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Orange Is The New SVU

30+ OITNB CAST ON LAW & ORDER SVU

Today is a very big day for Netflix bingers. The long awaited Season 5 of Orange Is The New Black has finally been released.

Between Seasons 4 [which premiered in November 2016 and which I finished in 3 days] and today's relese of 5, I binged hard, I binged after binge, new series and old. When I say old series I refer to series released on television pre the digital age of Hulu and Netflix. If Orange Is The New Blackers are anything like myself, they like fucked up shit. What is the most fucked up beloved series in its 18th season still going strong as the longest running prime time drama currently on television?: Law & Order SVU [Seasons 1-18 available on Hulu]. The shows are remotely similar in that SVU covers the committing of a crime [sex crimes in particular] followed by the trial, and Orange documents the prison time. Regardless, I came across a ton of characters thought I saw for the first time on Orange, but actually were staring me in the face over the countless years I have been glued to SVU marathons on NBC, TBS, etc. on cable television. I was fascinated. So, if you love Orange Is The New Black, here's the scoop on the also 'fucked up' characters the cast has played on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

Linking sex crimes and sexy chicks convicted of crimes...

Kate Mulgrew

Galina 'Red' Rezniko Orange Is The New Black

Donna Geysen Law & Order SVU Season 7 Episode 21 'Web'

 

Selenis Leyva

Gloria Mendoza Orange Is The New Black

Lorinda Guterrez Law & Order SVU Season 1 Episode 4 'Hysteria'

 

Lea DeLaria

Big Boo Orange Is The New Black

Frankie Law & Order SVU Season 10 Episode 14 'Transitions'

-Bouncer at a strip joint called Pops

*same episode as Miss Rosa

 

Nick Sandow

Joe Caputo Orange Is The New Black

Det. Ted McCormack Law & Order SVU Season 16 Episode 21 'Perverted Justice'

*same episode as Samira Wiley

Doug Kersten Law & Order SVU Season 7 Episode 17 'Class'

 

Abigail Savage

Gina Murphy Orange Is The New Black

Nina Kelly Law & Order SVU Season 17 Episode 18 'Unholiest Alliance'

Nina Kelly Law & Order SVU Season 17 Episode 17 'Manhattan Transfer'

Cat Law & Order SVU Season 11 Episode 2 'Sugar'

Dot Law & Order SVU Season 5 Episode 9 'Control'

 

Taryn Manning

Tiffany 'Pennsatucky' Doggett Orange Is The New Black

Larissa Welsh Law & Order SVU Season 12 Episode 12 'Possessed'

-A child porn star

 

Adrienne C. Moore

Cindy Hayes Orange Is The New Black

Cheryl McCrae Law & Order SVU Season 17 Episode 3 'Transgender Bridge'

-Mother of a minor who is tried as an adult and convicted of a hate crime

 

Natasha Lyonne

Nicky Nichols Orange Is The New Black

Gia Eskas Law & Order SVU Season 13 Episode 8 'Educated Guess'

-A psych ward inpatient being molested by her uncle

*same episode as Cal Chapman

 

Jessica Pimentel

Maria Ruiz Orange Is The New Black

Manuela Ozuna Law & Order SVU Season 17 Episode 4 'Institutional Fail'

Joanne Suarez Law & Order SVU Season 10 Episode 5 'Retro'

Selma Garcia Law & Order SVU Season 7 Episode 3 '911'

 

Janae WatsoN

Vicky Jeudy Orange Is The New Black

Officer McKenna Law & Order SVU Season 15 Episode 11 'Amaro's One-Eighty'

-A cop who gets shot by her own gun causing Amaro to kill a weaponless kid

 

Emma Myles

Leanne Taylor Orange Is The New Black

Carleen Jenkins Law & Order SVU Season 18 Episode 21 'Sanctuary'

Carleen Jenkins Law & Order SVU Season 18 Episode 20 'American Dream'

Starla Law & Order SVU Season 11 Episode 9 'Perverted'

Lizzie Jones Law & Order SVU Season 6 Episode 10 'Haunted'

 

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Aleida Diaz Orange Is The New Black

Carmen Vasquez Law & Order SVU Season 13 Episode 14 'Home Invasions'

-A housekeeper that plots to kill her employer who is raping his own daughter

 

Annie Golden

Norma Orange Is The New Black

Varla Law & Order SVU Season 7 Episode 14 'Taboo'

 

Laura Gómez

Blanca Flores Orange Is The New Black

Selena Cruz Law & Order SVU Season 16 Episode 23 'Surrendering Noah'

Selena Cruz Law & Order SVU Season 16 Episode 15 'Undercover Mother'

Selena Cruz Law & Order SVU Season 16 Episode 1 'Girls Disappeared'

 

Constance Shulma

Yoga Jones Orange Is The New Black

Daycare Manager Law & Order SVU Season 15 Episode 14 'Wednesday's Child'

-An incompetent technically legal baby broker for unwanted children

*same episode as Pornstache

 

Kimiko Glenn

Brook Soso Orange Is The New Black

Lily Deng Law & Order SVU Season 15 Episode 22 'Thought Criminal'

-A cop posing as an underage webcam girl from Bangkok

 

Laverne Cox

Sophia Burset Orange Is The New Black

Candace Law & Order SVU Season 9 Episode 16 'Closet'

 

Joel Marsh Garland

Scott O'Neil Orange Is The New Black

Brannan Lee Redding Law & Order SVU Season 7 Episode 6 'Raw'

Building Manager Law & Order SVU Season 5 Episode 5 'Serendipity'

 

Blair Brown

Judy