page_title: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters
section_title: Abbie Carmichael
hierarchical_section_title: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters / Assistant district attorneys / Abbie Carmichael
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Angie Harmon
context_page_description: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual assault, and child molestation, as well as any crime loosely connected with any of the three, such as domestic violence, kidnapping, and child abandonment. Since its debut in September 1999, the series has followed the career of Olivia Benson, as she progresses from the rank of Detective, working with a partner, to Lieutenant, replacing Donald Cragen as commanding officer of SVU, and then to Captain. The unit also has a prosecutor assigned from the District Attorney's office, and frequently interacts with medical examiners and psychiatrists.
context_section_description: Portrayed by Angie Harmon
  Episodes: "Payback" – "Entitled"
  In season 1, ADA Abbie Carmichael, from Law & Order, prosecuted SVU cases for 6 episodes.
caption: Abbie Carmichael was portrayed by Angie Harmon from 1999 to 2000.
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