“I have thought about that.” Mariska Hargitay revealed whether she is ready to retire from Law & Order: SVU after 26 years

Mariska Hargitay talked about her plans for the future, revealing whether a departure from the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is among them.

Edyta Jastrzebska

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Source: Law & Order: SVU, Dick Wolf, NBC, 1999

Mariska Hargitay is a veteran of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in which she has played for 26 years. We could see her in more than 500 episodes of this production, and it's still not over. The actress also appears in the latest season of the procedural TV series, so we can expect her to remain a presence in the production for now. But what are her plans for the future? After 26 years, is she considering leaving Law & Order: SVU?

Hargitay was asked about this during an interview with E! News. At the time, she confessed that she had indeed been thinking about whether and when she should leave Law & Order: SVU, which has provided her with a lot of recognition. As she revealed, she knows that she will eventually have to say goodbye to Olivia Benson, but for now she does not want to do so. She is putting it off until a later time.

I have thought about that. Not yet. Just thought about it for way later. But I’m open.

Olivia Benson fans can therefore breathe a sigh of relief, as Mariska Hargitay has no plans to retire from Law & Order: SVU for the time being, where we will still be able to follow how the character she plays fights crime. The actress is now so identified with the production that her absence would certainly be felt by viewers who have been following the TV show for years.

Additionally, Hargitay revealed that even after potentially leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, she has no plans to rest, as there are still challenges she would like to take on.

I am somebody who follows the signs. I trust that the future will be right and that I will be where I'm supposed to be. I'm very engaged and fulfilled at SVU right now and there's definitely things that I want to do and achieve challenge myself with.

So it is worth watching the future of the artist, who may surprise us with her further plans.

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Edyta Jastrzebska

Author: Edyta Jastrzebska

A graduate of journalism and social communication as well as cultural studies. She started at Gamepressure.com as one of the newspeople in the films department. Currently she oversees the Gamepressure movie&TV newsroom. She excels in the field of film and television, both in reality-based and fantasy themes. Keeps up with industry trends, but in her free time she prefers to watch less known titles. Has a complicated relationship with popular ones, which is why she only gets convinced about many of them when the hype around them subsides. Loves to spend her evenings not only watching movies, series, reading books and playing video games, but also playing text RPGs, which she has been into for several years.