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{{Short description|American actress (born 1964)}}{{Use American English|date=October 2019}}{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

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| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.| education = | alma_mater = University of California, Los AngelesActress|producer}}| years_active = 1984–presentPeter Hermann (actor)>August 28, 2004}}One biological child and two adopted children.}}| mother = Jayne Mansfield| father = Mickey Hargitay| relatives = Jayne Marie Mansfield (half-sister)

• Golden Globe Award (2005)
• Emmy Award (2006)

{edih}| signature = Mariska Hargitay (signature).svg}}Mariska Magdolna HargitayNEWS, Gelt, Jessica, November 10, 2013, Mariska Hargitay,projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/mariska-hargitay/, September 23, 2020,projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/mariska-hargitay/," title="web.archive.org/web/20200923163358projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/mariska-hargitay/,">web.archive.org/web/20200923163358projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/mariska-hargitay/, live, Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2020, Born Mariska Magdolna Hargitay on Jan. 23, 1964 in Santa Monica, CA ... ., ({{IPAc-en|m|É™|ˈ|r|ɪ|ʃ|k|É™|_|ˈ|h|ɑːr|É¡|ɪ|t|eɪ}};WEB, Say How: H,www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#h,www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#h," title="web.archive.org/web/20181106205744www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#h,">web.archive.org/web/20181106205744www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#h, November 6, 2018, live, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, January 19, 2021, born January 23, 1964)NEWS, Focus Forum, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, T14, October 1, 1995, AV MEDIA, Inside the Actors Studio: Mariska Hargitay, television production, September 22, 2014, The Actors Studio, Mariska says her own first name and the name of her father; the interviewer, James Lipton, also says her full name near the start of the show. is an American actress and producer. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two People’s Choice Awards.Hargitay’s interest in acting began while attending Marymount High School in Los Angeles, followed by enrolling in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In 1982, Hargitay was crowned Miss Beverly Hills USA. She left UCLA before completing her degree and pursued acting with minor roles in films and television shows, including the 1995 drama Leaving Las Vegas. Her subsequent notable appearances included recurring roles in 1990s TV dramas, such as Falcon Crest, Tequila and Bonetti, Can’t Hurry Love and ER. Hargitay’s breakthrough came in 1999 when she was cast to portray Detective Olivia Benson in NBC’s (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a police procedural crime drama and spin-off of Law & Order, for which she received critical acclaim, including an Emmy and Golden Globe.In 2019, SVU became the longest-running drama in American prime-time television and Hargitay’s portrayal of Benson became the longest-running character in a prime-time American TV drama.NEWS, Kaplan, Ilana, 2019-09-25, As ‘SVU’ Makes History, Mariska Hargitay Makes Olivia Benson’s Mission Her Own,www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/arts/television/mariska-hargitay-law-and-order-svu.html, 2024-02-17, The New York Times, en-US, 0362-4331, Since 2013, Hargitay is considered one of the highest-paid television actresses in the world. Hargitay’s role as Benson influenced her philanthropic work and activism, leading her to found the Joyful Heart Foundation, which provides support to people who have been sexually abused. She became a certified rape counselor and integrated some of the Foundation’s work into the show. Hargitay has engaged in initiatives to support domestic violence shelters, raise awareness about untested rape kits, and contributed to other causes, including donating to UCLA. She co-produced the HBO documentary film I Am Evidence, which focused on the backlog of untested rape kits in various police departments. The film won the 2017 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary.Hargitay has two older brothers, Miklós and Zoltán, and three half-siblings. On June 29, 1967, the three-year-old Hargitay was one of the passengers involved in a tragic car accident on U.S. Highway 90 near New Orleans that killed her mother, Jayne Mansfield, and left Hargitay with a zigzag scar on her head. Raised by her father and his third wife following Manfield’s death, Hargitay expressed a lifelong impact from the loss of her mother. Her father died in 2006 aged 80.

