Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been going strong since 1999, but not all of its major characters have stayed throughout its long run.In fact, the only remaining original cast member from season 1 of the series is Mariska Hargitay who started as detective Olivia Benson and has since become the captain of the Special Victims Unit.
She replaced Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) in 2014 as the SVU leader — becoming sergeant then lieutenant before making her way to captain.The cast is rounded out by Ice-T (Odafin “Fin” Tutuola) who joined the show in 2000, Kelli Giddish (Amanda Rollins), Peter Scanavino (Sonny Carisi) and Jamie Gray Hyder (Katriona Tamin).Its history-making run, however, is in part thanks to all of the actors that came before.
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