SVU Season 26, called "Deductible." Law & Order: SVU continued in the 2025 TV schedule with a case that was bad enough to start with one victim, only to get even worse for Captain Benson and Co. when they discovered a string of women who had been coerced into sexual favors in the workplace over many years.

Few actors can boast a television career as enduring and impactful as Mariska Hargitay’s. For over 25 years, she has portrayed Detective Olivia Benson on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU). Hargitay took on the role in 1999 at age 35, and today, at 61, she remains one of TV’s most celebrated and recognizable stars.

Throughout the long-running Law & Order franchise, many actors have come and gone, with very few sticking around for 20+ years. Mariska Hargitay has been the face of Law & Order: SVU for over 25 years now,