Taryn Manning will be a guest star on the first new episode of “Law & Order: SVU” in 2011 – airing Wednesday January 5, at 10pm on NBC. I have just added 3 production stills from the episode into the gallery!

LAW & ORDER: SVU Season 12 Episode 12 “Possessed” – Detective Saliyah “Sunny” Qadri (Aghdashloo) goes in search of Brooklyn District Attorney Page Ferguson, who she fears may be in danger. Qadri finds Ferguson just in time to witness her fall from the top of a parking garage. When Benson (Hargitay) arrives, she discovers that the crime scene has been tampered with. Benson turns to an old friend, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson (guest star Gloria Reuben) for help. As the investigation progresses, Benson begins to question Ferguson’s suspicious past and Qadri’s involvement in the case.

I have good news and bad news for fans of Taryn Manning, who have been patiently waiting for her Hawaii Five-0 character (Steve McGarrett’s spunky kid sis, MaryAnn) to break out with a stronger screen presence. The Jan. 3 episode finally allows the actress to take center stage when MaryAnn gets kidnapped. It’s all part of a plot connected to the villainous Wo Fat and the murder of Steve and MaryAnn’s mother. But — without giving away the tearjerker ending — something happens during the course of the episode that could potentially make this Taryn’s swan song on the CBS crime drama.

The drama begins when Steve (Alex O’Loughlin) rushes to his sister’s new apartment and discovers “there was a struggle,” explains Taryn, who has been waiting months for an opportunity to demonstrate the acting skills that brought her attention in such films as 8 Mile and Hustle & Flow. “Steve discovers a tooth on the ground, basically establishing that MaryAnn was a badass and fought her whole way through. There’s a lot of emotion.”

So is Steve about to lose the last surviving member of his immediate family? My lips are sealed! But I hear one person who is sorry to be saying goodbye to Taryn is Alex. During my last visit to the Hawaiian set, Alex told me, “I haven’t worked with Taryn as much as I would like. She brings out a certain paternal caring that Steve wouldn’t normally have. With both their parents gone, he feels an obligation to keep an eye on her; especially since she’s troubled and kind of out of control.”

Indeed, Taryn confides that “Alex wasn’t very happy” with the producers’ decision to alter their plans for Mary Ann. “He liked me and liked our relationship. He felt my character was necessary to explore further aspects of his role and was prepared to fight for me.”

Taryn also expresses her thanks to Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho), who she says, “sat down with me and had a little heart to heart to make sure I felt okay about everything. He’s very thoughtful.”

MaryAnn proved a challenge for producers from the beginning. She was originally slated to appear in the first four episodes and recur throughout the season. “The family mystery was supposed to slowly unfold over the first season and I was going to play a big part in that with my own Nancy Drew mission,” says Taryn, who had been under the impression that her character would even return for future seasons. “It was told to me that the first season would be based around the team more, and I should just hang tight.”

However, producers chose to shift greater focus to McGarrett’s professional associations and less on his personal life. There was also concern that too much was being revealed too soon about the murdered mother. Also taken in the upcoming episode is Steve’s father’s lock box, which contains clues to the mother’s disappearance. “I think they were going to show more of this throughout the season, but now it’s all wrapped up in this episode,” says Taryn.

Before the episode’s end, Mary Ann will encourage her brother to keep delving further in to the case, and the team will be further aided by evidence discovered on MaryAnn’s cell phone. The final image, teases Taryn, is of Steve experiencing “sadness over another loss.”

The busy 32-year-old hasn’t allowed professional disappointments to get her down. A Buddhist who sits cross-legged and chants every morning and night, Taryn had been toting a travel-size altar back and forth from Los Angeles to Hawaii, which she credits for “quieting her mind from all the chitter chatter.”

In addition to focusing on her music (one of her songs, “Spotlight,” was played in an early episode of Hawaii Five-0 and is available on iTunes), she will guest star in a January episode of Law & Order: SVU. She may also return to her recurring role on Sons of Anarchy, and is mulling an offer to play Janis Joplin in an independent film. As for Five-0, she has no regrets: “I chanted to get this show and the benefits have been priceless.”

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Hawaii Five-0 star Taryn Manning is to make a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

TV Guide reports that the actress will play an unwilling porn actress in a forthcoming episode of the NBC crime drama.

Manning plays Mary Ann, the younger sister of Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin), on Hawaii Five-0 and also features in the recurring role of Cherry on FX biker drama Sons of Anarchy.

She has also made guest appearances in episodes of CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue.

Hawaii Five-0 continues on Mondays at 10/9c on CBS.

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I have just added 127 captures of Taryn Manning from last night’s episode of “Hawaii Five-0″ into our gallery!

Taryn’s first episode of “Hawaii Five-0″ aired last night and I have just added 171 captures from the episode into our gallery!

We have the first still of Taryn Manning from “Hawaii Five-0″ – I have just added it into our gallery!

She will be making her first appearance as Mary Ann in episode 4 titled “Lanakila” – which airs on Monday October 11th at 10pm on CBS.

Taryn has appeared on “Sons Of Anarchy” this week and last – we have captures from both of the episodes in our gallery now!

Combining her love for music and acting Taryn Manning will be appearing as herself, a singer/songwriter, in the third episode of The CW’s Melrose Place airing Tuesday, September 22 (9:00/8:00c). She plays a singer whose music video is directed by aspiring filmmaker Jonah (Michael Rady).

Taryn in fact has been in the studio working on material for her upcoming solo album. With only two tracks completed, buzz is already starting to build as “So Talented”, the first song written for the album with producer Linney (Darkchild Entertainment) will be featured within the episode.

Aside from her solo efforts, Taryn is the lead singer of the band Boomkat, with her brother Kellin. The band released their sophomore album A Million Trillion Stars earlier this year and recently released their latest single, “Stomp”, co-written by Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Gwen Stefani, Pink, Jay Z). – Anti Music