'American Pie's' Natasha Lyonne Makes Praise for Portrayal of Mental Patient on 'Law & Order: SVU' (Video)

American Cake star Natasha Lyonne hit the little screen Wednesday evening in NBC's Law & Order: SVU.our editor recommends'American Reunion' Red-colored Band Trailer Finds New Methods to Obscure Jason Biggs' Privates'American Reunion' Photo Montage Returns Old Reminiscences (Video)'Chuck' Star Vik Sahay Joins 'American Reunion' Cast (Exclusive)Thomas Ian Nicholas Accepts Invitation to 'American Reunion' The actress -- who returns towards the giant screen within the 4th American Cake film, American Reunion, the coming year -- performed an alleged rape victim who switched to be considered a patient inside a psychological hospital. Another patient claims he observed the incident, however when confront Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Rollins (Kelli Giddish), she declines happen to be attacked. [Watch a clip below.] 'American Reunion' Full Trailer Hits the net (Video) The guest-starring turn gained the actress a lot of praise in the audiences, who hit Twitter to talk about their opinions. Authored a Twitter user named Strokefest: "Let's simply take all of the honours and provide these to Natasha Lyonne. #svu" Jen Rabulan-Bertram also chimed in: "Natasha Lyonne on tonight's @nbcsvu is riveting. She plays cray cray oh so well." Added Craig Dale Manley: "Natasha Lyonne is wicked in SVU tonight." STORY: Who Got Compensated What for that 'American Cake' Reunion And Imani Mosley tweeted: "Not necessarily feeling tonight's air but my girl Natasha Lyonne is KILLING it. #lawandorder" It marks an about-face for that actress from only a couple of years back, when reviews appeared that they was destitute and was put in the hospital with serious health problems. At that time, the actress was stated to become struggling with hepatitis C, a heart infection along with a flattened lung as well as going through methadone treatment, that is typically used to help heroin customers. She also offers were built with a spate of legal troubles, including being charged with Drunk driving in 2001 she plead guilty to driving under the influence and was positioned on probation coupled with her license suspended. She also offers required part inside a court-purchased drug program. STORY: Chris Klein Discloses 5 Plot Secrets In the 'American Reunion' Set Lyonne was arrested again in 2006 for allegedly threatening to sexually abuse a neighbor's dog, however the charges were ignored and she or he was sentenced to some conditional discharge. Meanwhile, fellow actor Michael Rapaport stated in 2005 he was instructed to evict her from a condo he was leasing to her because she trashed the area and held a lot of late-evening parties. Lyonne, who made an appearance within the first couple of American Cake movies along with other films including Detroit Rock City and Edge: Trinity, reprises her role as Jessica in American Reunion, that is looking for an April 6 release. The film discover the original stars coping with existence within their thirties. Together with Lyonne, Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Sean William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Eugene Levy, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Mena Suvari are ready to reprise their roles. SVU airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays on NBC. Mariska Hargitay Natasha Lyonne American Reunion Law & Order: SVU