Early life

(File:Jayne Mansfield Com X-M103-007.jpg|thumb|left|Hargitay’s parents c. 1960)Hargitay was born at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of actress and 1950s-era sex symbol Jayne Mansfield. Her father was the Hungarian-born former Mr. Universe, Mickey Hargitay. Her first and middle names are Hungarian and refer to Mary Magdalene (Mariska is a diminutive of Mary). She was raised Catholic and has two older brothers, Miklós and Zoltán, as well as three half-siblings, Jayne Marie Mansfield and Antonio “Tony” Cimber (from her mother’s first and third marriages, respectively) and Tina Hargitay (from her father’s first marriage).WEB, January 23, 2019, Inside Mariska Hargitay’s Unique Journey: Surviving a Hollywood Tragedy, Speaking Up and Scoring the Best Gig on TV,www.eonline.com/news/1007267/inside-mariska-hargitay-s-unique-journey-surviving-a-hollywood-tragedy-speaking-up-and-scoring-the-best-gig-on-tv, February 18, 2021, E! Online, November 29, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201129081355/https://www.eonline.com/news/1007267/inside-mariska-hargitay-s-unique-journey-surviving-a-hollywood-tragedy-speaking-up-and-scoring-the-best-gig-on-tv, live, Hargitay’s parents divorced in May 1963, but a judge later found their Mexican divorce invalid. They reconciled a few months before Hargitay’s birth in January 1964, but soon separated again. In August 1964, Hargitay’s mother successfully petitioned the court to rule the Mexican divorce legal. A few weeks later, Mansfield married the director Matt Cimber, who had directed her in a 1964 production of the William Inge play Bus Stop.WEB, Jayne Mansfield’s short-lived union,ew.com/article/1993/01/15/jayne-mansfields-short-lived-union/, February 18, 2021, EW.com, EN, April 20, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210420142114/https://ew.com/article/1993/01/15/jayne-mansfields-short-lived-union/, live, By the summer of 1966, however, Mansfield and Cimber had filed for divorce.On June 29, 1967, Mansfield was in an automobile accident on a stretch of U.S. Route 90 between New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The accident ripped off the top of the car, instantly killing Mansfield,JOURNAL, Coyne, Kate, October 2004, Surviving the past,connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/14536831, Good Housekeeping, 239, 4, 162–165, subscription, EBSCOhost Connection, {{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} her boyfriend Sam Brody, and the driver. Asleep in the back of the vehicle, Mariska, then three-and-a-half years old, was left with a zigzag scar on one side of her head. Her brothers, Miklós and Zoltán, escaped with minor injuries. After the death of their mother, the three siblings were raised by their father and his third wife, Ellen Siano.WEB,www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-svu-star-mariska-hargitay-describes-her-stepmom-ellen-hargitay.html/, Josh Lezmi, April 1, 2020, September 13, 2020, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, How ‘SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay Describes Her Stepmom, Ellen Hargitay, Mickey Hargitay soon remarried Ellen Siano in 1967 (he divorced Mansfield in 1964). Ellen Siano went on to be the motherly figure in Mariska Hargitay’s life., January 19, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210119130157/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-svu-star-mariska-hargitay-describes-her-stepmom-ellen-hargitay.html/, live, Hargitay dislikes comparisons with her famous mother and, at age 18, said, “My dad was Mr. Universe, so it would be fun for me to be Miss Universe”.MAGAZINE, Graydon, Carter E., June 7, 1982, People: Jun. 7, 1982,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790-2,00.html, dead, Time (magazine), Time, 2,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790-2,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110629005558www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790-2,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110629005558www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790-2,00.html, June 29, 2011, Hargitay has said that the early loss of her mother left “a hole in my life that won’t ever be filled. I will never get over it. I will always be a girl who lost her mom”. Hargitay’s father died in September 2006 from multiple myeloma in Los Angeles, California, at age 80.NEWS, Bonawitz, Amy, September 19, 2006, Actor Mickey Hargitay Dead At 80, CBS News, CBS Corporation,www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/19/entertainment/main2020827.shtml, live, September 20, 2006,www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/19/entertainment/main2020827.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20110629023313www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/19/entertainment/main2020827.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20110629023313www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/19/entertainment/main2020827.shtml, June 29, 2011, {{Citation|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Bodybuilder-actor Mickey Hargitay dies|date=September 20, 2006|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=20060920&id=LwY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1476,1203717|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|page=25|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424233242news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=20060920&id=LwY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1476,1203717|url-status=live}}While a student at her Catholic secondary school, Marymount High School, Hargitay was active in cheerleading, student government, athletics, and the theater program.JOURNAL, Woliman Rusoff, Jane, February 14, 2001, Jayne’s little girl kicks on, Herald Sun, The Herald and Weekly Times, H10, She enjoyed acting and enrolled at UCLA after graduation from high school in 1982. That same year, Hargitay was crowned Miss Beverly Hills USA. By the time she was a freshman in college, Hargitay had an agent and several small roles to her credit. She attended UCLA School of Theater Film and Television where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.WEB, 1983, Bruin Life 1983, The Yearbook at UCLA,archive.org/stream/bruinlife1983univ/bruinlife1983univ_djvu.txt, July 22, 2009, University of California, Los Angeles, Internet Archive, WEB, NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS,www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/, dead,www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006111604www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/,">web.archive.org/web/20141006111604www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/, October 6, 2014, September 29, 2014, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, She left before completing her degree. Hargitay attended Groundlings Theatre and School in Los Angeles.WEB, Virtel, Louis, March 4, 2010, Was Kathy Griffin’s Censored SVU Scene Payback from an Injured Mariska Hargitay?,www.movieline.com/2010/03/kathy-griffins-lesbian-scene-with-mariska-hargitay-answers-20-years-of-tension.php, dead,www.movieline.com/2010/03/kathy-griffins-lesbian-scene-with-mariska-hargitay-answers-20-years-of-tension.