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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 can't 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.
The new popular girl at Millwood High, who tries to keep her family together after her twin's murder. After posing as her sister for her father's approval, she decides to be herself, becoming the sixth little liar and "A's" new target. Mourning her sister and coping with her father's murder, Kelly switches to remote learning for her sophomore year's final semester.
Martha convinces her to attend Our Mother of Holy Grace, where she becomes a devout member, distancing herself from friends and focusing on church, home, and Greg. Her relationship with Greg suffers due to her renewed faith. Attending mass together, Pastor Malachi's Redemption House project draws Kelly deeper into the church's influence.
Biography[]
Imogen, Karen and Kelly in freshman year.
Kelly is the identical twin sister of Karen and the daughter of Tom and Martha Beasley. The family portrayed a perfect front to the town of Millwood, Beasley family representing the greatest prestige, wealth and perfection with their patriarch being the domineering sheriff of the small town. 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.
Starting Millwood High, Kelly became the second most popular girl, and her sister became the queen bee. While growing up with her sister, they became friends with former cheerleader and party girl Imogen Adams. However, after Greg kissed Imogen at the March party, Karen and Kelly ended their friendship with her.
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[]
Relationships[]
Romances[]
Greg Mantzoukas - (Gelly) Greg was originally Karen's boyfriend, who took the brunt of her verbal abuse. After Karen was killed, Greg and Kelly grew closer in their grief and realized their buried feelings for one another. Greg admitted he always liked Kelly more then her twin. Their relationship culminated in a kiss at Imogen's party, which Kelly brushing it off as being a way of grieving her sister. They became a public couple soon after and she took Karen's place as queen of the school. Greg and Kelly became a sturdy couple after this, with him supporting her through the "A" trauma and the death of her father. She convinced him to attend a few church meetings with her in the hopes it would bring them closer, as his skepticism becomes a problem for them. He later breaks up with her in the sixth episode of the second season because how her personality radically changed from being involved with the church.
The Little Liars[]
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Faran Bryant - (Farelly) 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. However during the 6 month time jump that took place in Season 2 it's been heavily implied Kelly didn't have much contact with Faran because of her becoming radically involved with religion due to her mother pushing Kelly towards it and the fact that Kelly did Cyber/Homeschooling instead of going back to Millwood High after the 2022 Christmas/New Years break.
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Imogen Adams - (Kellogen) Imogen and Kelly became friends sometime during their freshman year of high school. They, along with Kelly's twin sister Karen, became inseparable, doing everything together. But during Karen's party in March, Kelly told Karen that Imogen had kissed Greg, Karen's boyfriend, which destroyed their friendship. In truth, Greg had kissed Imogen though it wasn't reciprocated. After Karen's death, Kelly apologizes to Imogen and they decide to become friends again. Imogen also invites Kelly to be part of her group of friends, making Kelly the new member of the "losers' club". After Kelly's involvement in Redemption House, Imogen ended their friendship and promised to make every moment of Kelly's life a living, breathing Hell on Earth. Kelly is attacked by Bloody Rose and realizes the error of her ways, apologizing to Imogen and her friends. Imogen forgives Kelly and they solidify their friendship once more.
Tabby Haworthe - (Tally)
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. However months later as shown in Season 2 Martha started to abuse Kelly after they both became involved with an radical church.
Karen Beasley (Karly) - 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.
Appearances[]
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Season 1 (10/10) |
Season 2 (8/8) |
Trivia[]
- In the original Pilot draft of the series, Kelly was named Sharon.[2]
- Kelly Beasley, is very similar to Hanna Marin and Mona Vanderwaal from Pretty Little Liars. Kelly and Hanna are blonde girls with problems with their parents who lived in the shadow of their sister or stepsister. Hanna, Mona, and Kelly became queen bees or "clones" of the former queen bee, with Kelly becoming Karen and Hanna and Mona becoming Alison. Kelly is also an outsider within the group like Mona was, having little interaction with the group after her initial induction.
- However, the difference is that the Little Liars tried to contact Kelly but after her father's death Kelly left school and lost contact with her friends. While Mona was more disowned by the Liars due to her past with them.
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- Her favorite Christmas movie is Home Alone.[5]
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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Gallery[]
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