See Kelli Giddish Back as ‘SVU’s Rollins With Mariska Hargitay & Cast (PHOTOS)
Law & Order: SVU Season 27 production is in full swing as the stars take to the streets of New York City for filming, and while it’s too tough to discern what storylines Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and team will be tackling, it’s more than clear Kelli Giddish is fully back as Amanda Rollins.
Giddish was spotted on set alongside Hargitay and their costar Peter Scanavino, who plays Sonny Carisi in the long-running procedural drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, as they filmed scenes around the city on July 29. As the images reveal, despite the late hour of the shoot, NYC’s heatwave had the cast members cooling themselves down with hand-held fans.
Still, everyone was all smiles as they posed together for photographers between scenes for the series. As fans will recall, Giddish’s full-time return as Rollins was announced earlier this year in May.
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In the photos above and below, Giddish’s return is just as welcome for her costars as it’s sure to be for fans. The actress originally joined the crime drama as a series regular in Season 13 and exited in Season 24. After that, Giddish returned for a handful of episodes in Season 25, but only on a guest star basis. When Rollins first left, she and Carisi got married, she left the NYPD, and began teaching. She occasionally consulted on SVU cases.
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In Season 26, Rollins returned in a recurring role, working in Intelligence and then being promoted to sergeant. As fans will recall, when she left SVU, she was only a detective. Based on the newest images, it appears she is teaming back up with Benson and Carisi on the work front.
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In September 2024, Giddish told TV Insider, “Rollins loves her new job. She says it’s like getting to eavesdrop on the whole world. And I feel like she’s really happy, and it’s fun to play that version of Rollins.”
Meanwhile, Hargitay more recently spoke about Giddish’s full-time return, “It is so purely joyful to me. She is a formidable actress and an incredibly creative partner, and has been such a joy and huge part of the fabric of SVU. I love her, and I love acting with her and co-creating with her, and it feels like home with her… So, I am ecstatic about her return.”
Let us know what you think about the exciting images in the comments section, and stay tuned for more on Giddish’s return as Rollins.
Law & Order: SVU, Season 27 Premiere, Thursday, September 25, 9/8c, NBC
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It was one of the most dumb decisions of all time to write her character out of the show. Very happy she is back where she belongs!
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Missed her, glad she’s back
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Absolutely!!
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So happy Rollins is back.
Never should have left in the first place!
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I am also ecstatic that she is back. Missed her. I can’t give NBC enough kudos. They also brought back Law&Order OC. So much smarter than CBS will ever be.
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I stopped watching after Kelli was fired; I will try watching again. Some of those new characters are truly off putting
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What about Finn’s role? Is he still on the show? He’s very good!
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Glad Amanda's back but MORE Fin Please!
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Absolutely 💯 glad she's back love them Both great Ladies
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I really hope TPTB learned their lesson. You don't fire incredible actors who are fan favorites in order to save a few bucks!!! It will almost always come back to bite you in the butt.
The fact is you get what you pay for. They tried bringing in younger female actors willing to work for less money but their characters didn't resonate with the viewers.
It will be wonderful to see Amanda and Olivia working together again and it will be great to see more of Amanda and Sonny interacting with their kids and managing their work/home lives.
Does anyone know if they've addressed whether Sonny has legally adopted Amanda's daughters? If they haven't it might be an interesting B Plot to be explored.
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It is a joy to have her back on the set.
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awesome, love Kelly,did she get a book job? looking good Rollins..
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Too bad Peter and Kelli couldn't be a couple in real life. They would have beautiful kids...and they would look like their dad. In real life Peter's kids don't look anything like him, which is such a shame.
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Great news!!! Kelli was truly missed!! With one exception… Carisi boss #lorrainemaxwell (@blbuckley @Betty Buckley) .. she is the missing piece of this great team! We haven’t seen her since season 23, “Bend The Law” … did she or didnt she? Bring back Lorraine Maxwell please and thank you! ♥️Xxxooo@DickWolf @wolfentertainment @NBC @lawandordersvu
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She never should of left.shes great!
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I'm so excited!! No one can replace Amanda!!
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Love that Rollins is back the show was not the same without her love her
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I am so Excited that Rollins is BACK!! I always loved her character!! Thank you for bringing her back to SVU!!!
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So glad Kelli is coming back full time! She always worked so well with Mariska. And when Chris left, I didn't think anyone could take his place in the show, but slowly, Kelli did! Dick Wolf was a dummy to fire her, lol, I mean, that was just stupid. And the replacement characters they brought in?? Yawn city! Glad they have gotten rid of velasco, and that freckle faced girl. Next, that lotto winning guy needs to go, lol. Such a stupid backstory. Like that det. lake they had hired for a while that had the backstory that he had bad insomnia, so he just walked the city at night all the time??🤣🤣 Just ridiculous. Organized crime was bad from the get go. Ugh. I stuck through 3 seasons and I couldn't take it anymore, lol. Chris needs to come back to svu. The new dynamic with Liv being his boss would be great to see! Along with, of course, some, ANY movement with Bensler, finally!
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YES, YES, YES!!!
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I've been watching SVU since it's been on and I still watch all the repeats from the beginning to this next season coming up... I wish sometimes the older characters would come back I miss him a lot and I'm wondering when stabler and Mariska are going to get together... We're all waiting we've all been waiting since day one there's a chemistry there that you can't shake I've kind of walked out walk once before so I understand friendship and wanting to step over the line... And I love crazy and I love Rollins together I think they're just really adorable in the chemistry is fantastic there.. I'm hoping that this next season that Mariska hard today is going to be how should I put it more settled in her life I guess is what I'm trying to say maybe her looks I hate the way her hair looks she's a professional and I have never just seen a cop with their hair laying down like that all the time it should be up in a ponytail if she has to keep it which I think is ridiculous she's her own person and whatever she does in her private life I'm sorry but that's her private life and if she wants to cut her hair I think she should be able to cut her hair she's really a really pretty beautiful woman when she's not filming when she's filming I'm sorry I love her to death but she looks frumpy all these heavy coats and stuff it's it's it's ridiculous but I love her character I love Rollins crazy stabler all the old ones I really do miss iced tea he's he's great so anyway I'm excited I can't wait
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