Ellen Burstyn to reprise Bernadette Stabler on ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’

Aug. 6 (UPI) — Ellen Burstyn will reprise her Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU role on the spinoff series Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Wolf Entertainment, which produces the show, said Thursday that Burstyn, 88, will return as Bernadette Stabler, the mother of Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), in Season 2.

Burstyn won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2009 for her portrayal of Stabler’s “troubled mother” in the SVU episode “Swing.”

Organized Crime Season 2 will premiere Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. EDT on NBC, with Burstyn to appear in the series later in the fall.

Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn, who originally portrayed Bernadette Stabler, Elliot Stabler’s troubled mother, in #SVU is set to reprise her role in the upcoming season of #OrganizedCrime: https://t.co/lzxbha66YC pic.twitter.com/E04LUIwVOP— Wolf Entertainment (@WolfEnt) August 5, 2021

Organized Crime is created by Dick Wolf, the creator and executive producer of the Law & Order franchise. The series follows Stabler (Meloni) as returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a personal loss.

Danielle Moné Truitt co-stars as Meloni’s new partner, Sergeant Ayanna Bell.

Meloni previously starred in Seasons 1-12 of SVU, which stars Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, Ice-T as Odafin “Fin” Tutuola and Kelli Giddish as Amanda Rollins.

Organized Crime premiered on NBC in April.