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Jami Ganz

Kelli Giddish didn’t want to leave ‘Law & Order: SVU’

She wasn’t ready for her time on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” to be dun-dun.

The sudden departure of Kelli Giddish from the crime drama show wasn’t the decision of the 42-year-old actress best known for playing Amanda Rollins since 2011, multiple sources told Variety.

Those high up in the chain of command chose to ax the detective character — whose tumultuous personal life, including a gambling addiction, two unplanned pregnancies and a troubled sister, featured heavily in the series’ past dozen seasons — according to the insiders.

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