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Meet the Real-Life Partners of the “Law & Order: SVU” Cast (Including Who Has Appeared on the Show)
Apr 4, 2025
The cases that unfold on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit pull at audiences' heartstrings — and so do the on-screen romances.
Now in its 26th season (with new episodes airing every Thursday), Law & Order: SVU fans are still desperate to see Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) finally become a couple.
However, this would require Meloni to return to the show after exiting in 2023 (for a second time). He now stars in Law & Order: Organized Crime, where the Benson and Stabler relationship has continued in a limited capacity with Hargitay's occasional guest appearances.
Benson and Stabler's future is ultimately in creator Dick Wolf's hands, but Hargitay has a feeling it will all end the way it's supposed to.
"We want to hold the tension and do what’s right and truthful for both characters," she told Variety in May 2024.
In real life, Law & Order: SVU brought Hargitay her husband, Peter Hermann. The couple, who have now been married for 20 years, met on set in 2002. Meloni and his wife, Sherman Williams, had a similar meet-cute when they first crossed paths on the set of an HBO series in 1989.
Here’s everything to know about the real-life partners of the Law & Order: SVU cast.
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
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