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Olivia's family
Serena Benson
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Elizabeth Ashley
Olivia's estranged mother.
- Abusive Parents: Olivia doesn't have fond memories of her.
- The Alcoholic: Olivia mentions how she was never seen without her bottles.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: She and Olivia are portrayed to have a healthy relationship in the Pilot. Downplayed, since they are only seen having dinner together once for a few minutes.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: In-Universe. When Olivia was sixteen and dating a twenty-one year-old man, Serena broke them up. Olivia always remembered it as her mother interfereing with her happiness for selfish reasons. Olivia eventually realizes that despite being an Alcoholic Parent, Serena did care about her and ending the inappropriate relationship was the right thing to do.
- Killed Offscreen: Capt. Cragen just informs Olivia about her death.
- Not the First Victim: When Serena's rapist was finally identified long after both of their deaths, it was revealed that she was not the only victim.
- Present Absence: Only appeared in the Pilot and is Killed Offscreen the following season, but much of Olivia's hang-ups stemmed from her flawed parenting.
- Rape as Drama: She was raped in The '60s, and Olivia was conceived from that. Later episodes, however, plays with the idea that she lied to her daughter before ultimately confirming that she was telling the truth.
Simon Marsden
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Michael Weston
A notorious criminal and Olivia's younger paternal half-brother.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: In a way, since his appearances usually result with Olivia getting put in a compromising situation.
- Back for the Dead: He shows up in Season 21 after disappearing after Season 13 (which itself was a reappearance after last appearing in the Season 8 finale) wanting to patch things up with Olivia, but dies in the same episode from a drug overdose.
- Flanderization: He starts off as a character who's impulsive and doesn't think things through (see Not Helping Your Case), but is a generally decent guy who cares about his family and just needs to grow up a bit and learn to think things through instead of reacting, and while he has a drug arrest in a Season 13 episode, it's only for marijuana, and at that he was using it for medical, not recreational, purposes. In his final appearance, he's a severe heroin addict.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He can't get his shit together while Olivia is doing well at her career.
- I Am Not My Father: He struggles with the revelation that his father was a Serial Rapist.
- Killed Off for Real: He dies of a drug overdose in Season 21.
- Long-Lost Relative: He's Olivia's paternal half-brother.
- Not Helping Your Case: Many of Simon's initial problems (i.e. being framed for rape, having his kids taken away for weak reasons) aren't his fault, but he creates more problems when he responds to those by doing things that would get him into even more trouble. Highlights include taking the detective who tried to falsely pin a rape on him hostage and kidnapping his kids from foster care when the family court process was taking longer than they'd hoped.
Noah Porter-Benson
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Skyler Dubow/Bradley Dubow (season 16-17), Jack Nawada-Braunwart (season 17-18), Ryan Buggle (season 19-present)
Olivia's adopted son. The biological son of Johnny Drake and Ellie Porter.
- Baby Be Mine: Kidnapped by Roger Pearson for his wife Alexa prior to his introduction. In Season 19, his biological grandmother Sheila Porter, Ellie's mother, kidnaps him to raise by herself.
- Cheerful Child: Overall Noah's a pretty happy kid.
- Child by Rape: Noah was conceived when his biological mother, Ellie Porter, was raped by the sex trafficker holding her hostage at the time. This is a trope he shares with his adoptive mother and half-brother Connor.
- Disappeared Dad: Noah's biological father, Johnny Drake, died in a shootout during his trial.
- Happily Adopted: Has a happy life with Olivia.
- Missing Mom: His biological mother, Ellie Porter, was burned to death before she could regain custody of him. He was only a baby, so he has no memory of her.
- Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome: Originally born in January 2014 and adopted in May 2015, he jumped forward several years after Ryan Buggle took over the role in Season 19. In Season 24, he is stated to be 12 during Christmastime 2022, making his birth year 2010 or 2011, if approximating his birthday within the next month. In Season 25, his birth year is now 2011 and his adoption date June 2013 according to his adoption papers.
Ellie Porter
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Emma Greenwell
Noah's biological mother.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Gang-raped, tortured, and finally, burned alive.
