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viewing audience may not call back , butMariska Hargitayappeared inERbefore her vocation - defining run onLaw & Order : SVU . Throughout15 seasons ofER , the long - consort aesculapian drama has featured numerous main , supporting , revenant , and guest characters filling the ranks of Cook County General Hospital in Chicago , Illinois . While there have been plenty of notable actors to appear as one - clip patient , doctors , and other peripheral characters , few have jump off fromERto star in one of thelongest - running TV shows of all meter .
BeforeER , Hargitay was a relative unknown , more renowned for being the girl of actress Jayne Mansfield and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay than her acting . She did have a primary cast role inCan’t look sharp Loveas Didi Edelstein andTequila and Bonettias Officer Angela Garcia , but those were very short - lived shows and her career mostly compose of low appearances in TV series likeBaywatch , Seinfeld , andEllen . It was n’t until 1999 when she began spiel Olivia Benson inLaw & Order : SVUthat she would become a major TV star in a series she ’ll always be live for .
Olivia Benson was an awesome fibre in Law & Order : SVU , and has gone through some major changes since time of year one .
Mariska Hargitay Played Desk Clerk Cynthia Hooper In ER Season 4
Cynthia Has A Romantic Relationship With Mark Greene
Mariska Hargitay first appear as Cynthia Hooper in time of year 4 , sequence 2 , " Something New" . Cynthia is a new desk shop clerk at County General , and she begins a romance with Dr. Mark Greene(Anthony Edwards ) . Their human relationship is a passionate whirlwind and neither side is expressed about what it is they want . This come to an awkward fountainhead when Mark has to recall home to take care of his ailing mother in San Diego , only to discover Cynthia tag along , misreading their relationship . Mark is forced to tell Cynthia he is not in love with her and they break up .
When Mark returns to Chicago , he learns Cynthia quit the hospital and when he tries to win her back , she shut him down for good . Mark ’s amatory troubles are a significant arc in the former season ofER , andCynthia lay out an example of how his carelessness with woman has led to him being unable to have a existent , long - lasting relationship .
In the wrong hired hand , Cynthia could come off as clingy or obnoxious , but Hargitay ’s easy demeanor makes it clear that Marks is in the legal injury .
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Hargitay play her characters very well . In the amiss hired hand , Cynthia could come off as clingy or obnoxious , but Hargitay ’s soft demeanor makes it clear that Mark is in the wrong . While it may have been a bluff choice for Cynthia to go to San Diego without alert Mark , everything she and the hearing had control implied that he was looking for something serious , and apparently he was , consider his last - ditch effort to amend their relationship .
Mariska Hargitay was cast inLaw & Order : SVUjust a year after she appeared inER .
Hargitay Almost Wasn’t Cast In ER
She Had To Ask Multiple Times To Be Considered
Hargitay was well-nigh not a part ofERseason 4 . According toCheatSheet , Hargitay was sure she would not be pick out for the purpose considering how many masses were try out for the part . She say ,
" So finally I get this audition to go on ER , and I work really hard on the audition . And I get there , and it ’s six blondes in the elbow room . Like beautiful blondes . And so I go , ' Oh wow . Well I guess this is n’t going to happen . ' And it just took all the press off me . And I go bad in this interview , and had so much playfulness on the tryout , and I was super train , not going to consist . But you know , it ’s that affair of you do your study , and then you hit the flowing . And then you ’re in the flow and it ’s a moving ridge , and all you ’re doing is riding it . So , I left the audition , and I was high as a kite . I was so well-chosen because you know that ’s rare when we really get out an auditory sense going , ' I kill it . ' "
Hargitay ’s intuition was right because she learned she did n’t get the part . However , by and by that day , she had another audition for the same casting director , John Levey . She asked Levey ,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit centers on the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit, a specialized team of detectives who investigate and solve cases of sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence. Under the leadership of Captain Olivia Benson, the unit deals with complex and sensitive crimes, balancing empathy for victims with the pursuit of justice.
" ' But why did n’t I get ER ? This is laughable . ' I order , ' Let ’s go to John Wells ' [ the executive producer ofER ] office right now . ' He said , ' You were awesome . [ But ] I have a vision for this part . And I like to honk nearer to typewrite . And the character was a very weak , fragile , fragmented , nervous girl . And you ’re very strong . You ’re not exactly the eccentric . ' "
Hargitay did not wish that account , responding ,
" ' Hold on . You ’re secern me that I acted it good than anybody and I ’m not getting it because I ’m not that way in real life ? ' And he goes , ' Yeah . ' And by the fourth dimension I got home , they had called and offered me the role . "
This persistence is much more in line with Hargitay ’s knockout - nosed type , Olivia Benson , onLaw & Order : SVU , than it is her cushy - spoken one onER , and it ’s that exact vitality that in all likelihood got her both parts , though for very different reasons . Both Olivia and Cynthia have a particular aptitude for handle in high spirits - stress environment , but Olivia is much more able than the flighty Cynthia . But there are few character on television with Olivia ’s tenacity mixed with empathy , and the singularity and profundity of her grapheme is whyMariska Hargitayhas been able-bodied to represent her for so long .
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Law & Order : Special Victims Unit centers on the NYPD ’s Special Victims Unit , a specialized squad of detectives who look into and solve cases of intimate violation , tiddler revilement , and domestic violence . Under the leadership of Captain Olivia Benson , the unit deals with complex and sensitive crimes , balancing empathy for victims with the pursuit of justice .
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit centers on the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit, a specialized team of detectives who investigate and solve cases of sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence. Under the leadership of Captain Olivia Benson, the unit deals with complex and sensitive crimes, balancing empathy for victims with the pursuit of justice.
