Amanda Rollins

**Detective** **Amanda Rollins** was a detective with the Special Victims Unit until her resignation in 2022. She is currently a professor with Fordham University.

## History

### On SVU

During her time with the Atlanta Police Department, Rollins hunted a serial rapist (later revealed to be Brian Smith) who ended up striking in New York City. She continued to investigate the rapes when she was transferred to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Rollins also suffered a gambling addiction and was in 20 grand in debt with a bookie. Cragen chose to get her help to cure her addiction rather than fire her. Ever since, she has been attending Gamblers Anonymous meetings.

Rollins also has a troubled sister, Kim Rollins, who causes problems for Amanda especially during cases. Kim returns to New York one day and claims she was abused by her boyfriend, Jeff Parker, and he got her pregnant. However, one night, Rollins returned home and Kim was screaming rape which caused Rollins to shoot and kill Jeff to protect her sister. Rollins was arrested and imprisoned for his murder after Kim told Ed Tucker that she shot him in cold blood. She was later released after it was revealed that Kim manipulated Amanda into killing Jeff.

Rollins is also shot by a sniper outside the precinct Her shooting leads back to the daughter of Fin's old partner when he was working in Narcotics, who is out for revenge on the NYPD after her father was injured on the job protecting Fin from being shot.

Rollins starts gambling at an illegal gambling station and she is forced into the office of her owner after the waitress rats her out and tells him she's a cop. After this she is forced to work with them so she won't get caught by the NYPD and lose her job. Amanda is ordered to steal a gun from evidence and is later caught by her partner, Nick Amaro, on camera. Later in the episode, it was revealed that the owner Declan O'Rourke aka Declan Murphy is working for the NYPD, arresting everybody in that room. According to Benson, she would have been transferred that same day if they weren't so short-staffed.

Amanda agreed to sleep with Deputy Chief Charles Patton, during her time at Atlanta, to get her sister off the hook per Patton's request. She was only able to admit that he raped her when one of her fellow former Detectives from Atlanta, Detective Reese Taymor, was raped by him. It's possible that Amanda also left due to rumors that she came up with the thought of sleeping with him to advance her career.

It was revealed Amanda was pregnant by 2015. She never told the rest of the squad, though the fact was realized by serial killer Gregory Williams Yates, who taunted and harassed her about it. It was revealed that Lieutenant Declan Murphy is the father of her baby. She later reveals that she is pregnant with Al Pollack's baby in 2018.

In 2019, Rollins revealed to her doctor, Alexis Hanover, that her father called her after 15 long years and invited her to his wedding to another woman. She was later kidnapped and held hostage by retired Detective Frank Bucci during her appointment after a corrupt judge declined to press charges against a pedophile and statutory rapist named Steve Getz, who was inappropriate with Bucci's daughters Ivy and Milly.

In 2020, Benson promoted Rollins to Detective 2nd Grade and Rollins was extremely happy after hearing the news.

In 2021, Rollins reopened a case after an 18 year old boy named Henry Mesner was released from a juvenile facility after his 18th birthday. Rollins told Henry that she was worried about him 8 years ago and that she didn't want him to die, while being held hostage. However, it was revealed that Henry had been stalking and harassing Jesse and Rollins due to Henry having several pictures of them on his phone. Rollins felt enraged especially after Henry stabbed Carisi in the ear with a pencil during the trial. After Henry was institutionalised, Rollins visited him and threatened him saying that if he ever gets released and comes after Rollins, Carisi or her family she would kill him herself.

Rollins has grown a bond with both Detectives Nick Amaro and Dominick Carisi, Jr. and suggestive tension has been hinted at between both of them, including a possible romantic relationship between Rollins and Amaro and possible romantic feelings between Rollins and Carisi. When Rollins is revealed to be pregnant, she states that it is not Nick's baby, showing that they at least slept together. However, Rollins has often fought with Carisi and Amaro over specific cases, disagreeing with their beliefs and opinions. This often becomes heated and makes their relationships more complicated. Carisi and Rollins are constantly mistaken for dating, as noted by her father, Jim Rollins, while he is in the hospital and by hospital staff when Carisi escorts Rollins to appointments when she was pregnant with her daughters. After Carisi gets promoted to ADA, the relationship between Rollins and Carisi becomes more strained, Rollins telling Carisi that she misses him and often accuses him of abandoning her. Eventually, Rollins asks Carisi to share his wedding officiating speech with her, as Fin and Phoebe had decided to no longer get married, but remain in a romantic relationship. Carisi shared his speech to Rollins, speaking about "partnerships" at work are equivalent to marriages. Rollins is brought to tears to which Carisi comforts her and wipes her tears. Rollins finally realizes that she has deeper feelings for Carisi, ultimately leading to Rollins kissing him. (SVU: "Wolves In Sheep's Clothing")

