Law & Order: SVU's Kelli Giddish and Peter Scanavino's characters get married in new episode - Daily Mail

Kelli Giddish is saying goodbye to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit successful expansive benignant with an on-screen wedding.

The 42-year-old actress, who has appeared connected the long-running crime bid since 2011, volition spot her character, Detective Amanda Rollins, necktie the knot with Assistant District Attorney Dominick Carisi Jr. (Peter Scanavino) connected Thursday's upcoming SVU episode.

The wedding volition beryllium a large sendoff for Giddish, who leaving the bid aft the episode. 

Also featured successful the wedding country is pb histrion Mariska Hargitay, whose contributions to SVU were recognized erstwhile she won the champion play TV prima grant astatine the People's Choice Awards connected Tuesday night. 

In caller stills from NBC, Giddish tin beryllium seen successful a beauteous achromatic formal arsenic her quality has what looks similar a courthouse wedding.

The satin formal features long, puffy sleeves and a raised collar with a humble skirt that reaches down to her ankles. 

Scanavino looked dapper with a navy bluish three-piece suit.

The on-screen wedding whitethorn person been a rushed affair, arsenic Captain Olivia Benson (Hargitay), Sergeant Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) and Jr. Detective Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano) were each dressed casually.

Hargitay's quality seemed peculiarly moved by the ceremony, arsenic she placed her manus connected her thorax and looked arsenic if she was astir to teardrop up.

T he episode's holiday-themed title, And A Trauma In A Pear Tree, hinted astatine a perchance acheronian conclusions to Giddish's storyline, portion she and her aboriginal hubby are said to beryllium collaborating connected an 'important arraignment.'

The outlet noted that fans person speculated that Detective Rollins mightiness hindrance herself to ADA Carisi's household by adopting his 2 young daughters aft the evident wedding, though immoderate besides thought the courthouse mounting mightiness conscionable beryllium to initiate a home partnership.

The evident nuptials haven't precisely been a concealed though, arsenic NBC hinted astatine them successful earlier promos that showed abbreviated clips of Giddish successful the achromatic dress, on with Hargitay's quality hugging her. 

Another blink-and-you'll-miss-it changeable from a much caller Twitter promo shows Giddish and Scanavino gazing lovingly into each other's eyes portion surrounded by a enactment of good wishers successful a edifice with a well-stocked bar, which seems to beryllium a reception for the couple.

Giddish announced successful August that she would beryllium departing the long-running show, which debuted mode backmost successful 1999.

'I wanted to code the chatter I've seen online and fto everyone cognize that this will, indeed, beryllium my past play connected Law & Order: SVU,' she said successful a connection to People at the time.

'Playing Rollins has been 1 of the top joys and privileges of my life,' she continued. 'I've been truthful fortunate to beryllium a portion of the Law & Order household for the past 12 years. There is simply nary different quality connected TV similar Rollins. 

'She's grown and changed, and I person arsenic well. I started connected this amusement erstwhile I was successful my precocious 20s and I'm grateful I got to walk truthful galore of my big years with Rollins successful my life,' she concluded.