{"id":96409,"date":"2024-05-10T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/camryn-manheim-to-exit-law-and-order-after-season-23\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:59:46","slug":"camryn-manheim-to-exit-law-and-order-after-season-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/camryn-manheim-to-exit-law-and-order-after-season-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Camryn Manheim to Exit \u2018Law and Order\u2019 After Season 23"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Camryn Manheim<\/strong><\/a> will leave Law & Order<\/em> following the season 23 finale.<\/p>\n

Manheim, 63, portrays Lieutenant Kate Dixon, joined the cast when NBC revived the series<\/a> in 2021. The May 16 season finale will be her 48th and final episode.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank Camryn for her three wonderful seasons helping us relaunch Law & Order<\/em>,\u201d creator Dick Wolf<\/strong> said in a statement<\/a> on Friday, May 10. \u201cShe is a class act, and I wish her nothing but the best for her next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Manheim became known on the series for playing Dixon, the commanding officer of the Manhattan North Homicide Squad, that wasn\u2019t actually her first character in the franchise. She appeared in a guest spot during the show\u2019s first season in 1991 and returned playing other characters in 1993 and 1994.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the most incredible experience being a part of the Law & Order Universe<\/em>, and more importantly the Wolfpack,\u201d Manheim wrote via Instagram<\/a> on Friday. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful for the three wonderful seasons that I spent with this wildly talented cast of merry pranksters. Mehcad Brooks<\/strong>, Reid Scott<\/strong>, Connie Shi<\/strong>, Anthony Anderson<\/strong>, Jeffrey Donovan<\/strong>, Hugh Dancy<\/strong>, Odelya Halevi<\/strong>, Tony Goldwyn<\/strong> and Sam Waterston<\/strong>. Not to mention the stellar guest stars that came in and out of the studio doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manheim\u2019s departure follows that of Waterston<\/a>, who played District Attorney Jack McCoy in 405 episodes from 1994 to 2024. His final appearance came in February, and Goldwyn, 63, has since replaced him, playing new DA Nick Baxter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGreetings, you wonderful people. It\u2019s a pleasure to talk directly like this to the backbone of Law & Order<\/em>\u2019s absolutely amazing audience,\u201d Waterston, 83, told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> at the time of his departure. \u201cThe time has come for me to move on and take Jack McCoy with me. There\u2019s sadness in leaving, but I\u2019m just too curious about what\u2019s next. An actor doesn\u2019t want to let himself get too comfortable. I\u2019m more grateful to you than I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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