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20110817053007www.movieline.com/2010/03/kathy-griffins-lesbian-scene-with-mariska-hargitay-answers-20-years-of-tension.php,">web.archive.org/web/20110817053007www.movieline.com/2010/03/kathy-griffins-lesbian-scene-with-mariska-hargitay-answers-20-years-of-tension.php, August 17, 2011, October 22, 2011, Movieline, PMC (company), PMC,

Career

After Hargitay was crowned Miss Beverly Hills USA,MAGAZINE, Graydon, Carter E., June 7, 1982, People: Jun. 7, 1982,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790,00.html, dead, Time (magazine), Time, 1,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080408093232www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080408093232www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951790,00.html, April 8, 2008, August 4, 2008, she competed in the Miss California USA pageant the following year and placed fourth runner-up to Julie Hayek, who was later crowned Miss USA.NEWS, New Rules Make Runner-up in Beauty Contest a Winner,pageantupdate.info/juliehayekarticle.pdf, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 1983, Mark, Gladstone,pageantupdate.info/juliehayekarticle.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20110823234856pageantupdate.info/juliehayekarticle.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20110823234856pageantupdate.info/juliehayekarticle.pdf, August 23, 2011, dead, In 1984, Hargitay appeared in Ronnie Milsap’s music video for “She Loves My Car”, the first country music video to appear on MTV.NEWS, Buck, Jerry, Chicago Tribune, Mariska Hargitay Joins ‘Falcon Crest’ Cast, Tribune Company, 4, January 7, 1988, A year later she had a small role in the horror film Ghoulies.JOURNAL, Mills, Bart, Hargitay goes ‘Downtown’, Daily Breeze, C1, August 12, 1986, Hargitay has appeared on numerous other television programs, including: (Freddy’s Nightmares – A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), Ellen, All-American Girl, Baywatch, Cracker, Gabriel’s Fire, In the Heat of the Night, The Single Guy, Wiseguy, and thirtysomething. Her voice is featured on the 2005 video game (True Crime: New York City). Hargitay also had a minor role in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas. She briefly replaced Gabrielle Fitzpatrick as Dulcea in (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie), although her scenes were cut from the film when Fitzpatrick recovered from her surgery and returned to the film.WEB, August 25, 2010, Interview with David Yost Part 2,www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj44tt8T7HY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/lj44tt8T7HY, December 12, 2021, live, August 10, 2011, YouTube, {{cbignore}} In 1988, she had a recurring role as Carly Fixx in the soap opera Falcon Crest. She portrayed police officer Angela Garcia in the 1992 series Tequila and Bonetti and appeared in the two-part (List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 4: 1992–1993|fourth season) finale episode of Seinfeld, where they had her read for the role of Elaine Benes in “The Pilot”. She was considered for the character of Elaine Benes on Seinfeld itself before it began.WEB, January 1, 2022, Seinfeld: The Actresses Who Almost Played Elaine Benes,screenrant.com/seinfeld-elaine-actors-almost-cast-played/, April 26, 2022, ScreenRant, en-US, April 26, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220426175228/https://screenrant.com/seinfeld-elaine-actors-almost-cast-played/, live, Two years later, Hargitay portrayed Didi Edelstein, the sexy next-door neighbor, in the 1995 sitcom Can’t Hurry Love, which starred Nancy McKeon. In 1997, Hargitay played detective Nina Echeverria on the drama series Prince Street, and had a recurring role as inept desk clerk Cynthia Hooper during the fourth season of ER.WEB, 11 ‘E.R.’ Characters Who Deserve Way More Love, From Cynthia Hooper To Lucy Knight,www.bustle.com/p/11-er-characters-who-deserve-way-more-love-from-cynthia-hooper-to-lucy-knight-8666016, February 18, 2021, Bustle (website), Bustle, April 2, 2018, en, November 9, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201109041827/https://www.bustle.com/p/11-er-characters-who-deserve-way-more-love-from-cynthia-hooper-to-lucy-knight-8666016, live, File:Mariska Hargitay at 2008 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|Hargitay attending the 222x222pxHargitay said in 1986 that she never thought about doing television until a role on the one-hour adventure drama series Downtown was offered. In fact, she experienced difficulties in her efforts to begin a career as a Hollywood actor. Hargitay endured frequent comparisons to her mother.Casting for the lead characters of NBC police procedural television drama series (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) occurred in the spring of 1999. Dick Wolf, along with officials from NBC and Studios USA, was at the final auditions for the two leads at Rockefeller Center. The last round had been narrowed down to six finalists. For the female lead – Detective Olivia Benson – Samantha Mathis, Reiko Aylesworth, and Hargitay were being considered. For the male lead – Detective Elliot Stabler – the finalists were Tim Matheson, John Slattery, and Christopher Meloni. Meloni and Hargitay had auditioned in the final round together, and after the actors left, there was a moment of dead silence, after which Wolf blurted