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‘Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay Often Gets Celebrity Requests To Play “A Dead Body”


After 25 years on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', Mariska Hargitay reveals the request she frequently gets.

After 25 years of starring as Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the Golden Globe winner recently revealed the “weird” request she frequently gets from celebrities who watch the NBC procedural. Hargitay recalled a “big supermodel” requesting to cameo as a dead body, noting that the unnamed model was “one of the greats.” Hargitay has played Detective Olivia Benson since SVU ‘s premiere in 1999, investigating crimes of sexual nature as a member of the NYPD, eventually becoming captain.

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