VIDEO : Mariska Hargitay's Thoughts on Her Changing Character Olivia Benson

Over the course of 17 years, we've seen Mariska Hargitay 's Olivia Benson go through many changes on Law and Order: SVU. The character at the center of TV's longest-running drama currently on the air has gone from young detective to new mom and sergeant to who knows what else. Hargitay told press on set of SVU's newly renovated squad room, "All these changes have infused the character in such great ways. There's such specificity here in new ways. Going into season 17, that's where you want to be."