In the courthouse, Rollins and Carisi are seen kissing again but Carisi doesn't think it's a good idea but Rollins says that the cleaning crew aren't going to bust them. Rollins asks if this is really happening and Carisi says that he thinks it is. But when Rollins asks what's going to happen tomorrow, Carisi didn't respond. Later, Rollins asks Carisi if he could take a break and Carisi says that he wants to take Rollins out to dinner. (SVU: "And The Empire Strikes Back")

Rollins gets informed about Nicole and her involvement with Ava. After Nicole ID's Sirenko as the man who chased after Ava, Rollins and the rest of the team raided Sirenko's home and searched for Sirenko. However, Sirenko was not found but Benson managed to find a secret room with makings of a bomb hidden inside. Cosgrove told Shaw and Rollins to stay back. Later, after Sirenko manages to get away from the police after setting off a bomb, Rollins finds Sirenko near a subway entrance and requests for backup. Rollins then spots Sirenko and so does Stabler. Sirenko then enters a clothing store and holds people hostage. Eventually, Sirenko drops his hostages and gets held at gunpoint by Stabler, who gets stopped by Cosgrove. (SVU: "Gimme Shelter")

### Departure and Marriage

Carisi gathers the precinct to the courtroom where he reveals that he will be getting married to Rollins. Rollins and Carisi then get married in the courthouse before celebrating afterwards with their friends and family. After Benson takes Noah to meet his newly-discovered half-brother, Benson ends up staying at a motel where she finds a hidden camera in the room. Rollins then calls Benson to talk to her about her job offer but ends up getting distracted and tells her that she will break the news in person. The next morning, Rollins and Benson investigate the mastermind behind the hidden camera and find out that the motel worker planted those cameras with the help of his cousin. After Rollins and Benson get drunk in the motel, Rollins asks Benson about her relationship with Stabler to which Benson opens up about. Benson tells Rollins that she did have feelings for Stabler but she never got over the fact that he abandoned her. Benson then makes a toast to Rollins before she admits to Benson that she is leaving. Benson then gets shocked by Rollins' news and gets defensive before Rollins leaves the motel. At the precinct, Rollins apologises to Benson for leaving the motel the way she did but Benson apologises to Rollins for lashing out at her. Rollins and Benson then exchange a few words before they hug. Benson then watches Rollins leave her office while everyone cheers for her and gives her hugs before she leaves.

Whilst investigating several rapes, Rollins visits Benson at the precinct. Rollins tells Benson that their suspect took down the site because it was tainted and that he is going to put it back up again. Rollins also adds that he wants to take revenge on the world. Benson tells Rollins that she could tell that she is enjoying working the case. Rollins admits to Benson that she doesn't like her new job and that Carisi doesn't know. (SVU: "All Pain Is One Malady")

Rollins ends up giving birth her and Carisi's baby which turns out to be a baby boy named Nicky. Rollins and Carisi then invite Benson and the rest of the squad to the baptism where Benson holds him while Father Ralph baptises him. After the baptism, Carisi pulls Rollins aside to talk about their new child and talk about his potential future. Carisi tells Rollins that he wants to spend alone time together for a bit after six months of being occupied. Whilst watching Rollins and Carisi, Benson and Steve talk about Benson's compass that Stabler gave her. Later, whilst Benson is investigating the kidnapping of Maddie Flynn, Benson visits Rollins at the university to discuss the case with her and Rollins gives her advice on how to find the perp.

## On OC

### Season 3

After discovering that Ava’s sex trafficker was a woman, Benson has Rollins and the rest of their team comb their record for 90 seconds until Velasco gets a lead on the female pimp. Cosgrove, Stabler and the SWAT team then enter the pimp’s home where Cosgrove is charged at by a woman with a knife. Cosgrove disarms the woman and takes her into custody. (OC: “Gimme Shelter”)

Rollins calls Stabler in on a case and informs him that a family was attacked and claims that a mother and her daughter were raped. Rollins tells Stabler that she thinks The Brotherhood is involved and Stabler goes to see the mother and her daughter. Stabler and Rollins talk to the mother, Maria, who is in a lot of pain from the attack. Rollins tells Maria that Stabler polices the police and Maria tells Stabler that the perps wore masks and didn't have badges. Maria tells Stabler and Rollins that she tried to save her daughter but they beat her and made her watch. Stabler promises Maria that they will do everything they can to find the people responsible. Later, Rollins tells Stabler that Maria isn't the one she is worried about and they bring Maria multiple mug shots to see if she can identify her attacker. Maria manages to find a familiar face but her daughter, Jasmin, manages to identify Manny as her rapist. (OC: "Behind Blue Eyes")

