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Olivia Benson is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Benson is the lieutenant and commanding officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, which operates out of the 16th precinct. For the first twelve seasons, she is partnered with Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). Following Stabler's departure, she is partnered with Nick Amaro (Danny Pino), but soon becomes sergeant and acting commanding officer in the wake of both Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Captain Donald Cragen's (Dann Florek) retirement. During the 17th season, she is promoted to lieutenant and becomes the squad's official commanding officer. The character first appeared in the ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' pilot episode, "Payback", which aired September 20, 1999. Hargitay remains the only original cast member still present on the series. She has appeared in 375 episodes of ''SVU'' (381 in the franchise/universe) and is currently the fourth-longest serving character in the ''Law & Order'' universe, behind ''SVU's'' John Munch (Belzer), Donald Cragen (Florek) and ''Law & Order's'' Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson). Hargitay's portrayal of Olivia Benson has received critical acclaim, and she has been the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe. ==Characterization== Series creator Dick Wolf named his two lead detectives after his son, Elliot, and his daughter, Olivia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dick Wolf: Biography )〕 Wolf conceived Benson as a detective in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit, which investigates sex crimes. For the first twelve seasons of the show, she is partnered with Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni); after he resigns (offscreen) at the beginning of Season 13, she is partnered with Nick Amaro (Danny Pino). She is tough, empathetic, and gets emotionally involved in cases. Executive producer and head writer Neal Baer has explained that she is "the empathetic, passionate voice for these victims",〔 in contrast to Stabler, who embodies "the rage we feel, the 'How can this happen?' feeling".〔 Of their partnership, Baer assessed that: "They both represent the feelings that we feel simultaneously when we hear about these cases. That's why they work so well together." In the episode "Paranoia", Benson described how, despite the difficulty she faced in dealing with a 2-year-old female rape victim on her second case, Karen Smythe, who trained her, praised her for displaying a talent in dealing with victims. Benson herself is a child of her mother's rape. The man who raped her later committed suicide. Benson's mother Serena (Elizabeth Ashley), an English professor, was an alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused Olivia. In the Season 2 episode "Taken", Serena Benson dies falling down a flight of subway stairs outside the entrance to a bar. In a later episode, "Intoxicated", she mentions being engaged briefly when she was 16 to one of her mother's students; when her mother found out, she broke the bottle of vodka she was drinking and went after Olivia with the jagged edge of the bottle. Olivia fought back, kicked her mother twice, and ran out of the house. Benson is a graduate of Siena College. While there, she held a membership in a sorority. In addition to English, Benson speaks Italian, some Spanish and French and is able to read the Miranda warnings in at least two other languages. She owns a black 1965 Ford Mustang convertible but rarely drives it. Benson was born on December 13, 1967.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.universalchannel.co.uk/videos/detective-olivia-bensons-profile )〕 She has a younger half-brother named Simon Marsden (Michael Weston). Simon, whom she found by illegally running her DNA through the system, was thought to be a rapist. However, his name was cleared after it is revealed that he was framed by Captain Julia Millfield (Kim Delaney). Benson's life is further complicated when she is named the legal guardian of a young boy named Calvin Arliss (Charlie Tahan). Calvin's mother, Vivian (Maria Bello) abandons Calvin and flees when Benson's investigation uncovers that Vivian (also a child of rape) may have killed her mother's rapist. Vivian names Benson as Calvin's legal guardian. Calvin lives with her for a while, until she finds Vivian and her lover Sara have relapsed into drug use. Sara confesses to murdering Vivian's father and is then shot dead. Vivian revokes Benson's parental rights and sends Calvin to live with his grandparents. Both Calvin and Benson are devastated by the separation. In Season 13, she is seen with Calvin and his grandparents during or right before Halloween. In the Season 13 episode "Child's Welfare", Simon reveals to Benson that she has a niece and a step-nephew named Olivia and Ty, and that he is planning to marry a woman named Tracy. When the children are taken by the City because of Simon's criminal background, Benson calls Defense Attorney Beyard Ellis (Andre Braugher), with whom she has become good friends, to help Simon and Tracy get the children back. When a judge denies the Marsdens their children back, Simon kidnaps them. Ellis makes a deal to have Simon serve a 60-day sentence, knocking his charge down from kidnapping to a misdemeanor, custodial interference. One of the conditions of the reduced charges is that he must give up his custody petition and agree to visit his daughter only in a supervised setting for the next three years. Simon is reluctant, but Benson tells him it's better than his daughter visiting him in jail. At the conclusion of the Season 15 finale, Benson becomes the court-appointed custodial guardian of Noah Porter, an orphaned baby. The appointment is for a trial period of one year, with the option to apply for legal adoption at the end of that period. Although the year is rocky due to Noah's health issues and the demands of her job, Benson formally adopts Noah a year later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olivia Benson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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