- Missing Mom: Murdered by the sex traffickers she was going to testify against while Noah is still an infant, meaning he has no memory of her.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Killed in her first episode, but gave birth to Olivia's adopted son.
Sheila Porter
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Brooke Shields
Ellie's mother and Noah's biological maternal grandmother.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: In "Intent," Noah is kidnapped while he's out with Sheila as they shop for winter coats. However, the next episode reveals that she orchestrated the kidnapping in the first place.
- Broken Tears: During her final confrontation with Olivia, she slowly breaks down into tears as it becomes clear that she views Noah as all she has left after Ellie's death.
- Consummate Liar: "Gone Baby Gone" proves just how much lying and smooth talking Sheila needed to pull off so she could she carry out her scheme.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Sheila loves Noah dearly, but she's not above masterminding his kidnapping for what she feels is his own good.
- Evil Old Folks: She's the mother of the late Ellie Porter and Noah's grandmother. She also goes on to kidnap him with help from her gardener.
- False Friend: To Olivia.
- Knight Templar Parent: Believing their connection by blood meant Noah was only ever hers to raise, Sheila has Juan assist her in ensuring that he is raised in New Hampshire, which has an environment she approves.Sheila: He— he's a smart boy. He'll adapt, and this is a much better place for him. There's fresh air. He can play in the woods. This is how you raise a boy; better than that filthy, dirty city, and you? You're at work all the time! I will be here for him—Olivia: I am here for him.
- Manipulative Bastard: In "Gone Baby Gone," it's proven just how utterly manipulative Sheila's capable of being.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Ellie's been dead for three years by the time Sheila first appears in "Contrapasso."
- That Thing Is Not My Child!: Averted. Sheila no doubt knows Noah was conceived as a result of Ellie being raped, but doesn't hold that against him and would've happily taken him in if she'd been notified before his adoption was made official.
- Thicker Than Water: This is what motivates Sheila to mastermind Noah's kidnapping.Sheila: No. He is my blood. He is my family. He will never be a part of you the way he is a part of me.
- Unholy Matrimony: A downplayed example. It's heavily implied Sheila was the girlfriend of Juan Ortoli, who was her gardener for 14 years.
- Villain Has a Point: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because she didn't do her due diligence in locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Sheila pulls off a downplayed version of this on Juan by making him fall for her lies about moving to Montreal with him, his daughter, and Noah so that the four of them can be a family. In fact, she actually wanted to raise Noah by herself in New Hampshire.
Elliot's family
Kathy Stabler
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Isabel Gillies
Elliot's wife.
- And Starring: Her guest appearances starting Season 8 has her credited this way in the guest-stars lineup.
- Back for the Dead: She returns to New York with Elliot and their two eldest children in Season 22. She's the victim of the week, absolutely devastating her family and Olivia.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She later admits that she's been jealous a few times of some of Elliot's female colleagues.
- Divorce Is Temporary: She and Elliot split during Seasons 6-8.
- Family Theme Naming: With her second daughter Kathleen.
- Happily Married: Despite all their hardships, her and Elliot would do anything for each other.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: All her daughters got her blonde hair.
- High-School Sweethearts: With Elliot, which resulted to her Teen Pregnancy mentioned below.
- Hospital Hottie: Works as a nurse and is not bad to look at.
- Put on a Bus: Had no reason to appear on the show following Elliot's retirement after Season 12. note
- Sex with the Ex: She and Elliot have occasional hookups during their separation. Their youngest child Eli was a product of one of these.
- Surprise Pregnancy: Her and Elliot's youngest was conceived while they were separated and in their forties.
- Teen Pregnancy: She and Elliot had their eldest daughter when they were 17.
Maureen Stabler
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Played By: Erin Broderick (SVU) | Autumn Mirassou (Organized Crime)
Elliot's eldest child and daughter.
- The B Grade Early seasons show her being disappointed for not getting As. At one time her father tells her to relax.
- Demoted to Extra: She was initially the most prominent of Elliot's children until Kathleen and Dickie (especially the former) surpassed her screen time.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: The first few seasons seems to be hinting towards her becoming a Nerds Are Sexy type of character until Kathleen becomes the official Ms. Fanservice of Elliot's daughters.
