Olivia Benson

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Character
Name: Olivia Benson
Occupation: SVU Unit Chief
Relationships: Noah Benson (adopted son)
Fandom: Law & Order: SVU
Other: Played by Mariska Hargitay
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Olivia Benson is a fictional main character from Law & Order: SVU, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay.

Canon

Olivia Benson is a character in the police procedural TV series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. When the series began, she was a junior detective in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department. She and her partner, Elliot Stabler, investigated sexual offenses such as rape and pedophilia. At the end of Season 12, Stabler left; and Benson was partnered with Nick Amara until, in Season 15, she was promoted and made the commanding officer of the unit.

Fandom

The biggest Olivia ship is Olivia Benson/Elliot Stabler, but after Elliot left, there were some smaller het ships that included Olivia Benson/Ed Tucker or Olivia Benson/Rafael Barba.[1]

Olivia Benson/Alexandra Cabot is a popular femslash ship.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Hurt/Comfort: with Hurt Olivia usually receiving comfort, although it is also common to find fanworks were Olivia is providing comfort to hurt members of her SVU team
  • PTSD: often dealing with the traumatic events Olivia experienced on the job, or her past, and how that effects her

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Example Art Gallery

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References

  1. ^ As one fan said in the summary for their Barson fic, "I know Rafael/Olivia is not a hugely popular ship", Everything Has Changed, accessed March 24 2017