out, “Oh well. There’s no doubt who we should choose – Hargitay and Meloni.” The duo, who Wolf believed had the perfect chemistry from the first time he saw them together, were his first choice. Garth Ancier, then head of NBC Entertainment, agreed, and the rest of the panel assembled voiced their assent.BOOK, Green, Susan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion, Randee, Dawn, BenBella Books, New York City, 2009, 978-1-933771-88-5, 11, Hargitay trained as a rape crisis advocate to prepare for the role of Benson.MAGAZINE, Alice, Oglethorpe, Real American Heroes, Shape magazine, Shape, November 2010, 186, She has portrayed Benson since 1999.WEB, Vivinetto, Gina, March 29, 2019, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ just made TV history — here’s what Mariska Hargitay said,www.today.com/popculture/law-order-svu-just-made-tv-history-here-s-what-t151263, Today.com, October 28, 2019, August 22, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190822000411/https://www.today.com/popculture/law-order-svu-just-made-tv-history-here-s-what-t151263, live, Hargitay won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the role. She received UCLA’s TFT Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011 and was honored at the school’s June commencement ceremony.WEB, Goldberg, Lesley, September 27, 2011, ‘Law & Order: SVU’s’ Mariska Hargitay Donates $100,000 to UCLA,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822, dead,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822," title="web.archive.org/web/20111003015623www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822,">web.archive.org/web/20111003015623www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822, October 3, 2011, September 28, 2011, The Hollywood Reporter, During the last months of her pregnancy in 2006, Hargitay took maternity leave from SVU, and was temporarily replaced by Connie Nielsen, who portrayed Stabler’s temporary partner Dani Beck.WEB, Silverman, Stephen, January 25, 2006, Maternity Leave Looms for Mariska Hargitay,www.people.com/people/article/0,,1152685,00.html, January 24, 2010, People (magazine), People, July 31, 2013,www.people.com/people/article/0,,1152685,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130731052817www.people.com/people/article/0,,1152685,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130731052817www.people.com/people/article/0,,1152685,00.html, dead, WEB, February 1, 2006, SVU “Replaces” Benson,www.tvguide.com/news/SVU-REPLACES-BENSON-42361.aspx, live,www.tvguide.com/news/SVU-REPLACES-BENSON-42361.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20130730232527www.tvguide.com/news/SVU-REPLACES-BENSON-42361.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20130730232527www.tvguide.com/news/SVU-REPLACES-BENSON-42361.aspx, July 30, 2013, January 24, 2010, TV Guide, In late December 2008, Hargitay suffered a partially collapsed lung after taking a fall during a stunt on the set of SVU. She underwent surgery in January and returned to work shortly afterward.WEB, May 19, 2009, Mariska Hargitay Says “Stunt” Led to Partially Collapsed Lung,www.tvguide.com/News/Mariska-Hargitay-Stunt-1006187.aspx, May 19, 2009, TV Guide, May 22, 2009,www.tvguide.com/News/Mariska-Hargitay-Stunt-1006187.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20090522121313www.tvguide.com/News/Mariska-Hargitay-Stunt-1006187.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20090522121313www.tvguide.com/News/Mariska-Hargitay-Stunt-1006187.aspx, live, On March 3, 2009, she was hospitalized after suffering from chest pains related to the injury.WEB, March 4, 2009, Mariska Hargitay hospitalized for chest pains,www.today.com/id/29512506%7Ctitle=MariskaGo, live,www.today.com/id/29512506%7Ctitle%3DMariska," title="web.archive.org/web/20161231194702www.today.com/id/29512506%7Ctitle%3DMariska,">web.archive.org/web/20161231194702www.today.com/id/29512506%7Ctitle%3DMariska, December 31, 2016, March 5, 2009, Access Hollywood, Today (US TV show), Today, She missed one episode on SVU{{’s}} tenth season. In May 2009, after the show’s (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)|tenth season), Hargitay and Meloni’s contracts expired when they were reportedly making $375,000MAGAZINE, Schneider, Michael, June 29, 2009, Meloni, Hargitay seal deal with ‘SVU’,www.variety.com/article/VR1118005510, live, Variety (magazine), Variety,www.variety.com/article/VR1118005510," title="web.archive.org/web/20110316002532www.variety.com/article/VR1118005510,">web.archive.org/web/20110316002532www.variety.com/article/VR1118005510, March 16, 2011, February 23, 2010, –$385,000 per episode.NEWS, Martin, Denise, June 29, 2009, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay sign on for two more years, Los Angeles Times,latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/06/law-order-svu-stars-christopher-meloni-and-mariska-hargitay-sign-on-for-two-more-years.html, live, February 23, 2010,insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110819080832insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/,">web.archive.org/web/20110819080832insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/, August 19, 2011, During negotiations in April for a new contract, the duo attempted to receive a percentage of the show’s profits as other high-profile Law and Order actors had done in the past. It was rumored that NBC threatened to replace Hargitay and Meloni if they persisted in their demands.MAGAZINE, Ausiello, Michael, April 8, 2009, ‘SVU’ exclusive: NBC to replace Chris and Mariska?!,insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/, live,insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110819080832insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/,">web.archive.org/web/20110819080832insidetv.ew.com/2009/04/08/svu-exclusive-n/, August 19, 2011, February 23, 2010, Entertainment Weekly, However, two months later it was officially reported that both their contracts had been renewed for two more years. When the thirteenth season was about to air, initial reports indicated that Hargitay would appear in only the first 13 episodes.NEWS, Andreeva, Nellie, May 14, 2011, Law & Order: SVU Scoop: Hargitay Inks New Deal, Jennifer Love Hewitt May Succeed Her, TVLine,www.tvline.com/2011/05/exclusive-mariska-hargitay-inks-new-law-order-svu-deal-may-pass-baton-to-jennifer-love-hewitt/, live, May 