Olivia Benson isn’t going wherever! After 25 seasons because the confidently compassionate NYPD cop on Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay has no plans to show in her badge. “She refuses to retire and is ready to take this present so far as she will go,” an insider solely tells Nearer. “She doesn’t know what she’d do with out SVU.”
Certainly her life is totally wrapped up within the NBC present. In 2004, she wed actor Peter Hermann after assembly him on set. The couple have three youngsters (and she or he’s the godmother of one in all former costar Christopher Meloni’s youngsters). “She is Olivia Benson, and Olivia Benson is her,” provides the insider. Her Joyful Coronary heart Basis even took on a trigger near Liv’s coronary heart, ending sexual assault, home violence and little one abuse. Not solely that, however she’s tight with the drama’s crew. “She feels a duty to them,” says the insider. “They’d be out of a job with out her.”