'Law & Order' Co-Star Alana De La Garza Joins Spinoff 'Law & Order: Los Angeles'

[Brian Damage]

Law & Order: Los Angeles is adding a touch of Law & Order. Alana De La Garza, who co-starred on the mothership series, will join the spinoff, reprising her character as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa. On the show, from Wolf Films and UMS, Rubirosa will work with D.D.A. Jonah Dekker (Terrence Howard).

This completes the creative and casting overhaul of LOLA, which included the shift of Alfred Molina's Ricardo Morales from a prosecutor to a detective partnered with TJ Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) and the departure of Skeet Ulrich, Regina Hall and Megan Boone. There is no return date set for the show yet as NBC brass is giving the producers more time to work on the revamp.

De La Garza was the most recent ADA on Law & Order. She joined at the beginning of Season 17 and was on the show for 4 seasons, until the veteran procedural's end in May. And her addition creates stronger ties between Law & Order: Los Angeles and Law & Order and makes the new series a traditional spinoff that features character(s) from the original series.

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