After 26 seasons on 'Law & Order: SVU,' Mariska Hargitay, 60, is preparing to step down from the show. Iconic Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay 's days as Capt. Olivia Benson on the long-running cop drama may be numbered — sources have told RadarOnline.com she's plotting a tragic exit for her beloved character.

Mariska Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character in the longest-running American primetime drama. Sources have told RadarOnline.

Special Victims Unit” after departing the show as a series regular in 2022. In the third episode of Season 26, titled “Divide & Conquer,” her character, Detective Amanda Rollins, comes back into the fold — and has a heartwarming reunion with her former partner,

A couple's dinner party ends with a violent home invasion and assault by masked men in a new episode of "Law & Order: SVU."

SVU for good, but Sergeant Amanda Rollins is here to stay. Kelli Giddish isn't back on the NBC drama full-time just yet, but she is back for multiple episodes this season in a whole new capacity. Sergeant Rollins made her debut in the latest episode of SVU as an SVU case collided with an Intelligence case,

SVU, "Divide and Conquer."] Kelli Giddish left Law & Order: SVU in December 2022, midway through its 24th season on NBC - but she hasn't gone far. The actress, who played Detective Amanda Rollins for 12 seasons of the crime drama,

The actress also promises that fans haven’t seen the last of Rollins, who will be back for an episode that’s "totally out of the ordinary."

Detective Rollins is back, but in a whole new role. See Law & Order: Special Victims Unit alum Kelli Giddish return to the NBC drama alongside Mariska Hargitay in sneak peek at the Oct. 17 episode.