Lori Loughlin Has a 'New Appreciation for Law Enforcement' After Her First-Ever Cop Role inOn Call

Mar. 15, 2025

Lori Loughlin attends Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine Benefitting The Scleroderma Research Foundation at Fairmont Century Plaza on October 29, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

Lori Loughlin’s latest acting role gave her a whole new perspective.

Loughlin, 60,stars as a cop for the first time in her career in Prime Video’s upcoming seriesOn Call,and the experience of being on the opposite side of the law was enlightening for her.

“It was really exciting and gave me a whole new appreciation for law enforcement,” Loughlin toldEntertainment Tonightas she revealed that the cast — which also includesTroian Bellisario,Brandon LarracuenteandEriq La Salle— “all went on ride-a-longs” with real police officers to prep for the show.

Loughlin plays Lieutenant Bishop in the “adrenalized and visceral police drama,” and she underwent a total transformation for the role.

“I was game for anything. Like when I first showed up, they were like, your highlights are gonna go, and I was like, fine,” she said. “No makeup, dark hair pulled back, uniform and just [a] very raw [look] and I jumped at the chance. I was so excited.”

She admitted of the role, “I didn’t know I had it in me — to be that badass.”

Lori Loughlin as Lieutenant Bishop in On Call.Elizabeth Morris/Prime Video

Elizabeth Morris/Prime Video

On Callfollows rookie and veteran officer duo Traci Harmon (Bellisario) and Alex Diaz (Larracuente) as they go on patrol together in Long Beach, California, per the official synopsis.

The series, which premieres with all eight episodes on Jan. 9, uses a mixture of “bodycam, dash-camera, and cellphone footage to create a cinema verité effect,” as Traci and Alex settle into their new dynamic together.

Lori Loughlin at “An Unforgettable Evening” Benefiting the Women’s Cancer Research Fund held at The Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on April 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

She and her husbandMossimo Giannullipled guilty to conspiracy charges related to the college admissions scandal in May 2020, and shewent on to serve 2 months in prisonwhileher husband served 5 months.

In 2021, shesecured her first acting role following the scandalin theWhen Calls the HeartspinoffWhen Hope Calls, and has since starred in Great American Family’sA Christmas Blessingand made an appearance inan episode ofCurb Your Enthusiasm’s final season as a satirized version herself.

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On Callpremieres Thursday, Jan. 9 on Prime Video.

source: people.com