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Kelli Giddish leaves Law and Order: SVU after season 24
Law and Order: SVU is a detective.
Kelli Giddish – who played Det. Amanda Rollins – announced Wednesday that she is leaving the long-running series.
“I wanted to relate to the chatter I saw on the internet and let everyone know that this would indeed be my final season in Law and Order: SVU. Playing Rollins has been one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life. ” she wrote on Instagram.
“I have been lucky enough to be part of the Law and Order family for the past 12 years. There is simply no other character on TV like Rollins, ”continued Giddish. “She grew up and changed, so did I. I started performing on this show when I was in my 20s and I am grateful to have spent so many of my adult years with Rollins in my life.
The 43-year-old actress thanked the creator of the series Dick Wolf, star Mariska Hargitay and “all my associates, every member of the crew and all the writers …”
“I am so excited that I can take all the things I learned in my time in” SVU “and put them into everything that is to come … #SVU,” she concluded.
Fans expressed their sadness at the news.
“I need handkerchiefs!” one commented and the other wrote: “WHAT IS NIEUZU”.
Giddish joined the famous series for season 13 after Christopher Meloni’s departure and was an ADA partner of Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino) before becoming a couple at the start of season 23.
Hargitay previously revealed that Giddish partially inspired her iconic role as Det. Olivia Benson.
“Kelli is one of the strongest people, I would say, in many ways, much cooler than I am …” said Hargitay in 2018, “so there are so many women I admire and admire. try to catch their pieces, ”she said.
The character of Giddish will appear at least in the upcoming series premiere episode i producer Julie Martin tweeted that “Rollisi will have a happy ending. Be cautious.”
Giddish, who has two sons, 6-year-old Ludo and 3-year-old Charlie, with ex-husband Lawrence Faulborn, had both pregnancies on the police agenda.