Camryn Manheim is going from Law after three seasons as part of the main cast of the long-running series.
The actress joined the flagship as Lieutenant Kate Dixon when NBC revived the show for season 21 in 2021.
Her character served as a replacement for the character of Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), who left after season 20.
“I thank Camryn for her three wonderful seasons helping us relaunch Law & Order,” creator Dick Wolf said in a statement to Variety. “She is a class actress and I wish her nothing but the best for her next chapter.”
Manheim officially bids farewell to his character and the show when he appears in its 48th and final episode which is scheduled to air as the season finale on NBC on May 16.
Camryn Manheim, 63, will not return as Lt. Kate Dixon for season 24 of the police procedural legal drama series Law & Order.
Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim) has actually had a long-standing relationship with the show dating back to a guest-starring role in the first season in 1991.
She would return for more guest appearances, playing different characters, on the series in both 1993 and 1994.
His three appearances on Law & Order marked the first three roles of his television career.
In addition to her lead role on the flagship, Manheim has also appeared as Kate Dixon on a recurring basis on Law & Order: Organized Crime and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 2022.
The West Caldwell, New Jersey native first gained recognition as an actress with her one-woman Off-Broadway show Wake Up, I’m Fat (1994).
Many fans know Manheim for her performances as Ellenor Frutt in the legal drama series The Practice (1997-2004) and Delia Banks in the supernatural series Ghost Whisperer (2006-2010) and as Control in the sci-fi crime drama Person Of Interest (2013-2015)
Manheim’s departure from the series comes just months after Sam Waterston resigned after appearing in 405 episodes as District Attorney Jack McCoy.
His last appearance came early in season 23 in an episode that aired on February 22.
Manheim leaves Law & Order after playing the role of Lt. Kate Dixon for three seasons since NBC revived the series for season 21 in 2021.
Manheim’s departure comes just months after Sam Waterston stepped down as District Attorney Jack McCoy in February after 19 seasons at the flagship.
Waterston hugged him after his last appearance in an episode that aired on February 22.
In honor of Waterston the show has his chair on the set as a souvenir
Tony Goldwyn was brought in as his replacement as Manhattan’s new District Attorney Nicholas Baxter, along with other current cast members Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi, Mehcad Brooks and Reid Scott.
Waterston first joined the cast of the flagship series for the fifth season in 1994 and remained with the show until the first finale in 2010 and then rejoined when the series was revived for season 21 in 2022.
Set and filmed in New York City, Law & Order has followed a two-part approach for each episode, with the first half hour focusing on the investigation of a crime and the arrest of a suspect by police detectives. , while the second half shows the prosecution of the defendant by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Rick Eid serves as showrunner for Law & Order, produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, with executive producers Dick Wolf, Pamela Wechsler, Alex Hall, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski.