The eighth season of the television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered September 19, 2006 and ended May 22, 2007 on NBC. The series remained in its 10pm/9c Tuesday timeslot. With the
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Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster plays Sheila Tierney, daughter of a dying criminal with a checkered past in "Scheherazade".
Jerry Lewis appears in "Uncle" as Andrew, the uncle of Det. John Munch.
Charles Shaughnessy plays Martin Trenway, a lawyer on trial for rape in "Recall".
Connie Nielsen
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Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator and Gladiator II and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe. She has also starred in films such
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 8
…paid for. Benson committed a felony; she should've been kicked off the force and gone to prison." During a six episode absence by Mariska Hargitay, Connie Nielsen was cast to play Stabler's temporary partner, Detective Dani Beck. Dick Wolf said that he was "thrilled that we have someone of Connie's obvious talent…
Nielsen in 2016
Nielsen in 2009