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From 'SVU' co-stars to partners for life: Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni's friendship timeline. They started as co-stars on Law & Order: SVU over 25 years ago ... and remain each other's true north today.
Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler. In May 2011, Meloni announced that he had been unable to agree on a contract and would not be returning for season 13 of SVU. His character was written out as having put in his retirement papers.
Christopher Meloni shares two kids with wife Sherman Williams, and Mariska Hargitay has three kids with husband Peter Hermann. In a 2022 interview with People, Meloni said about fatherhood, I always knew I wanted kids, as did my wife.
Christopher Meloni plays the iconic role of Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he also has another important job: dad to his two children, Sophia and Dante Meloni.
The actors behind Benson and Stabler are tight in real life, and the longtime friends and co-stars text a lot, Hargitay told NBC Insider. “I'm just so grateful for the relationship and for the friendship,” Hargitay said. “It's sacred on and off the screen so it's a beautiful, beautiful friendship.”