14, 2011,www.tvline.com/2011/05/exclusive-mariska-hargitay-inks-new-law-order-svu-deal-may-pass-baton-to-jennifer-love-hewitt/," title="web.archive.org/web/20111018161442www.tvline.com/2011/05/exclusive-mariska-hargitay-inks-new-law-order-svu-deal-may-pass-baton-to-jennifer-love-hewitt/,">web.archive.org/web/20111018161442www.tvline.com/2011/05/exclusive-mariska-hargitay-inks-new-law-order-svu-deal-may-pass-baton-to-jennifer-love-hewitt/, October 18, 2011, However, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt later clarified that she would be in every episode of the season.WEB, Porter, Rick, August 1, 2011, ‘Law & Order: SVU’: Mariska Hargitay isn’t going anywhere, NBC chief says,blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/08/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-isnt-going-anywhere-nbc-chief-says.html, dead,blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/08/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-isnt-going-anywhere-nbc-chief-says.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110912004217blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/08/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-isnt-going-anywhere-nbc-chief-says.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110912004217blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/08/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-isnt-going-anywhere-nbc-chief-says.html, September 12, 2011, October 22, 2011, Zap2it, As of August 2012, Hargitay was earning approximately $400,000MAGAZINE, Stephen, Battaglio, Michael, Schneider, August 26, 2013, What They Earn, TV Guide, 16–20, –$500,000 per episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.MAGAZINE, Goldberg, Lesley, April 20, 2012, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay Inks New Deal With Universal Television (Exclusive),www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-new-deal-314248, The Hollywood Reporter, April 20, 2012, November 9, 2012,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-new-deal-314248," title="web.archive.org/web/20121109193909www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-new-deal-314248,">web.archive.org/web/20121109193909www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-new-deal-314248, live, In 2013 and 2014, she was ranked by Forbes as the second highest-paid television actress, only after Sofia Vergara of Modern Family.WEB, No. 2: Mariska Hargitay - 2015-05-12 - The Highest-Paid TV Actresses Of 2014,www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45mehj/no-2-mariska-hargitay-2/, 2024-03-12, Forbes, en, Hargitay continues to be considered one of the highest-paid television actresses in the world,WEB, Berg, Madeline, The World’s Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2016: Sofia Vergara Stays The Queen Of The Small Screen With $43 Million,www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2016/09/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2016-sofia-vergara-stays-the-queen-of-the-small-screen-with-43-million/, 2024-03-12, Forbes, en, making well over $500,000 per episode.WEB, 2023-01-17, You’re Not Prepared for Mariska Hargitay’s Net Worth Thanks to ‘Law & Order: SVU’,www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a42532447/mariska-hargitay-net-worth-svu-salary/, 2024-03-12, Cosmopolitan, en-US, In 2013, Hargitay was awarded with the 2,511th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her star was placed next to the star of her mother, which is located at 6328 Hollywood Boulevard.NEWS, November 1, 2013, Mariska Hargitay to join mum on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood.com,www.hollywood.com/news/brief/55039661/mariska-hargitay-to-join-mum-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame, October 31, 2013, November 3, 2013,www.hollywood.com/news/brief/55039661/mariska-hargitay-to-join-mum-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame," title="web.archive.org/web/20131103044615www.hollywood.com/news/brief/55039661/mariska-hargitay-to-join-mum-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame,">web.archive.org/web/20131103044615www.hollywood.com/news/brief/55039661/mariska-hargitay-to-join-mum-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame, live, At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Hargitay won the “Video of the Year” Award, shared with Taylor Swift and all of the celebrities that appeared in the music video for Swift’s song “Bad Blood”.WEB, November 17, 2015, Mariska Hargitay on Instagram: Wish I could be with you and the rest of the #GirlSquad @TaylorSwift. So #honored and #thankful to have been part of this #masterful project. And though I have a #MoonMan of my own, that video was all you, baby. #MadLove for #BadBlood.,www.instagram.com/p/-M9PsDEK0O/,ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/therealmariskahargitay/1120539766233804046, December 23, 2021, subscription, December 11, 2020, Instagram, en, {{cbignore}}WEB, Dos Santos, Kristin, Kristin Dos Santos, Masters, Megan, March 16, 2009, Exclusive! SVU Boss: Mariska Hargitay Will Be Back This Season,www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/svu_boss_mariska_hargitay_will_be_back/104565, live,www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/svu_boss_mariska_hargitay_will_be_back/104565," title="web.archive.org/web/20120508130805www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/svu_boss_mariska_hargitay_will_be_back/104565,">web.archive.org/web/20120508130805www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/svu_boss_mariska_hargitay_will_be_back/104565, May 8, 2012, March 17, 2009, E! Online, Comcast, In July 2021, Hargitay suffered a broken ankle after taking a fall in the rain while leaving the screening of Black Widow.WEB, Mariska Hargitay Reveals She Broke Her Right Ankle: ‘Summer Look’,people.com/health/mariska-hargitay-reveals-her-summer-look-after-breaking-her-ankle-at-black-widow-screening/, 2024-03-06, Peoplemag, en, Her injury caused minor script changes and was written into the season 23 premiere of SVU.WEB, Roots, Kimberly, 2021-08-04, SVU: Will Mariska Hargitay’s Recent Injury Affect Benson’s Season 23?,tvline.com/news/law-and-order-svu-mariska-hargitay-season-23-injury-ankle-benson-1234706701/, 2024-03-06, TVLine, en-US, Hargitay was a guest narrator at Disney’s Candlelight Processional December 19–20, 2022.WEB,disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/epcot/candlelight-processional/, Candlelight Narrators, Walt Disney, March 7, 2023, December 23, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221223193642/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/epcot/candlelight-processional/, live, {{failed verification|date=March 2023}}