While Rollins is teaching a class about the man who invented the modern-day assassin, Stabler enters the class and becomes interactive with Rollins. After the class, Stabler congratulates Rollins on her pregnancy where Rollins tells Stabler that she hasn't called Benson yet but Carisi must have told her. Rollins then asks Stabler how she can help. Stabler tells Rollins about Shadowërk which intrigues Rollins. After Stabler explains the case, Stabler notes that Rollins seems more interested in the case than her lecture. Rollins tells Stabler that she misses solving cases but feels bad because Carisi got her a job. McClary then calls Stabler to tell him that Judge Ziegler was on Shadowërk. After Ziegler gets murdered, Stabler and Bell meet Benson at the scene. Stabler than tells Benson that someone had offered to help them with the case. Rollins then arrives at the scene and awkwardly reunites with Benson. Benson congratulates Rollins on her pregnancy where Rollins tells Benson that she meant to call her. Stabler tells Benson that Rollins worked up a psych profile which Rollins tells them about. (OC: "Shadowërk")

After Benson gets shot during a shooting at the diner, Rollins comes to the precinct where Bell and Fin question Linda about Kyle's suicide note. Rollins explains how Kyle wanted to get revenge on the world and changed his mind about death when Shadowërk became a success. Linda tells Rollins, Fin and Bell that Kyle was always a little off but a child psychologist couldn't help him. Rollins tells Linda that there is no cure and no amount of love from his mother that would help Kyle. While the cops go to the isolated area that Kyle is hiding at, Rollins warns them that Kyle would rather die than have his website taken down. Rollins and Fin then team up where they find Kyle's laptop inside a camp building and a wall covered with Shadowërk crime selfies. (OC: "With Many Names")

## On L&O

Rollins tries to speak with Nicole who is playing a game involving fighting. Nicole asks Rollins to take her to Delfina to try on lipsticks and beauty samples. However, when Rollins and Nicole leave the house, Nicole and Rollins get shot at and Rollins gets shot trying to protect Nicole. The other cop guarding them tells Nicole not to move and tries to talk to Rollins. Benson rushes to the scene where another cop informs her about the situation with Rollins. Carisi then approaches Benson with tears in his eyes and expresses his concerns about the situation. Benson tells Carisi that Rollins was strong and if anybody could survive a gunshot wound, it was her. Later, Price comes to see Benson and Price asks about Rollins. Benson tells Price that Rollins is stable. Later, Carisi comes to see Rollins at the hospital and takes her hand. (L&O: "Gimme Shelter")

