Paz de la Huerta’s SVU performance is not for everyone. It’s jagged, fragile, and at times, alienating. But for those who appreciate acting as exposure therapy—as a window into the incoherent reality of trauma—it is unforgettable.
Lucy is not your typical SVU victim. She is erratic, sexually forward, slurring, and difficult to like. When she accuses a celebrated photographer (played by the late, great Fred Dalton Thompson’s real-life son-in-law, interestingly enough) of rape, the detectives initially dismiss her as an unreliable junkie. paz de la huerta svu
That ambiguity is devastating.