Carolyn Barek

Det. Carolyn Barek
Law & Order character
Annabella Sciorra as Carolyn Barek
First appearance	"Diamond Dogs"
Last appearance	"The Good"
Portrayed by	Annabella Sciorra
Time on show	2005—2006
Seasons	1 (Season 5)
Credited appearances	12 episodes
Succeeded by	Megan Wheeler
Information
Title	NYPD Detective
Family	Father Mother 2 brothers 1 sister
Partner	Mike Logan

Det. Carolyn Barek is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Annabella Sciorra. Barek is partnered with Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth) throughout the fifth season of the show. Annabella Sciorra abruptly departs the cast at the end of the season and is written out in the sixth season.

Carolyn Barek is a criminal profiler from Brooklyn's Cobble Hill, Barek spent two years post-9/11 with the FBI. In addition to English, she also speaks Polish, Spanish, Italian, Creole, Russian, Cantonese, and Yiddish. Barek's badge number is 6141.

Barek previously worked without a partner, which accounts for her habit of talking to herself while examining a crime scene. She hints that her mother was strict; when a girl who abuses heroin dresses in front of her and Logan in the hospital, she tells Logan her mother would have killed her if she dressed or undressed in front of complete strangers. Barek is Catholic and, in contrast to Logan, she believes that even the worst sinner deserves forgiveness. Barek's father was a carpenter who was in a union. Barek admits to having a former boyfriend with a gambling problem, and spent two years trying to help him before ending the relationship.