## Officer-Involved Shootings

* Liev Bodrov
* Jeff Parker
* Esther Labott
* Unnamed shooter

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 13: "Scorched Earth" • "Personal Fouls" • "Blood Brothers" • "Double Strands" • "Missing Pieces" • "True Believers" • "Russian Brides" • "Educated Guess" • "Lost Traveler" • "Spiraling Down" • "Theatre Tricks" • "Official Story" • "Father's Shadow" • "Home Invasions" • "Hunting Ground" • "Child's Welfare" • "Justice Denied" • "Valentine's Day" • "Street Revenge" • "Father Dearest" • "Learning Curve" • "Strange Beauty" • "Rhodium Nights
	+ Season 14: "Lost Reputation" • "Above Suspicion" • "Twenty-Five Acts" • "Acceptable Loss" • "Manhattan Vigil" • "Friending Emily" • "Vanity's Bonfire" • "Lessons Learned" • "Dreams Deferred" • "Presumed Guilty" • "Beautiful Frame" • "Criminal Hatred" • "Monster's Legacy" • "Secrets Exhumed" • "Deadly Ambition" • "Funny Valentine" • "Undercover Blue" • "Legitimate Rape" • "Born Psychopath" • "Girl Dishonored" • "Traumatic Wound" • "Poisoned Motive" • "Brief Interlude" • "Her Negotiation
	+ Season 15: "Surrender Benson" • "Imprisoned Lives" • "American Tragedy" • "Internal Affairs" • "Wonderland Story" • "October Surprise" • "Dissonant Voices" • "Military Justice" • "Rapist Anonymous" • "Psycho/Therapist" • "Amaro's One-Eighty" • "Jersey Breakdown" • "Betrayal's Climax" • "Wednesday's Child" • "Comic Perversion" • "Gridiron Soldier" • "Gambler's Fallacy" • "Criminal Stories" • "Downloaded Child" • "Beast's Obsession" • "Post-Mortem Blues" • "Reasonable Doubt" • "Thought Criminal" • "Spring Awakening
	+ Season 16: "Girls Disappeared" • "American Disgrace" • "Producer's Backend" • "Holden's Manifesto" • "Pornstar's Requiem" • "Glasgowman's Wrath" • "Chicago Crossover" • "Spousal Privilege" • "Pattern Seventeen" • "Forgiving Rollins" • "Decaying Morality" • "Intimidation Game" • "Undercover Mother" • "December Solstice" • "Parole Violations" • "Devastating Story" • "Granting Immunity" • "Daydream Believer" • "Perverted Justice" • "Surrendering Noah
	+ Season 17: "Devil's Dissections" • "Criminal Pathology" • "Transgender Bridge" • "Institutional Fail" • "Community Policing" • "Maternal Instincts" • "Patrimonial Burden" • "Depravity Standard" • "Catfishing Teacher" • "A Misunderstanding" • "Forty-One Witnesses" • "Nationwide Manhunt" • "Collateral Damages" • "Star-Struck Victims" • "Manhattan Transfer" • "Unholiest Alliance" • "Sheltered Outcasts" • "Fashionable Crimes" • "Assaulting Reality" • "Intersecting Lives" • "Heartfelt Passages
	+ Season 18: "Terrorized" • "Making a Rapist" • "Imposter" • "Heightened Emotions" •Rape Interrupted" • "Broken Rhymes" • "Next Chapter" • "Chasing Theo" • "Decline and Fall" • "Motherly Love" • "Great Expectations" • "No Surrender" • "Genes" • "Net Worth" • "Know It All" • "The Newsroom" • "Real Fake News" • "Spellbound" • "Conversion" • "American Dream" • "Sanctuary"
	+ Season 19: "Gone Fishin'" • "Mood" • "Contrapasso" • "No Good Reason" • "Complicated" • "Unintended Consequences" • "Something Happened" • "Intent" • "Gone Baby Gone" • "Pathological" • "Flight Risk" • "Info Wars" • "The Undiscovered Country" • "Chasing Demons" • "In Loco Parentis" • "Dare" • "Send In The Clowns" • "Service" • "Sunk Cost Fallacy" • "The Book of Esther" • "Guardian" • "Mama" • "Remember Me" • "Remember Me Too"
	+ Season 20: "Man Up" • "Man Down" • "Zero Tolerance" • "Revenge" • "Accredo" • "Exile" • "Caretaker" • "Hell's Kitchen" • "Mea Culpa" • "Alta Kockers" • "Plastic" • "Dear Ben" • "A Story of More Woe" • "Part 33" • "Brothel" • "Facing Demons" • "Missing" • "Blackout" • "Dearly Beloved" • "The Good Girl" • "Exchange" • "Diss" • "Assumptions" • "End Game"
	+ Season 21: "I'm Going To Make You a Star" • "The Darkest Journey Home" • "Down Low In Hell's Kitchen" • "The Burden Of Our Choices" • "At Midnight In Manhattan" • "Murdered at a Bad Address" • "Counselor, It's Chinatown" • "We Dream Of Machine Elves" • "Can't Be Held Accountable" • "Must Be Held Accountable" • "She Paints For Vengeance" • "The Longest Night Of Rain" • "Redemption In Her Corner" • "I Deserve Some Loving Too" • "Swimming With The Sharks" • "Eternal Relief From Pain" • "Dance, Lies and Video Tape" • "Garland's Baptism By Fire" • "Solving For The Unknowns" • "The Things We Have To Lose"
	+ Season 22: "Guardians and Gladiators" • "Ballad Of Dwight and Irena" • "Remember Me In Quarantine" • "Sightless in a Savage Land" • "The Long Arm Of The Witness" • "Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release" • "The Only Way Out Is Through" • "Return Of The Prodigal Son" • "Welcome To The Pedo Motel" • "In The Year We All Fell Down" • "Post-Graduate Psychopath" • "What Can Happen In The Dark" • "Wolves In Sheep's Clothing"
	+ Season 23: "And The Empire Strikes Back" • "Never Turn Your Back On Them" • "I Thought You Were On My Side" • "One More Tale of Two Victims" • "Fast Times @ TheWheelHouse" • "The Five Hundredth Episode" • "They'd Already Disappeared" • "Nightmares In Drill City" • "Silent Night, Hateful Night" • "Burning With Rage Forever" • "Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight" • "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" • "Video Killed The Radio Star" • "Promising Young Gentlemen" • "Eighteen Wheels A Predator" • "Tangled Strands Of Justice" • "Did You Believe In Miracles?" • "A Final Call At Forlini's Bar"
	+ Season 24: "Gimme Shelter" • "The One You Feed" • "Mirror Effect" • "The Steps We Cannot Take" • "Breakwater" • "Controlled Burn" • "Dead Ball" • "A Better Person" • "And A Trauma In A Pear Tree" • "All Pain Is One Malady"
	+ Season 25: "Tunnel Blind"
* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 3: "Gimme Shelter" • "Behind Blue Eyes" • "Shadowërk" • "With Many Names"
* Law & Order
	+ Season 22: "Gimme Shelter"
* Chicago P.D.
	+ Season 1: "Conventions"
	+ Season 2: "They'll Have To Go Through Me"
* Chicago Fire
	+ Season 3: "Nobody Touches Anything"