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8 Actors Who Appeared on "Law & Order: SVU" Before They Were Famous!

Written by Lori Bashian. Published: September 23 2019

 

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Hayden Panettiere (Season 2, Episode 11: “Abuse”; Season 6, Episode 15: “Hooked”

Hayden Panettiere is the other person on this list who has appeared on "SVU" as two different characters, the first time as the neglected daughter of a musician, and the second time as the friend of a high school prostitute who was murdered. After her time in the "SVU" world, Panettiere has starred alongside Kate Hudson in Raising Helen, as a figure skating protégé in Ice Princess, a cheerleader in Bring it On: All or Nothing, and a supernatural teenager in the television show "Heroes". Her biggest success came in 2012 when she starred as Juliet Barnes for 6 seasons in the television show "Nashville".