LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 25th Anniversary: Stars and Guest Stars Recall Their First Days on Set - Give Me My Remote : Give Me My Remote

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 25th Anniversary: Stars and Guest Stars Recall Their First Days on Set

September 20, 2024 by  

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT celebrates its 25th birthday on ​​September 20, a remarkable feat that makes it not only the longest-running primetime drama, but also a place literally thousands of actors have worked. (The series has produced over 550 episodes so far.)

Here, a number of stars and guest stars—both past and present—share their memories with Give Me My Remote about their first days on the show’s set…

Ashley Williams

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Laura Kozlowski (Season 8, Episode 15, "Haystack") 
 “I remember being honored to be a part of this television legacy. The fact that I was able to get hired made me feel like such a legit actor...the cast is comprised of actors who are doing New York theater, they’ve been around for 100 years, journeymen actors. That is one of the ways…I’ve been acting since I was 11 years old; I remember when I was 15, 16 and started really working, people saying to me, ‘Well, at some point, you’ve got to do a LAW & ORDER.’ And [I thought,] ‘Well, once I’ve done a LAW & ORDER episode, that means I’m a real actor.'
So getting to be there, to be with Chris and I’m crying and people were working with me....And Tamara Tunie, who later I got to direct in a movie! It was a perfect thing I got to do in my early 20s to help me feel like I had arrived in a lot of ways to the acting profession. It was really legitimizing. So many times as an actor, there’s this imposter syndrome. So it was really cool to feel like a real actor.” (Photo credit: Screengrab/NBC)

To jump straight to a certain actor, here’s the full list:

(And a bonus of a couple of past guest stars talking about their experiences: Emily Deschanel, Cady McClain, and Lou Diamond Phillips.)

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, Season Premiere, Thursday, October 3, 9/8c, NBC

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