The actress won an Emmy for playing the estranged mother of Christopher Meloni’s cop character.
Burstyn made herLaw & Orderdebut oppositeChristopher Meloniin a season 10 episode ofSVU, titled “Swing.”
Stabler needed his estranged mother’s help when a family member was suspected of a crime.
Ellen Burstyn and Christopher Meloni on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.NBC
Burstyn’sOrganized Crimeepisode will air later in the fall.
Showrunner Ilene Chaiken has said fans should expect a lot more crossovers withSVUin the drama’s second season.
“We’re now part of an entire night ofLaw & Order.
It offers us a lot of opportunities to intersect our stories,“she told EW in June.
“There’s no set number, no formula for it.
And yes, I learned a lot about the complexities of doing a crossover and doing them successfully.
We will be more or less on the same schedule.
So we’ll be able to coordinate better and plan these events better.”
