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Diane Neal
Dianeneal
Characters
Casey Novak
Amelia Chase
Date of birth
November 17, 1975
Place of birth
Alexandria, Virginia
IMDb profile

Diane Neal is an American actress widely known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She first appeared in the Season 5 episode "Serendipity", and made her last appearance as a series regular in the Season 9 episode "Cold".

Neal reprised her role as Novak in the Season 12 episode "Reparations". She and Stephanie March, who portrayed Novak's predecessor, Alex Cabot, each appeared in several Season 13 episodes before Raúl Esparza was cast as Rafael Barba starting in Season 14.

Neal made a cameo appearance as Novak in the Law & Order: Trial by Jury episode "Day".

Neal had previously appeared in the Season 3 episode "Ridicule" as rapist and murderer Amelia Chase, before joining the main cast as an ADA.

She also played as CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin in NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans.

Neal was previously married to Marcus Fitzgerald, who appeared in a picture as her character's former fiancé Charlie in the episodes "Influence" and "Blinded" and as ADA Marcus in the episode "Underbelly".

Trivia[]

  • Neal was growing up in Littleton, Colorado when future main cast member Molly Burnett was born there.


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