde, light-eyed and Caucasian.
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