- Family Theme Naming: With her sister Kathleen.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: While Maureen still gives her parents some trouble, she's shown in her high school years to be generally a good kid who is serious about school (she's largely Demoted to Extra once she starts college). It's particularly striking in contrast to how Kathleen behaves when she reaches the same age.
- Harmful to Minors: When Elliot rushed to a crime scene on their way home from a party during the Season 2 premiere, Maureen follows her father and witnessed the Gorn first hand.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: She and her sisters all got their blonde hair from their mother.
- Long Bus Trip: She hasn't appeared since Season 8, four years before Elliot was Put on a Bus, and had no reason to appear on the show following his retirement.
- Military Brat: Kathy being pregnant with her is one of the reasons Elliot joined the USMC.
- Second Episode Introduction: Introduced in the second episode of the entire series along with her siblings.
- Weight Woe: One of the earliest episodes has her being weight conscious.
Kathleen Stabler
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Played By: Holiday Segal (Season 1) | Allison Siko (Season 3 onwards)
Elliot's second child and daughter.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Most of her appearance has her complaining or being a problem (major and minor) to either or both her parents (but mostly Elliot).
- Drama Queen: Her scenes mostly has her making a scene.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: She's played by a different actress in the first season, which also established her as a Passionate Sports Girl; this characteristic is entirely gone in later episodes.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Beautiful and the most liberated among Elliot's children with an active dating life to boot.
- Family Theme Naming: With her mother Kathy and sister Maueen.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: It's particularly noteworthy in contrast to bookworm Maureen, but Kathleen is by far the most troubled of the Stabler siblings; she gets caught drunk driving, steals Elliot's credit card, and ultimately ends up facing burglary charges. She gets better once she gets properly diagnosed and treated for her bipolar disorder.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: She and her sisters all got their blonde hair from their mother.
- Lineage Comes from the Father: She got her bipolar disorder from her paternal grandmother.
- Military Brat: Elliot was still enlisted in the Marines when she was born and didn't officially retire until a year or two later.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's conventionally beautiful and mostly wears clothes that highlights her figure.
- Put on a Bus: Had no reason to appear on the show following Elliot's retirement after Season 12.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in Season 22 for a crossover episode with Stabler's new show Law & Order: Organized Crime.
- Second Episode Introduction: Introduced in the second episode of the entire series along with her siblings.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: She got the most screentime out of Elliot's children.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In her mid-to-late teens, she exhibits more and more reckless behavior, which ends up affecting her relationship with her father. Justified in that she turns out to have bipolar disorder, which often doesn't manifest until after puberty.
Dickie Stabler
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Played By: Jeffrey Scaperrotta
Elliot's third child along with Dickie's twin sister, Elizabeth, and his eldest son.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Preferred to be called Richard in front of his friends.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: He's the only one of Elliot's children who got his brown hair.
- Long Bus Trip: He hasn't appeared since Season 11, just a year before Elliot was Put on a Bus, and had no reason to appear on the show following his retirement. note
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in Season 22 for a crossover episode with Stabler's new show Law & Order: Organized Crime.
- Odd Name Out: He's the only Stabler who doesn't follow a particular Family Theme Naming.
- Outgrowing the Childish Name: He claims that he never wants to be called Dickie anymore.
- Second Episode Introduction: Introduced in the second episode of the entire series along with his siblings.
- Theme Twin Naming: He and his twin sister Elizabeth have the same first names as an iconic Hollywood couple.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Grows into this as a teenager, and has little to no excuse for it - he's callous towards a rape victim that he personally knows, and later throws the fact that bipolar disorder (that his own sister suffers from!) runs in the family in Elliot’s face.Elliot: Have you lost your mind?Dickie: Well, I’m not the first Stabler to do so, am I?
Elizabeth Stabler
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Played By: Patricia Cook (SVU) | Kaitlin Davidson (Organized Crime)
Elliot's third child along with her twin brother, Dickie, and his youngest daughter.
- Family Theme Naming: With her father Elliot and brother Elliot Jr.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: She and her sisters all got their blonde hair from their mother.
