Which Characters Has Cara Buono Played On Law & Order?

Cara Buono's last appearance in the "Law & Order" franchise is in the Season 9 "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" episode, "Unorthodox." This episode is a brutal one involving children and sexual assault in a closed community of Orthodox Jews, and one case where Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) understandably lets his emotions get the better of him. Buono plays the role of the victim's mother Rachel Zelinsky, who helps kick the episode into high gear.

Investigating the heinous crime, Detective Stabler and John Munch (Richard Belzer) first question the victim, David (Braeden Lemasters), but he refuses to talk. This leads the detectives to Rachel, who explains that David was in the custody of his father the previous week, which sets the detectives on their path. Though not as substantial as some of her other roles in the "Law & Order" franchise, this particular episode weighs heavy in the minds of fans, with u/sonkien over on Reddit writing, "It makes for a good episode but it disgusts me to no end. I've watched the entire series and several episodes keep me up all night. It's a guilty pleasure." 

Overall, Buono has had quite a tour through the world of "Law & Order," having played a friend to a victim, an inmate who orders a hit on a tormentor, an attorney, a social-climbing charlatan, and a mother.