‘law & order: svu’: kelli giddish to return for season 25 premiere

Kelli Giddish‘s former Detective Amanda Rollins will return for the Season 25 premiere of _Law & Order: SVU_, sources confirm to Deadline. Giddish exited the series midway through Season

24 and last appeared in a guest-starring role in the Season 24 finale, which was part of a three-way crossover among _Law & Order_, _SVU_ and _Organized Crime_. In that episode,

Giddish’s character Rollins married ADA Sonny Carisi Jr (Peter Scanavino). Rollins also revealed she was on a new career path and had accepted a teaching job at Fordham University. When she

returned, she surprised her former colleagues with news that she was pregnant. _Law & Order: SVU_ resumed production on Season 25 Monday following a six-month production shutdown due to

the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. WATCH ON DEADLINE “Playing Rollins has been one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life,” she posted on social media last year announcing her exit.

“I’ve been so fortunate to be a part of the _Law & Order_ family for the last 12 years. There is simply no other character on TV like Rollins. She’s grown and changed, and I have as

well. I started on this show when I was in my late 20s and I’m grateful I got to spend so many of my adult years with Rollins in my life.” Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer of _Law

& Order: SVU. _David Graziano, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Ken Brown, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski executive produce. The series is produced by Universal

Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment. _Law & Order: SVU_ Season 25 will premiere on Thursday, January 18, at 9/8c on NBC. Deadline’s

sister pub TVLine was first to report the news.