- Long Bus Trip: She hasn't appeared since Season 8, four years before Elliot was Put on a Bus, and had no reason to appear on the show following his retirement.
- Lust Object: Elliot finds an old school photo of hers in the possession of a pedophile during Season 10. Elliot being Elliot, it's easy to guess what happened to the perp.
- Out of Focus: She's the least focused on among Elliot's children.
- Second Episode Introduction: Introduced in the second episode of the entire series along with her siblings.
- Theme Twin Naming: She and her twin brother Dickie have the same first names as an iconic Hollywood couple.
Elliot "Eli" Stabler, Jr.
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Played By: N/A (child), Nicky Torchia (teenager)
Elliot's youngest child and son.
- Babies Make Everything Better: His arrival secures Elliot and Kathy's reconciliation.
- The Baby of the Bunch: He's the youngest of Elliot's children, and was literally introduced in his birth.
- The Bus Came Back: In Season 22, leading into his father's starring role in Organized Crime.
- Cool Uncle: He has two nephews courtesy of his sister Maureen. The season 2 Christmas episode of Organized Crime features him entertaining them during the family holiday dinner.
- Family Theme Naming: With his father Elliot and sister Elizabeth.
- One-Steve Limit: Named after his father, he is nicknamed Eli to differentiate them.
- Practically Different Generations: The youngest of Eli's older siblings were halfway through high school when he was born.
- Put on a Bus: Had no reason to appear on the show following Elliot's retirement after Season 12.
Fin's family
Ken Randall
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Ernest Waddell
Fin's son.
- Embarrassing First Name: Fin’s emergency contact lists Ken’s name as Kwasi Tutuola and in his first appearance, Ken notes that the only person to ever call him that was his father; otherwise, he goes by Ken Randall. (Even Fin takes to calling him Ken as they rebuild their relationship.)
- Happily Married: By all accounts, his marriage to Alejandro (first introduced as his fiance in Season 13) is a good one.
- Meaningful Name: His actual name is Kwasi Tutuola. Kwasi is meant to sound like the stem quasi, which means "having some resemblance." He has a rather strained relationship with Fin, although they gradually patch things up.
- Nice Guy: He's a decent person overall.
- Nom de Mom: He uses his mother's maiden name as his relationship with Fin was strained for a long time.
- Straight Gay: He's gay, but he doesn't display any of the stereotypical Camp Gay characteristics.
- Two First Names: "Ken" and "Randall".
Alejandro Pavel
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Migs Govea
Ken's husband and Fin's son-in-law
- Abusive Parents: Alejandro's father was emotionally abusive to him after Alejandro came out as gay.
- Happily Married: His marriage to Ken appears to be a good one.
Teresa Randall
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
Played By: LisaGay Hamilton
Fin's ex-wife.
- Broken Bird: It’s implied Teresa can’t bring herself to form lasting connections because of her rape by her own father. The fact that she was forced to admit the truth of Darius’ birth before her ex-husband, sons, and everyone else in court after keeping it to herself for so long certainly didn’t help matters, and it’s far too late to do anything about the crime.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She had a Child by Rape born from Parental Incest. There's also her and Fin's messy divorce.
- Dark Secret: Her father raped her. Darius was born from it.
- Jerk Justifications: Her Parental Neglect and subsequent harsh treatment of Darius is due to him being her Child by Rape. (She wanted to give him up for adoption so she wouldn't have to be around him, but her mother wouldn't let her.)
- Rape as Drama: She's a victim of Parental Incest.
- Two First Names: "Teresa" and "Randall".
Darius Parker
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Ludacris
A notorious criminal and Ken's older half-brother and uncle.
- The Bad Guy Wins: He gets away with brutally stabbing to death a mother and burying her infant alive.
- Bastard Bastard: He is the product of Parental Incest, born after his grandfather raped his mother.
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: He is biologically the result of his grandfather raping his mother and his mother may have physically/verbally/emotionally abused him as a result of his origins.
- Calling the Old Lady Out: In court, for not being able to bear raising him.
- Child by Rape: His mother was repeatedly raped by his grandfather.
