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Law & Order is known for its revolving cast, as most of its original stars had left the show within the first five seasons. [1] The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy ...
Olivia Margaret "Liv" Benson [2] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Benson holds the rank and pay-grade of Captain and is the Commanding Officer of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department , which operates ...
The cast of seasons 19–20 (2018–2019). From left to right: Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, and Philip Winchester. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual ...
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC.The first spin-off of Law & Order, expanding it into the Law & Order franchise, it stars Mariska Hargitay as Detective (ultimately promoted to Captain) Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit ...
When a young girl (Daisy Tahan) is kidnapped, the girl's mother (Michelle Ray Smith), immediately points Benson and Stabler in the direction of her ex-husband , a recently paroled convict. The ex-con's alibi checks out, but Stabler and Tutuola learn that his wife's father ( Dabney Coleman ) is a master thief with many enemies.
Yes, Virginia, there is an Olivia Benson. The line between Mariska Hargitay’s on- and off-screen lives recently became really blurry, when a young girl reportedly interrupted a Law & Order: SVU ...
Lieutenant Dixon (from the newly revived seasons of Law & Order) offers to translate ASL for the victims. The perpetrator is found through a familial DNA search, and his angry motive becomes clear; his hated mother is also deaf. Benson assigns Fin to work with Det. Bruno and "white shield" Ofcr. Churlish to clear their case backlog.
When the parents of the kidnapped boy refuse to let him testify, Barba must try Hodda on murder charges for a 1999 abduction that Benson also handled. Benson's interrogation tactics come under fire and the savvy defense attorney (Robin Weigert) hires former SVU colleague, Dr. Huang , to challenge Barba's already-shaky case in court. Meanwhile ...