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It wasn't always easy for her. When I started the show, I was dealing with a titan, a television titan, Dick Wolf, and going into this show that had very long legs and incredible credibility. And ...

Law & Order: SVU didn't hold back from delivering very ... Carisi's "wake-up call" and filming the emotional climax with Mariska Hargitay. Carisi fumbled his first case of the new year, to the ...

Mariska Hargitay has been playing the role of Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, and the character has bled into her real life over the years. "It's deeply in me ...

In honor of Mariska Hargitay's birthday, see which Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character resonates with your zodiac sign Getty (3) Law & Order: SVU has been a primetime staple on TV for 26 ...

CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty There’s no secret to Mariska Hargitay and Christopher ... Before stepping into their iconic Law & Order: Special Victims Unit roles as Olivia Benson and Elliot ...

But even after Lewis was caught, Hargitay felt Benson needed to face her abductor one last time before SVU completely moved on from him. “I’m pitching a last one with him,” Hargitay once told E!

Here’s how Mariska Hargitay looks today, more than 25 years after the debut of Law & Order: SVU—a testament to her talent and resilience.