- Disappointing Older Sibling: Ken tries to be understanding at first, but Darius' inability to change his ways ultimately drove Ken away.
- Freudian Excuse: As a Child by Rape, his mother couldn't stand him, but her own mother refused to let her give him up for adoption, and he grew up being hated by her. It's questionable, though, since he only found out the truth a few years before his first appearance, and according to Fin, he's been a problem for longer than that.
- Jerkass: Has zero remorse for what he's done and uses every loophole and corrupt cop and politician he can get his hands on to get away with his crimes.
- Karma Houdini: He gets away with his crime on top of ruining Fin, Liv, and Elliot's reputations as officers, with little consequence except for the fact that the one family member that may have loved him no longer wants anything to do with him.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Got away with murdering both a woman and her infant son, humiliated his rape victim mother in court, and permanently soiled the records of the SVU detectives. However, doing so cost Darius the love of Fin's son Ken (who was also Darius' half brother and the only family member who cared about him) and now knows that he'll live the rest of his life in fear, looking over his shoulder for Fin.
- Raised by Grandparents: Because he was the result of an incestuous rape, his mother couldn't bear to raise him and gave him away to his grandmother.note
- Strong Family Resemblance: A deconstruction. He was the product of his grandfather raping his mother, and when he was born, he looked so much like his grandfather that his mother couldn't stand to look at him.
- Tangled Family Tree. Due to how he was conceived, his maternal grandfather is also his father, his sister is also his mother, and his maternal half-brother is also his nephew.
- The Unfavorite: Because of his origins.
Amanda's family
Kim Rollins
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Lindsay Pulsipher
Amanda Rollins' lecherous younger sister.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She's dedicated to her abusive boyfriend, Jeff. At least until she has him killed.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: And for good reason. She causes problems for Amanda all their lives.
- The Atoner: Once she finds God and is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she stops directly harming her sister. She still screws up and eventually ends up in prison again, but it wasn't out of malice towards Amanda.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: How she manipulates her older sister.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: She sets up her boyfriend to be killed and then frames her sister for it.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Generally the Foolish to Amanda’s Responsible, but it's unknown as with her recent reappearance. She was taking drugs again in her latest episode...to treat for bipolar disorder. She claims that all of the symptoms she had went away with the pills she began taking. While she also laments missing the manic symptoms, she also feels relieved to be more responsible for herself now. Time will tell if it's a sucker play or if she's starting to redeem herself.
- Genre Blindness: Her attempt to seduce Guile Hero Amaro and wring some sympathy out of him, after spectacularly stabbing Amanda in the back, works out for her about as well as you would think.
- Groin Attack: A pimp she was manipulating to make quick money from sends a goon her way to threaten her. By the time the SVU find them, she already plunged the knife into the man's crotch and messily castrated him. Counts as a self-defense case so that doesn't get added onto her arrest.
- Hate Sink: She's very ungrateful to Amanda, is irresponsible to the point of being a burden to her family, and never owns up to her mistakes.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: She and her sister got their blonde hair from their mother.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: After so many seasons of getting away with her crimes and ruining several lives in the process, Kim realizes in "Eternal Relief From Pain" that she needs to give her unplanned son Mason an actual life, on top of her father nearly dying by drug overdose and alcohol scaring her straight and fully trying to go clean and serve prison time proper. Only time will show if this actually improves her at all after prior false alarms.
- Leeroy Jenkins: She has seemingly no impulse control whatsoever, doing and saying whatever she wants, whenever she wants, not caring about the consequences that will result or the effects her actions have on others, even her sister. Her appearance in Season 18 suggests that this could possibly be due to a case of bipolar disorder.
- The Load: Whenever she shows up, Amanda and the rest of the team get sucked into whatever drama she has going on at the moment.
- Manipulative Bitch: Kim tries to frame Amanda for murder, but is out-manipulated by Amaro. "Maternal Instincts" demonstrates that Kim is able to pull off a massive and implausible con that causes huge amounts of collateral, and still have all the right cards to make even a jail sentence a year-long inconvenience at best while completely forcing Amanda to be unable to testify against her. And even then, she's seen manipulating her lawyer, who is so enamored with her that she thinks that he's going to propose once she's out of jail.
