Laura Benanti

Laura Ilene Benanti is an American actress and singer. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, winning the year's Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Benanti then appeared in the stage musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played Baroness Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live!

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SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S14, E1

Lost Reputation

The SVU team reel from the fallout when Captain Cragen is accused of murder after waking up with an escort, and potential case witness, dead in his bed; tensions run high as the detectives also deal with a tough new captain.
SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S13, E23

Rhodium Nights

An underage escort is found dead at a wild bachelor party, and Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) cautions his team to investigate with discretion, as there were several high-profile people at the scene. In their efforts to question a well-known leader in the New York escort world (guest star Peter Jacobson), Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Amaro (Danny Pino) encounter former SVU detective Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters), who’s been working undercover. With his help, the detectives dig deeper into a vicious power struggle between the two top escort businesses, but before the case is cracked, a shocking event threatens to destroy the life of one SVU squad member. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins).
SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S13, E18

Valentine's Day

A man sees his wife abducted while video chatting with her, but Benson finds that the victim tried to pick up the ransom herself.
SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S13, E10

Spiraling Down

A military colleague (guest star Dominic Fumusa) of Detective Amaro’s (Danny Pino) wife reports his 14-year-old daughter missing. The detectives find the girl (guest star Kay Panabaker) working as a prostitute under a possessive pimp (guest star Jon Michael Hill). They quickly set up a sting operation to entrap Johns on rape charges with a minor, and arrest aging pro quarterback Jake Stanton (guest star Treat Williams.) Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and ADA Cabot (Stephanie March) seek to make an example out of the football legend, but the case is thrown into chaos with the return of defense attorney Bayard Ellis (guest star Andre Braugher), who questions Stanton’s mental capacity after years of injuries on the field. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins). Beth Chamberlin and Laura Benanti also guest star.
SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S13, E12

Official Story

When the detectives investigate the sexual assault of the executive of a private military-contract company, they uncover a larger conspiracy in Iraq.