‘Law & Order: SVU’ to Bring Back Kelli Giddish as Series Regular for Season 27

Kelli Giddish is coming back to “Law & Order: SVU” as a series regular in Season 27, Variety has confirmed.

Giddish originally joined “SVU” back in its 13th season as detective Amanda Rollins. She remained with the show as a main cast member until midway through Season 24. It was explained on the show that Rollins had married ADA Sonny Carisi Jr and then taken a teaching position.

She has made returns to the show since, however, first as a guest star in the Season 24 finale and popping up in episodes in both Season 25 and 26. This marks her return to full-time status with the series.

Giddish has also played Rollins in “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime” as well as fellow Dick Wolf shows “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.”

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“SVU” was renewed for another season along with “Law & Order” earlier in May. Mariska Hargitay leads the “SVU” cast along with Ice T and Peter Scanavino. It was previously reported that Juliana Martinez and Octavio Pisano will be exiting the show at the end of this season. Wolf, David Graziano, Julie Martin, Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Kenneth Brown and Peter Jankowski are executive producers on “SVU.” Michele Fazekas will be joining the show as showrunner for Season 27.

NBC previously renewed all three of the “One Chicago” shows, while CBS has canceled two of the Wolf Entertainment-produced “FBI” shows but ordered a new show in that franchise starring Tom Ellis.

Deadline first reported Giddish’s series regular return.