I was hooked on Law & Order SVU when I saw Diane Neal as ADA Casey Novak.

I know there are plenty of Cabot's fans around the web, but the previous ADA wasn't moving me like Casey does.
And Casey couldn't drag and move fans...
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I was hooked on Law & Order SVU when I saw Diane Neal as ADA Casey Novak.

I know there are plenty of Cabot's fans around the web, but the previous ADA wasn't moving me like Casey does.
And Casey couldn't drag and move fans without the fabulous actress portraying her.

ADA Novak is strong, and yet she can show her emotions without us thinking less of her.

There are a couple episodes in which she shows her incredible talent. Just to name a couple:

- 5x05 "Serendipity" : when she interrups Elliot and Olivia's interogation. Her 'by the book?" is amazing.

- 7x22 "Influence" : where she talks about her ex boyfriend, putting first a brave front before talking to Olivia. And right at the very very end, after "But nobody saved him" seems like she hesitates to look up at Olivia, afraid she might judge her?

- 6x16 "Ghost": when Alex says they should continue preparing her testimony and Casey answers that she thinks she's ready. Look at Casey's facial expression, eyes and jaw, how she takes the blow from Alex "are you?".

- 6x20 "Night": the fight scene is great and the one in the hospital is as well, especially when she asks if he raped her.

- 6x19 "Intoxicated" : when Olivia tells Casey about her abusive mother, how Casey comes from 'an other teen story' to deeply moved by Olivia's confession.

Since I saw her on SVU, I've been eager to see her in her previous roles.

In SVU, she portrayed a female rapist in 3x10, Ridicule.
Her character is just too much, you want to strangle her! She's got one hell of an attitude, and it's funny to see her opposite ADA Alex Cabot. Even funnier that she'll replace her two seasons later!

Her 'only' movie credit is in Wes Craven's Dracula (2:Ascension, and 3:Legacy).
She doesn't have much screen time but she does a lot with a rather "thin" character.
As usual with Mrs Neal, the best (but not only) way to witness her great acting talent is watching her eyes.
When she becomes a Vampire in Dracula 2, her eyes turn green, waou it's fabulous.
And what to say about her final scene in Dracula 3, when she begs her friend Luc to save her by killing her? That was really a deeply moving scene.

Her first role was in Ed, 1x15 Loyalties where she plays a singer. Doesn't last longer than a couple seconds but you won't miss the deep voice.

Oh and on a side note, Ms Neal really looks gorgious, and even more with her red hair, blond doesn't really make any sense.