Philanthropy

Hargitay is the founder and former president of the Joyful Heart Foundation, an organization established in 2004 to provide support to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking.WEB,www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/actress-mariska-hargitay, Behind the Scenes with Mariska Hargitay, Redbook, Martin, Crystal, September 29, 2011, January 24, 2010,www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/actress-mariska-hargitay," title="web.archive.org/web/20110929113322www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/actress-mariska-hargitay,">web.archive.org/web/20110929113322www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/actress-mariska-hargitay, September 29, 2011, dead, JOURNAL, The Guide: What’s Worth Watching, TV Guide, July 5, 2010, 8, According to Hargitay, she was inspired by an encounter with a pod of dolphins that surrounded her while she was swimming off the coast of Hawaii at the age of 15. The encounter, which had ignited profound spiritual feelings within her, was one that Hargitay hoped to share with others. As of November 2010, the Joyful Heart Foundation has sent over 5,000 women and children on therapeutic programs in New York, Los Angeles, and Hawaii, which combine yoga, meditation, massage, journaling, and swimming with dolphins. File:Mariska Hargitay at Whitehouse 2010 Easter egg roll.jpg|thumb|Hargitay reading Oh! The Places You’ll Go! by left|207x207px Hargitay’s character, Olivia Benson, was heavily involved in rape and domestic violence cases in New York; in many episodes she defended the women, because she knew the trauma that they had experienced. Some women who watched the show felt a connection with her, which led them to send Hargitay letters because they thought she could do something with them. Since Hargitay received these letters from women, she knew that she had to use her platform to do something meaningful. She, in fact, did; Hargitay became a certified rape counselor. With this, she was able to talk to these women, make them feel better, and let them know that they are not alone; she helped the victims to be able to live their lives again. After disclosing herself as a survivor in 2024 in a personal essay published by People, she credits other survivors for giving her strength and calls for an end to the stigma where she said, “Tell someone you’ve survived cancer, and you’re celebrated. I want the same response for sexual assault survivors. I want no shame with the victim.“WEB, Mariska Hargitay Shares Her Experience in Her Own Words: A Rape. A Reckoning. A Renewal (Exclusive),people.com/mariska-hargitay-experience-rape-renewal-reckoning-8424247, 2024-03-12, Peoplemag, en, WEB, Rosenbloom, Alli, 2024-01-11, Mariska Hargitay recalls being raped in her 30s in powerful essay about overcoming trauma,www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/entertainment/mariska-hargitay-powerful-essay/index.html, 2024-03-12, CNN, en, According to Hargitay, the Foundation has raised $20 million and helped approximately 5,000 survivors as of April 2011.MAGAZINE, Sonia, Harmon, Kate, Meyers, Susan, Pocharski, Ladies Who Give Back, Ladies’ Home Journal, April 2011, 84–85, Reference to the Joyful Heart Foundation was worked into episodes of Special Victims Unit, via a necklace containing two pendants representing the Foundation that Hargitay’s character began wearing in the show’s (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13)|13th season).MAGAZINE, William, Keck, Ask Keck, TV Guide, November 7, 2011, 10, The Foundation works with several brands to create products supporting the cause, including Me&Ro, Michael Stars, and AZIAM’s Wife Lover Tanks.WEB, Jarema, Kerri, February 25, 2011, The Wife Lover,www.runningwithheels.com/index.php/2011/02/the-wife-lover/, dead,www.runningwithheels.com/index.php/2011/02/the-wife-lover/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110301164353www.runningwithheels.com/index.php/2011/02/the-wife-lover/,">web.archive.org/web/20110301164353www.runningwithheels.com/index.php/2011/02/the-wife-lover/, March 1, 2011, Running with Heels, Back in November 2009, Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation built healing and wellness kits for women who suffered domestic violence and were currently in the Los Angeles County’s domestic violence shelters.JOURNAL, Weller, Sheila, May 2012, My FAITH Pulled Me Through,connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/75125818, Good Housekeeping, 254, 5, 136–195, subscription, EBSCOhost Connection, {{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} They created enough kits to give one to each of about 600 women. In California, the domestic violence services budget was in a major crisis, and shelters were forced to turn women away. Hargitay and her foundation donated money to the cause. Hargitay has worked with Michigan Police and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to raise awareness about the statistics of untested rape kits. She produced a documentary, I Am Evidence released by HBO in 2018, following the thousands of untested rape kits; Hargitay called this lack of testing “the clearest and most shocking demonstration of how we regard these crimes in our country.“WEB, Williams, Corey, March 10, 2014, Mariska Hargitay: How the SVU star is fighting real-life sex crimes,www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0310/Mariska-Hargitay-How-the-SVU-star-is-fighting-real-life-sex-crimes, Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 2020, July 22, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200722205829/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0310/Mariska-Hargitay-How-the-SVU-star-is-fighting-real-life-sex-crimes, live, The film received Best Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Awards, winning Hargitay her second Emmy and first as a producer.WEB, I Am Evidence,www.emmys.com/shows/i-am-evidence, 2024-03-06, Television Academy, en, Hargitay appeared in the 17th season of NBC’s The More You Know public service announcements in 2006,WEB,www.preventchildabuse.org/about_us/media_releases/PR_12_16_05.pdf, NBC Universal’s “The More You Know” Launches Its 17th Season of Public Service Announcements with new Theme, New Look and New Faces, The More You Know, NBC Universal, December 16, 2005, January 24, 2010, dead,www.preventchildabuse.org/about_us/media_releases/PR_12_16_05.