Law & Order's Annie Parisse Heads to The Following Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 12:02 p.m., Friday, August 3, 2012 Law & Order star Annie Parisse is joining the cast of Fox's serial killer drama The Following as an FBI cult specialist, Entertainment Weekly reports. Parisse's character, Debra Parker, will work with former FBI profiler Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) to investigate serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) and his followers, who perpetrate copycat crimes around the country.