SVU is one of the most beloved in the franchise, but a mistake completely disrupted her timeline in the drama.

Mariska Hargitay knew Chris Meloni was the "guy" to play Elliot Stabler alongside Olivia Benson in SVU right from the minute ...

Get ready for a gut punch of an episode as this week’s Law & Order: SVU follows Captain Olivia Benson diving deep into a ...

But what Hargitay didn’t expect was her own approach to Olivia Benson to change. Instead of thinking like a detective when doing the part, she thought like a detective with a child waiting for ...

ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi has a close-knit relationship with Olivia Benson onscreen ... I think Carisi did as well, as a detective.” When Scanavino joined SVU during the 16th season ...

While the series has featured a variety of star-studded cameos and appearances over the years from Robin Williams, Sarah Hyland and Hilary Duff, Detective Olivia Benson — played by Mariska ...

About Mariska Hargitay is best known for playing Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU.Her performance earned her a Golden Globe in 2005 and an Emmy Award in 2006. Hargitay coproduced the ...

Series creator Dick Wolf has a daughter named Olivia and a son named Elliot, for whom he named the two lead detectives in the series. Wolf conceived Benson as a detective in the Manhattan Special ...