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20100703085910www.preventchildabuse.org/about_us/media_releases/PR_12_16_05.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20100703085910www.preventchildabuse.org/about_us/media_releases/PR_12_16_05.pdf, July 3, 2010, and again in the spring of 2009.WEB,www.thehotline.org/the-more-you-know/, The More You Know, The National Domestic Violence Hotline, August 5, 2011,www.thehotline.org/the-more-you-know/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120425231922www.thehotline.org/the-more-you-know/,">web.archive.org/web/20120425231922www.thehotline.org/the-more-you-know/, April 25, 2012, dead, She is an honorary board member director of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.WEB,www.themmrf.org/about-the-mmrf/leadership/honorary-board-of-directors.html, MMRF Honorary Board of Directors, 2007, January 24, 2010, July 15, 2010,www.themmrf.org/about-the-mmrf/leadership/honorary-board-of-directors.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100715050906www.themmrf.org/about-the-mmrf/leadership/honorary-board-of-directors.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100715050906www.themmrf.org/about-the-mmrf/leadership/honorary-board-of-directors.html, dead, On September 27, 2011, Hargitay donated $100,000 to her alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television for scholarship.WEB,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822, ‘Law & Order: SVU’s’ Mariska Hargitay Donates $100,000 to UCLA, Goldberg, Lesley, The Hollywood Reporter, September 27, 2011, September 28, 2011,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822," title="web.archive.org/web/20111003015623www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822,">web.archive.org/web/20111003015623www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svus-mariska-hargitay-240822, October 3, 2011, dead, In 2012, Hargitay campaigned for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).WEB, Mariska, Hargitay, April 26, 2012,www.huffingtonpost.com/mariska-hargitay/violence-against-women-ac_b_1455797.html?ref=yahoo&ir=Yahoo, Violence Against Women Act Helps Restore Lives, Huffington Post,www.huffingtonpost.com/mariska-hargitay/violence-against-women-ac_b_1455797.html?ref=yahoo&ir=Yahoo," title="web.archive.org/web/20160304113930www.huffingtonpost.com/mariska-hargitay/violence-against-women-ac_b_1455797.html?ref=yahoo&ir=Yahoo,">web.archive.org/web/20160304113930www.huffingtonpost.com/mariska-hargitay/violence-against-women-ac_b_1455797.html?ref=yahoo&ir=Yahoo, March 4, 2016,

Personal life

On August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California, Hargitay married Peter Hermann, an actor whom she met on the set of Law & Order: SVU,MAGAZINE, September 2, 2004, Law & Order’s Mariska Hargitay Gets Married,www.people.com/people/article/0,,691426,00.html, live, People (magazine), People,people.com/celebrity/law-orders-mariska-hargitay-gets-married/," title="web.archive.org/web/20161231192236people.com/celebrity/law-orders-mariska-hargitay-gets-married/,">web.archive.org/web/20161231192236people.com/celebrity/law-orders-mariska-hargitay-gets-married/, December 31, 2016, WEB, Ravitz, Justin, October 19, 2011, Mariska Hargitay Adopts for Second Time in Six Months: New Details,www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/mariska-hargitay-adopts-for-second-time-in-six-months-what-happened-20111910, live,www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/mariska-hargitay-adopts-for-second-time-in-six-months-what-happened-20111910," title="web.archive.org/web/20151127004743www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/mariska-hargitay-adopts-for-second-time-in-six-months-what-happened-20111910,">web.archive.org/web/20151127004743www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/mariska-hargitay-adopts-for-second-time-in-six-months-what-happened-20111910, November 27, 2015, October 19, 2011, Us Weekly, on which he plays the recurring role of defense attorney Trevor Langan. On June 28, 2006, Hargitay gave birth to their son, August, by an emergency caesarean section.JOURNAL, Masterson, Lawrie, September 17, 2007, Mum’s the word for Mariska, Sunday Herald Sun, The Herald and Weekly Times, X06, JOURNAL, Kimpton, Roger, Summer 2010, Hollywood on the Palisades, Palisade, 13, In April 2011, she and her husband adopted a baby girl, Amaya, and attended her birth.NEWS, Triggs, Charlotte, April 6, 2011, Mariska Hargitay Adopts a Baby, People,www.people.com/people/article/0,,20479870,00.html, live, April 6, 2011,people.com/babies/mariska-hargitay-adopts-a-baby/," title="web.archive.org/web/20161231192649people.com/babies/mariska-hargitay-adopts-a-baby/,">web.archive.org/web/20161231192649people.com/babies/mariska-hargitay-adopts-a-baby/, December 31, 2016, In October 2011, she and her husband adopted a son, Andrew, who had been born in 2011.WEB, Hubbard, Amy, October 19, 2011, Mariska Hargitay adopts second baby in 6 months: Give ‘em an ‘A’,latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/mariska-hargitay-baby-andrew-svu.html, live,latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/mariska-hargitay-baby-andrew-svu.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111020121747latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/mariska-hargitay-baby-andrew-svu.