Olivia Benson
From Fanlore
| 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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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
Fanworks
Fics
Fanart
- Detective Olivia Benson by Ani Bester, 2008
Fanvids
Meta
Others
Fannish Resources
- Olivia Benson tag at Archive of Our Own
- O. Benson character filter at FanFiction.Net
Other Resources
- Olivia Benson page on Wikipedia
References
- ^ 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
