Kelli Giddish leaves Law and Order: SVU after season 24

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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 …”

Mariska Hargitay and Kelli Giddish are seen on the set "Law and order: SVU" in Chelsea, Manhattan on March 30, 2022 in New York.
Mariska Hargitay and Giddish are good off-screen buddies.
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“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.

Kelli Giddish in "Law and order: SVU".
Giddish said that being on the show was “one of the greatest joys and privileges in my life.”
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“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.

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    Peter Scanavino as Assistant District Attorney Sonny Carisi, Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins in "Law and order: SVU".
The Giddish character became an ADA pair with Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino).
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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.”

"Law and order: SVU" Jamie Gray Hyder as Katrion's officer "Angle" Azar Tamin, Ice T as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins, Peter Scanavino as Detective Sonny Carisi.
The cop drama premiered in 1999 and was a spin-off of Law and Order.
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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.