Stars on 'Law & Order' Before Their Big Break

Crime in the CityCynthia Nixon '90 -- "Subterranean Homeboy Blues" (L&O), '07 -- "Alternate" (SVU), '11 "Icarus" (CI)

Before "Sex and the City" and meeting Mr. Big (played, of course, by Chris Noth), the two co-stars had seedier New York experiences. Cynthia Nixon appeared in the "L&O's" second episode as a dancer who shot two black boys in an apparent case of self-defense, in a twist on the 1984 Bernard Goetz vigilante case. Nixon came back twice... more 

Crime in the CityCynthia Nixon '90 -- "Subterranean Homeboy Blues" (L&O), '07 -- "Alternate" (SVU), '11 "Icarus" (CI)

Before "Sex and the City" and meeting Mr. Big (played, of course, by Chris Noth), the two co-stars had seedier New York experiences. Cynthia Nixon appeared in the "L&O's" second episode as a dancer who shot two black boys in an apparent case of self-defense, in a twist on the 1984 Bernard Goetz vigilante case. Nixon came back twice more to the franchise, winning an Emmy for her "SVU" role as a woman with multiple personalities.

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