Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay better known to us as Det. Olivia Benson on Dick Wolf NBC Crime drama: “Law & Order Special Victims Unit” Many years before Dick Wolf ever thought of making another Spin off, played the role of a cop, in the Short lived Dramedy CBS series: “ Tequila and Bonetti” The lead character of the series, Nico (“Nick”) Bonetti (Jack Scalia), is a policeman from New York City who is proud of his Italian heritage and very fond of his vintage rose-colored Cadillac convertible, which he inherited from his father. After he erroneously shoots a young girl during a gunfight, he relocates to a beachfront Los Angeles precinct on temporary assignment. Here he meets his new partners, Tequila (a large, burrito-eating dog), and Officer Angela Garcia (Mariska Hargitay), who joined the department after her policeman husband’s death

Now, there are no DVD’s or Downloads for this show, maybe because it’s so old and it was short lived, But Hulu and Hulu on AOL Video has one episode, which I took the screencaps that You see that the beginning of the post.

http://video.aol.com/partner/hulu/tequila-and-bonetti-language-of-the-heart/UHf2kc9d-9Hierlm-reLTrX_bfGbMxGr

and Youtube has the opening:

You can see her on the opening sequence since she’s a Main chracther and throughout the whole episode.