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Stephanie March Returns to 'Law & Order: SVU' After 8 Years
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In Short: Stephanie March, known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot, is set to return to 'Law & Order: SVU' after an eight-year hiatus.
Stephanie March, known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot, is set to return to 'Law & Order: SVU' after an eight-year hiatus.
March last appeared in the series during Season 19, Episode 19, titled 'Sunk Cost Fallacy.' She will reprise her role in the ninth episode of the current season.
The actress, who played Cabot as a series regular for four seasons and in recurring roles thereafter, expressed her openness to returning to the show if it made sense for her character.
March told People, 'It would depend on the story, but they've got some good writers.' She added, 'I haven't ruled out returning to the show if it made sense for my character.'
March's return comes after her recent work on Ava DuVernay’s series 'Naomi' and her collaboration with DuVernay in the feature film 'Origin.'
The actress has previously discussed how her time on 'SVU' influenced her personal life, stating, 'I found the subject matter disturbing and compelling. It was just not something I could put away when I came home at night from work.'
March's character, Alex Cabot, was last seen leaving the DA’s office to help abuse victims escape their abusers in Season 19, Episode 19.
The actress also mentioned her close relationships with the cast, saying, 'I get to see Chris [Meloni] and Mariska [Hargitay] and BD [Wong] and all of those other wonderful people with regularity, so that's good.'
TVLine and Deadline confirmed that March will appear in the ninth episode of the current season.
Created by Dick Wolf, 'Law & Order: SVU' is the longest-running primetime drama in American television history.
What this adds
Stephanie March's return to 'Law & Order: SVU' marks her first appearance on the show since 2014.
March's character, Alex Cabot, was a significant part of the series from 2000 to 2003 and made guest appearances in seasons six, ten, eleven, and thirteen.
Background
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, expanding it into the Law & Order franchise, it originally starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson remaining the longest starring character in the series.
What's confirmed
- March is repped by Paradigm and Navigation Media Group.
- Stephanie March will reprise the role of Alexandra Cabot in the 9th episode of the season.
What's still developing
- Law & Order: SVU fans will reconnect with a familiar face from the past in Season 28.
- Odafin “Fin” Tutuola, the procedural chronicles the lives of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate crimes of sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence.
- For the small screen, March most recently recurred on Ava DuVernay’s series Naomi and collaborated again with DuVernay in her feature film, Origin.
- Michelle Hurd appeared as part of SVU’ s original cast, playing Det.
- March spoke to PEOPLE exclusively at the City Harvest Presents The 2025 Gala: Carnaval in New York City on Tuesday, April 22.
- "And I have been lucky enough to find a few places where those interests intersect, and I'm very passionate about it."
- “I just hope they keep their jobs like the rest of us,” she says.
- March said she honestly just hopes everyone keeps working.
- March has previously opened up about how her time on the long-running series impacted a number of decisions in her real life off-screen.
- (She also played the character in the short-lived "SVU" spin-off "Conviction.") Her other TV work includes "Early Edition," "30 Rock," "Grey's Anatomy," "Rescue Me," "Naomi," and "Harlan Coben's Shelter." A few episodes before March's Season 28 debut, Chris Meloni will bring his "SVU"/"Law & Order: Organized Crime" character Stabler back to "SVU" for the s how's milestone 600th episode.
- OK, "SVU" fans, we want to hear you: Are you looking forward to Cabot's return?
- "Law & Order: SVU" airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock.