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In grant of Law & Order: SVU's play 24 premiere, we're looking backmost astatine Mariska Hargitay's (a.k.a. Olivia Benson's) ever-changing hairsbreadth passim the iconic NBC drama's run.
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Over 23 seasons of Law & Order: SVU, 1 happening has remained the same: Mariska Hargitay.
But immoderate things person changed for the Emmy-winning star, including her hair. Yes, Hargitay's Olivia Benson has been enactment done the wringer implicit the years—sometimes by perps, different times by haircuts.
Throughout her two-plus decades playing Benson, Hargitay has rocked galore hairdos (and lone 1 existent hairsbreadth don't—she's said her season 3 haircut astir got her fired). There person been capable changes that you tin play "Guess the play the USA Network rerun is from" conscionable by her hairstyle. (It's genuinely magical and we highly promote you to effort playing soon.)
"We each cognize what the cornerstone is of immoderate show's originative direction," Hargitay jokingly told The Hollywood Reporter successful 2015. "Hair."
And, with our favourite serviceman returning for SVU play 24—which premieres Thursday, Sept. 22 connected NBC—we're looking backmost connected each of Benson's hairstyles implicit the years. That's right, it's an ode to our favourite Captain's luscious locks—and it's harmless to accidental that Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) has seen astir of these styles.
Look backmost connected each 23 of Hargitay's hairstyles arsenic Benson implicit the years earlier SVU returns.
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Season 1
Baby Olivia Benson earlier tons of layers.
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Season 2
She means business.
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Season 3
She truly means business. Hargitay said this haircut astir got her fired.
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Season 4
The Justin Bieber earlier Justin Bieber was a thing.
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Season 5
She's looking for the scissors.
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Season 6
This is benignant of quintessential Olivia Benson.
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Season 7
Remember this occurrence wherever she talked to a miss connected the telephone the full time?
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Season 8
Bangs!
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Season 9
Post-baby (in existent life), sassy caller 'do.
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Season 10
Werkin' that bridge.
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Season 11
Classic aboriginal seasons Liv look.
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Season 12
No blunt haircuts here.
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Season 13
The archetypal play without Stabler, Liv fto her hairsbreadth bash the talking.
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Season 14
Look astatine those waves.
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Season 15
After being held captive and tortured, Benson chopped disconnected her hair.
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Season 16
Benson became a sergeant successful play 16, you tin archer by the "I'm successful charge" look connected her face.
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Season 17
No much waves, Benson's gone pin-straight and down the mediate for play 17.
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Season 18
This isn't your emblematic ma 'do.
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Season 19
She's sarge and successful charge. Not a drastic alteration to play 18, but determination are much choppy angles here.
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Season 20
Sleek and simple. Still akin to her erstwhile seasons look, but with a mediate part.
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Season 21
Just a casual windswept moment.
Season 22
Did we shamelessly usage this selfie arsenic a mode to enactment successful a Stabler and Benson reunion moment? Why yes, yes we did.
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Season 23
We request the fig of Hargitay's hairsbreadth colorist.
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