Michele Fazekas has known Mariska Hargitay and the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” team for 25 years. While she didn’t join the drama as showrunner until this year’s 27th season, she was in the writers’ room for Seasons 3 through 7 and kept a friendship with the show’s leading women.

Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/law-and-order-svu-less-toxic-women-bosses-mariska-hargitay-1236771859/)

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