EXCLUSIVE: Another Dick Wolf universe actor is migrating from one show to another. Two months after Deadline broke the news that Law & Order: SVU series regular Juliana Aidén Martinez would not be returning for the venerable NBC drama’s 27th season, she has closed a deal to join CBS’ FBI as a series regular for its upcoming eighth season. Both shows hail from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television.
No details about Martinez’s character are being provided. With FBI‘s Stuart Scola (John Boyd) still looking for a permanent partner after the departure last fall of Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Kane), Martinez could play a new agent paired with him.
Lisette Olivera was initially cast as a series regular last season to succeed Kane but left after a handful of episodes as Scola’s new partner Syd Ortiz. Emily Alabi was subsequently added as a recurring, playing Dani Rhodes, a temporary partner for Scola. Alabi, who had an option to become a series regular for Season 8, will return in the fall to wrap Dani’s story, sources said.
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In addition to Boyd, Martinez joins returning FBI series regulars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto and Alana de la Garza.
Other actors who have moved from one Wolf Entertainment show to another as new characters include Dylan McDermott (Law & Order: Organized Crime to FBI: Most Wanted), Jesse Lee Soffer (Chicago P.D. to FBI: International) and, most recently, Brandon Larracuente (On Call to Chicago Fire).
Known for her breakout role in Netflix’s limited series Griselda opposite Sofia Vergara, Martinez played Detective Kate Silva on Season 26 of SVU. She was one of two series regulars to depart in May, along with Octavio Pisano.
Martinez also starred in the 2022 indie thriller Boundary and guest starred on 9-1-1, The Blacklist and Prodigal Son. She is repped by Innovative Artists Entertainment, Anonymous Content and Hansen Jacobson Teller.