Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress. She is best known for playing Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, the longest-running character of all time in an American primetime drama. Her accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. After attending Marymount High School in Los Angeles, she enrolled in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, leaving before completing her degree to pursue acting. Her credits outside Law & Order: Special Victims Unit include the series Falcon Crest and In the Heat of the Night, Tequila and Bonetti, Can't Hurry Love, and ER. In 2013, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Outside acting, Hargitay co-produced the HBO documentary I Am Evidence, winning a News and Documentary Emmy for the project. She launched the production company Mighty Entertainment in 2025, under which she directed the documentary My Mom Jayne.

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• Entity:  Actor

• Born:  Mariska Magdolna Hargitay, January 23, 1964, Santa Monica, California, U.s.
• Age:  62 Years
• Occupation:  Actress, Producer
• Years active:  1984–Present
• Spouse(s):  Peter Hermann
• Children:  3
• Parent(s):  Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay (Legal), Nelson Sardelli (Biological)
• Relatives:  Jayne Marie Mansfield, (Half-Sister)
• Born:  23 January 1964
• Wikidata description:  American Actress (Born 1964)
• Wikidata label:  Mariska Hargitay
• Wikidata aliases:  Mariska Hargitay, Mariska Magdolna Hargitay, Mariska Magdalena Hargitay

• Related Topics:  Outstanding Performance By A Lead Actress In A Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award Winners, Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (Television) Winners, Actresses From Santa Monica, California