about:
Kari Whitmore (née Lewis), 34 years old, is from Indianapolis, Indiana. Professionally, she goes by Karielle. Her birthday is on October 12th, 1989. Her house at Hogwarts is Hufflepuff. According to a Myers-Briggs personality assessment, Kari is a proud INFJ-Advocate. Most importantly, she is a mom to her daughter (Madison) and her three cats (Scruffles, Nebula, and Indy). Kari was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.
relationship:
She started dating Brandon Whitmore in May of 2019. They’ve been engaged since July 2022.
Update: Kari and Brandon have tied the knot on September 9th, 2023.
early life:
Kari has always known that she wanted to pursue creative work. She performed as a poppy, tornado, Oz choir, and manicurist to the Cowardly Lion (“clip clip here, clip clip there, we give the roughest claws!”) in her high school’s production of Wizard of Oz. Outside of school, she was also a clown for a local circus, and a scare actor for a local haunted attraction.
cosplaying:
In the Spring of 2017, Kari attended Indiana Comic Con. She went as Battle of Hogwarts Hermione (Deathly Hallows Part 2), which gained attraction from Buzzfeed. This jumpstarted her favorite hobby of cosplaying. Since then, Kari has cosplayed as: Belle (Beauty and the Beast, the live action film), Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures), Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale), Killer Frost (The Flash, CW), Black Canary (DC Comics), Tauriel (The Hobbit), and working on others. She posted a make-up test of Nebula (Marvel); Karen Gillan (actress known for Amy Pond in Doctor Who & Nebula in the Marvel films) shared to her Instagram & ComicBook.com featured it.
recognition:
Kari was featured on Buzzfeed, MTV, BBC America, TIME magazine, Access Hollywood, and others.
acting career:
She made her first acting debut, on film, in the production of Mudblood Part 2 (dir. Conrad Faraj).
make-up/costume:
She worked on hair/make-up for Bellatrix in the production of Mudblood Part 3 (dir. Conrad Faraj).