Kelli Giddish Returning to Law and Order: SVU for Season 25

“I’m back with my little boo thang,” Mariska Hargitay captioned the video of the costum

Kelli Giddish is reportedly reprising her role as Detective Amanda Rollins for the season 25 premiere Law and order: SVU.

Mariska Hargitay, who has been around as Olivia Benson for all 24 seasons since the series debuted in 1999, appears to have confirmed Giddish’s return after TVLine broke the news on Tuesday.

“I’m back with my lil boo thang,” Hargitay, 59, captioned an Instagram video of the pair dancing to Paul Russell’s “Lil Boo Thang.” Both were dressed similarly to their characters.

“This is my everything,” NBC, the network that airs the long-running scripted crime drama, wrote in the comments section.

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PEOPLE reached out to Giddish’s reps for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

Giddish, 43, stepped down from the series midway through its 24th season last December. However, she returned for a cameo in the season finale, which was part of a crossover with Law and order and Law and order: organized crime. In the episode, Rollins was pregnant and expecting her first child with Assistant District Attorney Dominick Carisi (Peter Scanavino).

Kelly Giddish. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

The actress was also expecting in real life.

A rep for the star confirmed to PEOPLE in late May that Giddish is pregnant with her third child — her first with husband Beau Richards. Their son Oldie Richards was born in June.

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In August 2022, PEOPLE confirmed that she would be leaving Law and order: SVU.

“Playing Rollins was one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life. I was so lucky to be a part of it Law and order family for the last 12 years. There is simply no other character on TV like Rollins. She has grown and changed, and so have I. I started participating in this series when I was in my late 20s and I’m grateful to have been able to spend so many years of my adulthood with Rollins in my life,” she said after more than a decade since she was a key character on the hit series. .

Mariska Hargitay calls Kelli Giddish ‘friend for life’ ahead of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ release

After her final episode aired, Giddish spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her bittersweet departure.

Kelli Giddish and Mariska Hargitay. Zach Dilgard/NBC

“It’s funny because, after last night’s show, it feels more final now. I didn’t expect to feel this way today,” she told PEOPLE. “Now it’s over and everyone has seen it. Everyone has experienced it and felt all the feelings I felt, shooting the last scene with Mariska.”

In her final episode as the main cast, Rollins and Benson share a sweet hug after her wedding to Carisi. Giddish admitted that the scripted parting between real-life friends made her quite emotional.

When talking about the tears she cried on camera, Giddish said: “Of course [they were real]. Of course.”

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