Gayle Rankin

Gayle Rankin is a Scottish actress. She is known for her role as Sheila in the Netflix series GLOW. She also played Emily Dodson in the HBO series Perry Mason. Her films include The Greatest Showman, Her Smell, Blow the Man Down, and The Climb. Rankin joined the cast of the HBO series House of the Dragon for its second season as Alys Rivers. In 2024, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 77th Tony Awards for her role in Cabaret.

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LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S13, E11

Theatre Tricks

An actress in an interactive theater production is raped on stage, while the audience believes it to be part of the show. The SVU detectives hit a dead end in their investigation when they learn the show's passionate director (guest star Fisher Stevens) gave the audience, including the assailant, masks to wear during the performance. Detectives Rollins (Kelli Giddish) and Tutuola (Ice-T) track down an obsessed fan of the young actress who recorded the assault while stalking her, which leads Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Amaro (Danny Pino) to a respected judge (guest star Kevin Pollak.) With the judge's reputation on the line, the SVU squad explores the underbelly of the New York theater world to uncover who really orchestrated the public attack. Also starring Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) with special appearances by Stephanie March (ADA Alex Cabot), Gilbert Gottfried (TARU Tech Leo Gerber.) Grant Shaud guest stars.