17 Celebs You Totally Forgot Guest-Starred on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently the longest-running live-action primetime show in U.S. TV history — which means it's had over 20+ years of guest stars, including many of your faves.

Celebs from shows like Stranger Things, 13 Reasons Why, and Riverdale have all gone head-to-head with Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team. Some played the victim, some played the innocent bystander, and some played the villain. How many of these episodes do you remember?

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Bailee Madison

Season 12, Episode 1 – "Locum"

The Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin star was on the season 12 premiere of the hit crime show. She played an adopted daughter who accused her parents of making her look exactly like their kidnapped biological child.

Caleb McLaughlin

Season 14, Episode 19 – "Born Psychopath"

Caleb's second acting credit on IMDb — three years before Stranger Things — was on a season 14 episode of SVU. He had a small part as a kid in a classroom Detective Amaro (Danny Pino) was speaking to for Family Day.

Lili Reinhart

Season 13, Episode 9 – "Lost Traveller"

Six years before she joined the cast of Riverdale, Lili played a sadistic teen who helped kidnap and murder a young boy.

Cameron Ocasio

Season 13, Episode 9 – "Lost Traveller"

The actor playing the boy Lili Reinhart's character killed was Dice from Sam & Cat.

Casey Cott

Season 18, Episode 19 – "Conversion"

Kevin from Riverdale played Lucas, a man who sexually assaulted a member of his church group, claiming it was "curative intercourse," meaning he thought he could "cure" the woman of her homosexuality.

Sabrina Carpenter

Season 12, Episode 12 – "Possessed"

The "Skin" singer's first acting credit on IMDb was SVU. She played a little girl who was assaulted by a pedophile.

Jason Genao

Season 17, Episode 13 – "Forty-One Witnesses"

Ruby from On My Block was part of a group of teens who sexually assaulted a woman. Shockingly, several of her neighbors were witnesses to the attack but did nothing.

Brett Gray

Season 19, Episode 14 – "Chasing Demons"

Jason Genao's On My Block co-star also appeared on SVU. He was Reggie Price, a teen who murdered his abusive doctor after that doctor also hurt his little brother.

Keke Palmer

Season 7, Episode 10 – "Storm"

Keke played Tasha Wright, a girl who, along with her sisters, was abducted by a man in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Jennette McCurdy

Season 6, Episode 11 – "Contagious"

Two years before the original iCarly series premiered, Jennette played a kid who was sexually abused by a lacrosse player. She initially falsely accused her coach and family friend of the crime but eventually told the truth.

Madison Pettis

Season 19, Episode 4 – "No Good Reason"

The Cory in the House star played a girl who helped cyberbully her "friend" and classmate. The attack ended up with the victim being sexually assaulted by three boys from her school.

David Harbour

Season 4, Episode 7 – "Dolls"

Before he was fighting monsters in the Upside Down on Stranger Things, David played a pedophile who murdered one girl and nearly killed another one. His character was obsessed with dolls.

Dylan Minnette

Season 13, Episode 21 – "Learning Curve"

The 13 Reasons Why star played a kid who falsely accused his male teacher of molesting him, when, in reality, it was really his female teacher abusing him. He ultimately killed her after she laughed at him.

Christian Navarro

Season 23, Episode 11 – "Burning with Rage Forever"

Dylan Minnette's 13 Reasons Why co-star played Carlos, an uncle who left his young nephew alone for a bit. His nephew was eventually lured outside by a pedophile. Later, Carlos took matters into his own hands.

Peyton List

Season 12, Episode 12 – "Possessed"

The Jessie and Bunk'd star was on the same SVU episode as Sabrina Carpenter, but they didn't have any scenes together. Peyton played the younger version of an abused woman who was forced to make child pornography.

Spencer List

Season 5, Episode 6 – "Coerced"

Peyton List's twin brother, Spencer, was also on an episode of SVU. He played a little boy whose schizophrenic father kidnapped another kid, thinking he was his son.

Mallory Bechtel

Season 19, Episode 17 – "Send in the Clowns"

Kelly (and Karen) Beasley from Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin played a missing girl who was last seen with a man wearing a clown mask.

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