olivia benson played detective stabler's wife on law and order svu.
olivia benson played detective stabler's wife on law and order svu.
who plays detective stabler's wife on law and order svu?
olivia benson
family members of both lead detectives appeared in the opening episode. kathy stabler, elliot stabler's wife, was played by isabel gillies. gillies continued to play kathy stabler over the course of the next 11 years either as a guest star or a recurring actress. she recalled that she was in the middle of buying a wedding dress when she got the call to be on "svu". elizabeth ashley was cast to play serena benson, olivia's mother. serena benson did not appear in "svu" again but was mentioned several times. her character's history of being a rape victim who never got justice—and whose attacker was olivia's biological father—figures in many later episodes.
law & order: special victims unit (season 1)
dr. warner is a nyc medical examiner who is one of svu's biggest allies. though originally a recurring character, she became a regular cast member in season 7 through season 12, reverting to a recurring character in season 13. in the season 7 episode "blast", she becomes directly involved in the efforts to rescue an eight-year-old kidnapping victim who has just been diagnosed with leukemia. warner is held hostage with detective stabler at a bank where the hostage taker's father is the manager. when the taker demands detective stabler to come out of the office, he gives warner his second gun, which she later uses to shoot the taker to prevent him from committing suicide by cop. in the season 11 finale "shattered", she is held hostage in her own morgue with detective benson and ada marlowe and is shot by the woman holding them hostage. she talks benson through life-saving techniques before the woman lets her go to get real medical attention. she is well liked by the svu squad, though briefly argues with stabler when he accuses her of botching a dna test on benson, expected to absolve her of a homicide, before she discovered the dna was intentionally doctored to make benson look guilty. she served as a doctor in the u.s. air force during the gulf war and is married with a daughter.
list of law & order: special victims unit characters