Three of the regular characters have appeared as regulars in other NBC series: Captain Donald Cragen (Florek), who starred in the first three seasons of Law & Order; ADA Alexandra Cabot (March), who led the occupation of Conviction; and Sergeant John Munch (Belzer), as a Baltimore detective in Homicide: Life on the Street. The latter has made cross-appearances in episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Arrested Development, The Beat, The X-Files and the HBO series The Wire. But Greylek also has a softer side when she warns Stabler to get a good defense attorney after her daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko), who has bipolar disorder, is charged with burglary and trespassing and theft because the DA office is going to sue her. Greylek is also rushing to seek justice for three women who were drugged and raped by a pornography-obsessed man in the episode «Smut.» Greylek is also seeking justice when a man is brutally beaten outside a strip club, with the man`s ex-wife and her 13-year-old transgender daughter being the prime suspect. Monique Jeffries was a police detective at the Special Victims Unit in Manhattan and was one of the first female detectives in the SVU squad. At the beginning of the series, she worked with various detectives, including Brian Cassidy. Initially, she can only be seen at the head office, does research and appears in court in various cases to represent the ministry. After Cassidy`s release in the middle of the first season, she works with Detective Munch and begins investigating. Soon after, she is physically and mentally shaken when a car explodes while chasing a fleeing suspect. Surviving the incident makes her feel «restless» and she has a one-night stand with a man she recognized as a suspect in an earlier sexual assault case the unit had investigated. After confessing this to a departmental psychiatrist who works for a commission that investigates problems in various police units, she is released from active duty and ordered to seek treatment. Captain Don Cragen, who believes she has become «ruthless» and «a danger» to herself, supports the decision.

At the end of the first episode of season 2, Detective Fin Tutuola shows up in the SVU area and Jeffries asks her if she can help him. When she reads the file that Tutuola gives her, she realizes that he is there to resume his work. Considering the office service unbearable, she empties her desk and leaves her gun and badge on Captain Cragen`s desk. In the second season, although she is shown in three episodes, it is revealed that she has been reinstated and transferred to the vice unit. In 2004, she played Emma, a sister who has always been jealous of her twin brother, which leads her to be suspected of murdering him (and others) in the fifth season, episode 23. As is often the case in the Law & Order franchise, Simmons first appeared as another character – Jerry Luppin in the season 4 episode «Sanctuary». Simmons also played another character in Law & Order Continuity – Colonel Alexander Rausch in the episode Homicide: Life on the Street Season 4 «For God and Country», a sequel to the «Charm City» episode of Season 6 of Law & Order. Her character, Terry Jessup, was a distraught victim of abuse whose own trauma played a role in her decision to kidnap and attack young girls.

In episode 18, he plays Sebastian Ballentine, a clairvoyant who offers his services to the SVU team while they investigate the rape and abduction of a teenager. But his offer turns out to be anything but innocent. After not appearing in season 16, the first season in which he has not appeared since joining the series in season 2, Huang returns in the episode «Depravity Standard» of season 17. He tells Benson that he retired prematurely from the FBI to return to New York, where he now runs private counsels. After 19 seasons, we`ve seen everyone from Oscar winners to passionate teenage girls. In New York, the dedicated actors who (sometimes) commit these vicious crimes are members of an elite troupe known as SVU guest stars. These are their stories. Comedy superstar Martin Short seemed to be having a lot of fun with his role as an antagonist in the sixth season of «SVU.» In the brazenly titled episode of season 12, «Bang,» Stamos played attorney Ken Turner, a master manipulator who had spawned at least 20 children and made reproductive rights the hot topic of the moment on the station. In «Justice Denied,» Haden is involved in an SVU case in which it appears that Benson forced a man to confess eight years earlier, and the real rapist attacks the women again. After defense attorney Bayard Ellis questions their relationship and threatens to reveal it, Haden and Benson must decide how to handle the case without tarnishing their judgment.

At the end of the episode, after the real rapist has been arrested and the unjustly imprisoned man has been released, Cragen informs Benson that the district attorney has decided to form a Conviction Integrity Unit to investigate past cases and ensure that no one is unjustly detained. Cragen says the DA office will start with sex crimes and Haden has been named director of the unit`s office. Benson and Haden meet for a drink and decide they must end their relationship and pretend it never happened. After 20 seasons on air, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has become known for two things: the surprising plot twists that keep viewers on the edge of their seats, and the epic cameos of celebrities. If the plot alone isn`t enough to keep you busy, an appearance of a guest by an unexpected A-lister will likely engage you until the episode resolves on its own. Believe it or not, many Hollywood stars have landed their first roles in this series – so much so that watching reruns of the popular TV show practically becomes a game of «Where is Waldo?» and offers an entertaining glimpse into your favorite actors` debut on the small screen. Even the biggest fans of SVU have probably forgotten some of these performances. Sarah Hyland was born in New York City to actors Melissa D. Canaday and Edward James Hyland. She started working in commerce and voiceovers at the age of 4. His first film was Чaсти тела (1997). She then moved on to Об&.

In the episode «Monogamy» of the third season, Ritter played Dr. Richard Manning. His character was a doctor accused of a horrific crime: the murder of his wife and then the removal of his unborn child from the womb. A few years after the conclusion of Sex and The City, Nixon took on a completely different role in the opening episode of the ninth season, «Alternate,» which was full of twists and turns characteristic of the series. Nixon played Janis Donovan, a mother who was falsely accused of abusing her daughter, who also faked dissociative identity disorder to cover up a murder. Nixon delivered such an impressive performance that she won an Emmy for the role. Elliot Stabler was a senior detective in Manhattan`s 16th District, also known as the Special Victims Unit, which investigates sex crimes. He is one of the founding members of the troupe. As a former Marine and dedicated detective, he has a graduation rate of 97%[11], but his involvement can turn into an obsession and make him take matters personally. His commitment to this position also made him the target of several ICC investigations during his 12-year career at sVU.