Carolyn Barek

Lieutenant Carolyn Barek was one of the protagonists on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
She is portrayed by Annabella Sciorra.
== Early Life ==
Barek hints that she grew up with a strict mother, when a girl who abuses heroin dresses in front of her and Logan in the hospital. She tells Logan her mother would've killed her if she dressed or undressed in front of people. Barek is Catholic and believes that even the worst sinner should deserve forgiveness. Barek's father was a carpenter who was in a union. Barek admits to having a boyfriend in the past with a gambling problem, and spent two years trying to help him before ending the relationship.
== On CI ==
Barek spent two years post-9/11 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She previously worked without a partner, which accounts for her habit of talking to herself while examining a crime scene. She was assigned to the Major Case Squad and partnered with Detective Mike Logan. Logan and Barek don't always see eye to eye, but she supports him when he needs it. Barek publicly backs Logan when he accidentally shot an undercover cop. She also notices when he falls ill, and takes him to a healer who reveals Logan made contact with poison. At some point during her tenure with the Major Case Squad, she worked a case with Olivia Benson but their paths didn't cross again until 2021. In 2006, Barek was transferred to another division and was replaced by Detective Megan Wheeler.
== On SVU ==
Barek was assigned to the Special Victims Unit's Bronx Division, working out of the 55th precinct, after the departure of their former Captain. She crosses paths with Benson again who insists that they work together to catch a serial rapist known as the "Good Girl Rapist". However, after it is revealed that her Sergeant, Ari Moldovan, was the rapist, Barek was prepared to resign from the Bronx SVU. At that moment, Deputy Chief Christian Garland reminded her that although her time as Lieutenant of Bronx's SVU was over, he could still get her back as a Detective in the Homicide Squad.
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