Angie Harmon Talks Possible 'Law & Order' Return and 'Buried in Barstow' Lifetime Movie (Exclusive)
31.05.2022 - 21:37
/ etonline.com
Angie Harmon has made a career of appearing in a number of original Lifetime projects, including the upcoming, but it was her time on the NBC procedural that first made her a star. And 21 years later, Harmon tells ET she’s open to reprising her role as ADA Abbie Carmichael on the series, which was recently revived and renewed for season 22. “I would love it,” she says, revealing that the franchise created by Dick Wolf reached out to her about returning when they were working on season 21. “I was like, ‘Look, guys.
I mean, I would love to maybe do an arc or something.”For three seasons from 1998 to 2001, Harmon played Carmichael opposite Sam Waterston as DA Jack McCoy. During her time on seasons 9 through 11, Carmichael’s conservative views often butted heads with McCoy and other members of the DA team. Also during her run, she appeared in several episodes of the first season of before the spinoff found a permanent DA. “I would love to revisit Abbie.
She was just so fun and wonderful,” Harmon continues, adding she “just adores and loves” Waterston and “that whole group.” The actress then reveals that she also recently spoke to S. Epatha Merkerson, who played Lieutenant Anita Van Buren for 16 seasons. “Just know that was a really, really wonderful time in my life.
I mean, what a great time to, you know, begin an acting career,” she says, before joking that Carmichael could be the next DA. “That would be perfect. Just hang on, everybody.” Until then, fans can watch Harmon in her latest Lifetime movie,, in which she plays a former hit woman named Hazel King, whose unexpected pregnancy forced her to leave life on the streets behind.