- Never My Fault: Kim never owns up to her mistakes and instead keeps finding excuses for it.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Seems like a floaty, obnoxious and rather mundane young woman. Turns out to be one of the nastiest people in the series without directly killing anyone, effectively becoming her own sister's Arch-Enemy while outsmarting and manipulating virtually everyone (besides Amaro) along the way with seemingly no effort. All just to get what she wants.
- The Resenter: Claims she was the one who wanted to be a cop, but Amanda "took" that from her.
- Smug Snake: When she has an arrest warrant out in her name for the murder of her ex-boyfriend and Amanda is about to take her down to the precinct, she just walks away smiling and laughing, asking Amanda if she's going to arrest a member of her own family in public.
- Thicker Than Water: Averted, as she has no qualms about throwing Amanda under the bus for her own selfish gain. Later, she tries to invoke it herself by claiming that Amanda wouldn't arrest her even when she has a warrant out on her, because they're family.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Unbelievable, considering she was already an ungrateful jerk in her first appearance, but she manages it when she returns in "Deadly Ambition."
- She tops that in "Maternal Instincts", setting into motion a row of Disaster Dominoes throughout the episode's plot that screws over basically everyone she interacts with, especially Amanda.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Repays Amanda's care by screwing her over.
- Villainous Cheekbones: She has a fairly prominent pair, made more obvious by the fact that she's extremely thin and bony.
Beth Anne Rollins
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Virginia Madsen
Amanda and Kim's mother.
- Abusive Parents: She's emotionally abusive towards Amanda.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: Her two daughters and her granddaughter got her blonde hair.
- Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: She repeatedly shrugs off Kim's fuck-ups, even ranting on Amanda for not helping her sister.
- Parental Favoritism: Clearly favors Kim over Amanda.
- Silver Vixen: She looks great despite having two adult daughters in their thirties. Being played by 80s/90s sex symbol Virginia Madsen certainly helps.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Amanda forcing Beth to lead the police to Kim in "Maternal Instincts" when she's in danger due to her own selfishness leads to Kim being arrested for the outstanding warrant leftover from "Deadly Ambition." But even if Kim hadn't fought the guy after her off on a self-defense charge, Beth turns around and tries to rip into Amanda for "putting her job over her family" while refusing to acknowledge Kim's own crimes.
Jesse Rollins
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Charlotte and Vivian Cabell
Amanda's daughter with Lt. Declan Murphy.
- But Not Too Foreign: She is half-Irish from her father's side.
- Hereditary Hairstyle: Members of her maternal family are all blondes just like her.
- Heroic Bastard: Her parents are not married.
- Nom de Mom: She uses her mother's surname due to her parents not being married.
Billie Rollins
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: N/A
Amanda's daughter with Dr. Al Pollack.
- Heroic Bastard: Her parents are not married.
- Nom de Mom: She uses her mother's surname due to her parents not being married.
Mason Rollins
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: N/A
Kim's son with an unknown man.
- Nom de Mom: His parents are not married.
Nick's family
Maria Grazie
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Laura Benanti
Nick's (eventual ex) wife and a member of the U.S. Army.
- Action Mom: Mother to Zara and stepmother to Gilberto and a member of the U.S. Army.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She has a very rigid demeanor.
- Good-Looking Privates: A character who is a member of the U.S. Army that is played by the sultry Laura Benanti.
- Long-Distance Relationship: She's stationed in Iraq while Nick is in New York. This is part of the reason for their eventual split.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Nick sees her with a male therapist, assumes the worse, and ultimately attacks the man. This marks the beginning of their marriage's disintegration.
- Statuesque Stunner: A beautiful woman (as Nick rightfully points out) standing 5'8.
Zara Amaro
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Alison Fernandez
Nick's daughter.
- She's All Grown Up: Nick mentions in Season 23 that she's 15.
- Two First Names: "Zara" and "Amaro".
Cesaria Amaro
Appearances: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Played By: Nancy Ticotin
Nick's mother.
- Domestic Abuse: Her husband used to beat her up.
- Two First Names: "Cesaria" and "Amaro".
