But her role as Detective Amanda Rollins on “SVU” truly made her a household name.

I said, ‘Oh, that sounds pretty interesting,'" Giddish toldSmashing Interviews Magazine.

“I did the screen test with Mariska with Dick Wolf watching.

Kelli Giddish smiling

The actress says she loves everything the writers put her character through.

“It would be pretty boring if everything was easy-breezy,” she explained.

I like going from a place where you have to crawl your way back up, you know?

Kelli Giddish posing

Being on top is not the fun part.”

is called in to investigate (perFandom).

Lindsay then decides to hit up the Special Victims Unit in New York for help.

“We have a lot of fun,” she toldSmashing Interviews Magazine.

“I was thinking that this morning when I was brushing my teeth.

I was just thinking about the show, and we’re doing the 500th episode right now.

I kept thinking to myself how much we laugh on set.”

We crack each other up.

We challenge each other, and that’s something I really enjoy about our show."