Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (simply known as Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, expanding it into the Law & Order franchise, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit follows the detectives of the Special Victims Unit as they investigate and prosecute sexually based crimes. Some of the episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.

The series has received 108 award nominations, winning 59 awards. Hargitay was the first regular cast member on any Law & Order series to win an Emmy Award when she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006.

 Cast 

 Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler
 Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
 Richard Belzer as John Munch
 Dann Florek as Donald Cragen
 Michelle Hurd as Monique Jeffries
 Stephanie March as Alexandra Cabot
 Ice-T as Odafin Tutuola
 BD Wong as George Huang
 Diane Neal as Casey Novak
 Tamara Tunie as Melinda Warner
 Adam Beach as Chester Lake
 Michaela McManus as Kim Greylek
 Danny Pino as Nick Amaro
 Kelli Gaddish as Amanda Rollins
 Raul Esparza as Rafael Barba
 Peter Scanavino as Dominick Carisi Jr.
 Philip Winchester as Peter Stone
 Jamie Grey Hyder as Katriona "Kat" Tamin
 Demore Barnes as Christian Garland
 Octavio Pisano as Joe Velasco

Notes

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official websites for the show from NBC



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