Law & Order: SVU has been renewed for Season 26 , and I could not be more excited about the return of detective Amanda Rollins played by Kelli Giddish. However, as someone who has watched every single season, news like this makes me wonder what some of SVU’s best alumni are up to these days. Most recently, Stephanie March, who played ADA Alex Cabot regularly from Season 2 to Season 5, revealed how the crime show inspired her to advocate for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in real life.
Most people struggle not to take their work home with them, but for the SVU actress, the content of the show was just too important and startling to leave behind. In an interview with People , the former cast member talked about her life since Law & Order , which mostly consists of philanthropic work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. March remembers the specific episode that inspired her involvement like it was filmed yesterday, as she said: Yes! When I left to go to Congo? I remember it very clearly.
And it was kind of stuck in my head at the time. And so I have to believe that to some degree, everything happens for a reason. That's part of the reason I was so interested in the Panzi Foundation.
The episode in question is from Season 11 after ADA Cabot had left and later returned to work with the famous detective unit in Season 10. In the episode, titled “Witness,” Cabot is trying a case in which a woman witnessed a sex crime, but is scared to speak out, herself a survivor of s.
