This season, Benson continues her command of the Manhattan SVU as she crosses paths with a dynamite line-up of guest stars ...

Benson is at her best when she is the advocate we all wish real-life SVU cops could be. On Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 10, she was determined to show a kid who the system had failed over and ...

Twenty-five years. That's how long Olivia Benson has come into our homes and hearts on Law & Order: SVU. We've grown with her, been inspired by her, and cried with her. She almost feels like a friend, ...

How's this for a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trivia question: Which episode featured Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson wearing a black cocktail dress for nearly the entire episode? The answer?

Tynan hesitantly accepted Benson's request to stay put. However, after the pair attended an NYPD conference together, only for Benson to have to drive back to Manhattan on a case, Tynan grew perturbed ...

Law & Order: SVU season 27 premiered in September 2025, but its latest episode aired on Nov. 20 ahead of Thanksgiving. So ...

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Hargitay has been very open about the challenges she faced shooting “Surrender Benson.” The memorable SVU episode saw Hargitay’s Olivia Benson being held captive by the episode’s villain William Lewis ...

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Benson interrupts his friends Tom Lennon, Michael Ian Black and Andy Daly as they do their sets.