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De la Huerta’s real-life struggles with addiction and public scrutiny (she later made headlines for very personal legal battles) add another, unintended layer of poignancy. Art and life blurred here in a way that feels almost too raw for network television. Lucy appears in only two episodes—"Trophy" and the following episode, "Penetration"—but her story lingers. Unlike many SVU guest characters, she doesn’t get a tidy resolution. There is no cathartic courtroom victory. There is only the suggestion that the system failed her long before she walked into the 16th precinct.

Lucy is not your typical SVU victim. She is erratic, sexually forward, slurring, and difficult to like. When she accuses a celebrated photographer (played by the late, great Fred Dalton Thompson’s real-life son-in-law, interestingly enough) of rape, the detectives initially dismiss her as an unreliable junkie. paz de la huerta svu

Not guilty of overacting. Hauntingly guilty of telling the truth. Have you seen Paz de la Huerta’s SVU episodes? Did you find her performance compelling or off-putting? Share your thoughts in the comments below. De la Huerta’s real-life struggles with addiction and