In the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode “Part 33,” A.D.A. Benjamin Stone (Philip Winchester) prosecutes the case of Annabeth Pearl (guest star Amy Rutberg, Marvel’s Daredevil). She confessed to killing her husband Thomas after a dinner party: she shot him three times while he watched TV.
The testimony of Lt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is key but Benson is sympathetic to the defendant. Stone presents “a simple case” while Annabeth’s defense attorney Stella Russell tells the jury that Annabeth had endured six years of psychological abuse from her husband and says killing her husband was an act of self-preservation.
Annabeth’s defense attorney Stella Russell is portrayed by actress Paula Malcomson. Born in Northern Ireland in 1970, Malcomson is known for her TV roles on Ray Donovan (Ray’s wife Abby, SEE LINK ABOVE), Sons of Anarchy (Maureen Ashby), ER (Meg Riley), Deadwood (Trixie), and in The Hunger Games movies as the mother of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), and in the Oscar-nominated film The Green Mile as Marjorie Detterick, among others. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airs Thursdays at 10 pm on NBC, right after Will & Grace.
Intense storyline for Abby this year. How great is Paula Malcomson? #RayDonovanPremiere pic.twitter.com/iX1AENK9kV
— Liev Schreiber (@LievSchreiber) June 27, 2016
