Chow to make cameo on ‘Law & Order Toronto’

After nodding at city hall’s scandalous past, “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” is putting the current mayor on television.

Mayor Olivia Chow avoids crime and controversy, however, during a quick speaking part in Thursday night’s episode of the U.S. police drama’s local franchise.

Chow portrays a friend of Insp. Vivienne Holness, the no-nonsense leader of a team of detectives played by Karen Robinson.

The mayor was invited last December to visit the set of the show, which debuted in February on Citytv, at Cinespace Studios on Kipling Avenue.

Chow said she arrived happy to gain some knowledge to help her promote Toronto’s massive production industry. The offer of a cameo role was a surprise.

“They said ‘Come and do a walkon role,’ and I thought ‘Oh, OK,’ and it was exciting, it was great,” the mayor said. “The show has so many Toronto stories, they take headlines and transform them into a story.”

This week’s episode has detectives trying to catch the killer of a hockey star accused in a hazing scandal before dying on the ice.

A March episode featured a cracksmoking mayor, a nod to scandal that plagued Rob Ford’s 2010-2014 term.

Chow said she was not surprised at the newsy nods after discovering that two of the show’s producers, Amy and Tassie Cameron, are daughters of renowned investigative journalist Stevie Cameron.

The mayor noted she has visited other sets, including the CBC biopic “Jack” about her late husband Jack Layton, but has no further acting plans.

“I can draw and paint, but I cannot sing and I cannot act,” she said.

They said ‘Come and do a walk-on role,’ and I thought ‘Oh, OK,’ and it was exciting, it was great.

MAYOR OLIVIA CHOW