Thursday, May 15, 2025

Casting News - Kelli Giddish Returns to 'SVU' as Series Regular; Michael J. Fox to Recur on 'Shrinking'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - May 15, 2025

AppleTV+'s 12 12 12 & Shrinking; NBC's Law & Order: SVU; and Prime Video's Elle.





NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • Kelli Giddish will return as a series regular on the drama's upcoming 27th season. She joined the cast as a series regular at the start of Season 13 and left the cast halfway through Season 24. Since then, she has made several guest appearances - including five episodes in Season 26.
  • Giddish plays Amanda Rollins, a former SVU detective who currently serves as a Sergeant in the Intelligence division of the New York Police Department. She is also married to Assistant District Attorney Dominick "Sonny" Carisi (Peter Scanavino).
APPLE TV+'s SHRINKING
  • Michael J. Fox has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming third season. He has received 18 Emmy Award nominations - winning five for his lead performances in NBC's Family Ties and ABC's Spin City as well as his guest role on FX's Rescue Me. His casting reunites him with co-creator Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. He has also recurred on CBS' The Good Wife and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing. Notably, this will be his first acting role since reprising his Good Wife character on the Paramount+ spinoff The Good Fight in 2020.
APPLE TV+'s 12 12 12
  • Agathe Rousselle and Sallie Harmsen will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. Rousselle previously starred in the films Titane and How to Make Gravy. Harmsen starred for two seasons in Sky Atlantic's Devils.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's ELLE
  • James Van Der Beek has landed a recurring role on the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel starring Lexi Minetree. He previously starred for six seasons in The WB's Dawson's Creek, two seasons in CBS' CSI: Cyber and in the first season of FX's Pose. He can currently be seen recurring on Prime Video's Overcompensating, which released its first season earlier today.
  • He will play Dean Wilson, the city's current school district superintendent and a new mayoral candidate.