Elizabeth Olivet

Dr. Elizabeth Olivet is a fictional character on Law & Order, the TV crime drama. Carolyn McCormick portrayed her from 1991 to 1997 and in 1999. The character was revived in 2002, although her appearances were infrequent and her last was in 2009. Since Law & Order’s cancellation, the Dr. Olivet character has occasionally been on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, most recently in 2018. Before the debut of Law & Order: Organized Crime, Dr. Olivet was one of five characters who had appeared in all of the Law & Order series set in New York City. The other four are Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin), Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson), and Elizabeth Rodgers (Leslie Hendrix). Dr. Olivet and police psychiatrist Emil Skoda (J. K. Simmons) are the only Law & Order characters to make crossover appearances on New York Undercover, another Dick Wolf-produced series. The character has appeared in 75 episodes of the Law & Order franchise (66 episodes of Law & Order, six episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, one episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and one episode of Law & Order: Trial by Jury). Character biography Olivet is a clinical psychologist who consults for the NYPD's 27th Precinct and the District Attorney's office in Manhattan. She usually interviews murder suspects to assess whether they are legally sane and assists the DA's office in preparing psychological profiles. In her first appearance in an episode, the precinct hired her as grief counsellor for Det. Mike Logan (Chris Noth) when his partner Max Greevey (George Dzundza) is murdered in the line of duty. After a rocky start, she helps Logan cope with the loss, and the two form a close bond. The character appears in several subsequent episodes.