Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Persona
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Saturday, June 6 on 5USA (21)
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Persona
Season 10, Episode 8
A woman claims to have been raped by a stranger to hide the fact she is a victim of domestic abuse, but later admits that her husband has been beating her because she does not want children with him. While conducting inquiries, Benson stumbles on a shockingly similar case involving the victim's elderly neighbour. Crime drama, starring Mariska Hargitay
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Cast & Crew
Christopher Meloni
(Actor)
.. Det Elliot Stabler
Mariska Hargitay
(Actor)
.. Det Olivia Benson
Dann Florek
(Actor)
.. Capt Donald Cragen
Richard Belzer
(Actor)
.. Det John Munch
Michaela McManus
(Actor)
.. Kim Greylek
Ice-T
(Actor)
.. Det Odafin `Fin" Tutuola
Tamara Tunie
(Actor)
.. Melinda Warner
Mike Doyle
(Actor)
.. Mike O'Halloran
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. Linnie Malcolm
Mike Farrell
(Actor)
.. Jonah Malcolm
Nathaniel Marston
(Actor)
.. Brent Latimer
Clea DuVall
(Actor)
.. Mia Latimer
Carol Mendelsohn
(Executive producer)
Jerry Bruckheimer
(Executive producer)
Anthony E Zuiker
(Executive producer)
Ann Donahue
(Executive producer)
Dick Wolf
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Christopher Meloni
(Actor)
.. Det Elliot Stabler
Born:
April 02, 1961
in
Washington, DC
Best Known For:
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Early-life:
Christopher Peter Meloni was born on April 2, 1961, in Washington, DC. He's half-Italian, half-French-Canadian. His father is a doctor, his mother a housewife. He has a brother and a sister, and all are talented musicians and performers. After leaving school, Meloni studied acting at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He then moved to New York to work with famed teacher Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. While waiting for his big break, Meloni made ends meet as a builder, barman and personal trainer.
Career:
Despite having a regular role in TV series 1st & Ten in 1989, it took Meloni more than a decade to become a household name in the US. Before achieving fame, he made appearances in NYPD Blue, Brooklyn South, The Fanelli Boys, Junior, Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His big break came in 1997 when he took a role in TV series Oz. His character, a vicious killer with a heart, was one of the most fascinating in the award-winning series. That led to parts in Runaway Bride and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; he quit the latter in 2011 and says he has no plans to return. He's also appeared in movies Carlo's Wake, Wet Hot American Summer, That Brief Moment, Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and Nights in Rodanthe. He also spent a season playing the vampire Roman in True Blood.
Quote:
'When it's mid-February, and it's bitterly cold outside, I am really glad that I'm not working in construction anymore.'
Mariska Hargitay
(Actor)
.. Det Olivia Benson
Born:
January 23, 1964
in
Los Angeles
Best Known For:
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Early-life:
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay was born on January 23, 1964, in Los Angeles. Her mother was film star Jayne Mansfield, her father was the Hungarian bodybuilder-turned-actor Mickey Hargitay. She has two brothers and three half-siblings. On June 29, 1967, she was travelling in a car with her mother when their vehicle was involved in a road accident. Mansfield, their driver and another passenger were killed. Hargitay can't remember the incident, but she was left scarred. She was then raised by her father, and later studied acting at university, but dropped out before graduating.
Career:
In 1982, Hargitay won the Miss Beverly Hills pageant. A year later, she first appeared in Falcon Crest, becoming a cast regular in 1988. She made her big-screen debut in 1985's Ghoulies. Various movies and TV series followed, including Downtown, Jocks, Baywatch, thirtysomething and The Advocate's Devil. Playing Dr Greene's love interest in several episodes of ER in the late 1990s finally got her noticed, and led to a starring role in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, which began in 1999, the same year she featured in box office hit Lake Placid. It's rumoured that she is paid in the region of $400,000 to $500,000 per episode for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, making her one of US TV's best-paid stars.
Quote:
On working on Law & Order SVU: 'There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.'
Trivia:
She can speak five languages.
Dann Florek
(Actor)
.. Capt Donald Cragen
Born:
May 01, 1950
in
Flat Rock, Michigan
Best Known For:
Playing Capt Donald Cragen in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Early-life:
Born Ezekial Dann Florek on May 1, 1950, in Flat Rock, Michigan. His younger brother, Dave, is also an actor and has appeared in such productions as Hidalgo, Grace Under Fire and Ghostbusters II. Florek studied maths and physics at East Michigan University, but his participation in the campus choir led him to be offered a drama scholarship, which he snapped up. He later joined the prestigious Acting Company at Juilliard School in New York.
Career:
Florek started his professional career on stage in the Big Apple before heading west to theatres in San Diego and La Jolla. He made his TV debut in 1982's The Country Girl, and his first film, Eddie Macon's Run, was released a year later. He became a star in 1988 thanks to a role in LA Law, but quit to take part in Law and Order in 1990. The actor spent three years with the show, but later reprised his role as Cragen in spin-off Special Victims Unit in 1999. Florek has also appeared in the films Angel Heart, Sweet Liberty and Hard Rain.
Quote:
On his dramatic career change from science to showbusiness: "I thought, hey, maybe it'll be more fun than synthetic projective geometry."
Trivia:
He divides his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Richard Belzer
(Actor)
.. Det John Munch
Michaela McManus
(Actor)
.. Kim Greylek
Ice-T
(Actor)
.. Det Odafin `Fin" Tutuola
Born:
February 16, 1958
in
New Jersey
Best Known For:
His music career.
Early-life:
Born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He called himself Ice-T in homage to Iceberg Slim, a pimp-turned-author who wrote hard-hitting novels about the criminal underworld. He grew up in the tough South Central neighbourhood of Los Angeles and began rapping while in his teens. After leaving high school, and following a spell in the US Army, he decided to concentrate on a music career. Several early singles failed to bring him international acclaim.
Career:
In 1987, Ice-T was snapped up by a major record label who released his album Rhyme Pays and its 1988 follow-up Power, which were hugely successful. A year later, he released the book The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say, which focused on censorship in music. He continues to record albums, both as a solo artist and as part of rock group Body Count. His acting debut came in 1984's Breakin', but hits such as New Jack City, The Heist and 3,000 Miles to Graceland, as well as TV series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, have made him a sought-after star.
Quote:
'Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If LA falls, the country falls.'
Trivia:
He hosts the Ice-T: Final Level podcast.
Tamara Tunie
(Actor)
.. Melinda Warner
Mike Doyle
(Actor)
.. Mike O'Halloran
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. Linnie Malcolm
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
'I don't have ambition. My expectations are low.'
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
Mike Farrell
(Actor)
.. Jonah Malcolm
Nathaniel Marston
(Actor)
.. Brent Latimer
Clea DuVall
(Actor)
.. Mia Latimer
Carol Mendelsohn
(Executive producer)
Jerry Bruckheimer
(Executive producer)
Anthony E Zuiker
(Executive producer)
Ann Donahue
(Executive producer)
Dick Wolf
(Director)