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111020121747latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/mariska-hargitay-baby-andrew-svu.html, October 20, 2011, October 19, 2011, Los Angeles Times, MAGAZINE, Triggs, Charlotte, October 19, 2011, Mariska Hargitay Adopts Son Andrew Nicolas,celebritybabies.people.com/2011/10/19/mariska-hargitay-adopts-son-andrew-nicolas, live, People,celebritybabies.people.com/2011/10/19/mariska-hargitay-adopts-son-andrew-nicolas/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160416224129celebritybabies.people.com/2011/10/19/mariska-hargitay-adopts-son-andrew-nicolas/,">web.archive.org/web/20160416224129celebritybabies.people.com/2011/10/19/mariska-hargitay-adopts-son-andrew-nicolas/, April 16, 2016, In January 2007, she and her older son appeared in a Got Milk? advertisement.MAGAZINE, January 1, 2007, The hottest mom in Hollywood,www.self.com/magazine/articles/2006/12/25/1226hargitay, Self (magazine), Self, Condé Nast Publications, 24–25,www.self.com/magazine/articles/2006/12/25/1226hargitay," title="web.archive.org/web/20080222040239www.self.com/magazine/articles/2006/12/25/1226hargitay,">web.archive.org/web/20080222040239www.self.com/magazine/articles/2006/12/25/1226hargitay, February 22, 2008, January 24, 2010, Hargitay speaks five languages: English, French, Hungarian, Spanish, and Italian.NEWS, Diaz, Johnny, November 13, 2005, Speaking volumes: Use of Spanish booms on network programs, N1, The Boston Globe,www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/11/13/speaking_volumes/, live,www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/11/13/speaking_volumes/," title="web.archive.org/web/20060621201451www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/11/13/speaking_volumes/,">web.archive.org/web/20060621201451www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/11/13/speaking_volumes/, June 21, 2006, She is the godmother to Sophia, one of co-star Christopher Meloni’s children.WEB, Showell, Brooke, April 20, 2022, A Guide to All of Hollywood’s Celebrity Godparents,people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250, May 4, 2022, People (magazine), People, May 4, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220504024841/https://people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250, live, Actress Hilary Swank is her daughter’s godmother.WEB, Horgan, Richard, 2017-05-31, Hilary Swank, Mariska Hargitay and Heaps of Hamptons Love,www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/hilary-swank-mariska-hargitay-hamptons-magazine/, 2024-03-12, www.adweek.com, en-US, In a 2010 interview with Good Housekeeping, Hargitay stated that she considers herself a Christian.WEB, January 23, 2019, Inside Mariska Hargitay’s Unique Journey: Surviving a Hollywood Tragedy, Speaking Up and Scoring the Best Gig on TV,www.eonline.com/news/1007267/inside-mariska-hargitay-s-unique-journey-surviving-a-hollywood-tragedy-speaking-up-and-scoring-the-best-gig-on-tv, E! Online, February 18, 2021, November 29, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201129081355/https://www.eonline.com/news/1007267/inside-mariska-hargitay-s-unique-journey-surviving-a-hollywood-tragedy-speaking-up-and-scoring-the-best-gig-on-tv, live, WEB, Keeps, David A., August 9, 2010, Mariska Off-Duty,www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/mariska-hargitay-interview, Good Housekeeping, December 19, 2021, February 15, 2015,www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/mariska-hargitay-interview," title="web.archive.org/web/20150215215132www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/mariska-hargitay-interview,">web.archive.org/web/20150215215132www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/mariska-hargitay-interview, live,

Filmography

Television{| class“wikitable sortable“|+List of television appearances

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes| 1986Downtown (1986 TV series)>Downtown| Jesse Smith| Main role1988In the Heat of the Night (TV series)>In the Heat of the Night| Audine HiggsList of In the Heat of the Night episodes#Season 1>...And Then You Die”|Freddy’s Nightmares| Marsha WildmonFreddy’s Tricks and Treats)”|Falcon CrestList of Falcon Crest characters#Carly Fixx>Carly Fixx| 15 episodes1989| Finish Line| Lisa KarshTelevision film>TV movie|Baywatch| Lisa PetersList of Baywatch episodes#Season 1 (1989–1990) on NBC>Second Wave”1990Wiseguy (TV series)>Wiseguy| Debbie Vitale| Episode: “Romp”thirtysomething (TV series)>thirtysomething| Courtney DunnList of Thirtysomething episodes#Season 3 (1989-1990)>Fathers and Lovers”Booker (TV series)>Booker| Michelle Larkina| Episode: “Black Diamond Run”| Gabriel’s Fire| Carmen| Episode: “Windows”|1991Adam-12 (1990 TV series)>Adam-12| Michelle Brown| Episode: “Anatomy of a Rape”1992| Tequila and Bonetti| Officer Angela Garcia| Main roleGrapevine (TV series)>Grapevine| Katie| Episode: “The Katie and Adam Story”1993| Hotel Room| DianeGetting Rid of Robert)” & “Blackout” Blind Side (1993 film)>Blind Side| Melanie| TV movieKey West (TV series)>Key West| LaurelKey West (TV series)#Episodes>Less Moonlight”| Seinfeld| Melissa ShannonThe Pilot (Seinfeld)>The Pilot”| 1994| (Gambler V: Playing for Keeps)| Etta Place| TV movie|1995All-American Girl (TV series)>All-American Girl| JaneAll-American Girl (TV series)>Young Americans”|1995–1996| Can’t Hurry Love| Didi Edelstein| Main role1996Ellen (TV series)>Ellen| DaraList of Ellen episodes#Season three (1995-1996)>The Mugging”| The Lazarus Man| Episode 15, Season 1| The Angel Maker| Kate Conklin / Mounted Cop| 3 episodes1997| Night Sins| Paige Price| TV movie| Prince Street| Nina Echeverria| 6 episodesCracker (American TV series)>Cracker| Penny Hatfield| Episode: “True Romance 1”| The Advocate’s Devil| Rendi| TV movie| 1997–1998ER (TV series)>ERList of desk clerks and other staff in ER#Cynthia Hooper>Cynthia Hooper| 13 episodes| 1999| Love, American Style| Wendy| Segment: “Love And The Blind Date”| 1999–present| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)Olivia Benson| Main role| 2000, 2005, 2022| Law & OrderLaw & Order (season 10)#ep219>Entitled” “Law & Order (season 10)#ep220“”Law & Order (season 16)#ep351>Flaw“”Law & Order (season 21)#ep457“”Law & Order (season 22)#ep467>Gimme Shelter – Part Three”| 2004Plain Truth (film)>Plain Truth| Ellie Harrison| TV movie| 2005| (Law & Order: Trial by Jury)| Olivia Benson“Day”)| 2010| (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)Herself| Episode: “Kathy with a Z”| 2011| Barefoot Contessa| Episode: “Sweet Charity”| 2014–2016Chicago P.D. (TV series)>Chicago P.D.Olivia Benson| 3 episodes2015Chicago Fire (TV series)>Chicago FireList of Chicago Fire episodes>We Called Her Jellybean”| The Jim Gaffigan ShowHerself| Episode: “Maria”| 2017Nightcap (2016 TV series)>Nightcap| Episode: “Guest in a Snake”| 2019| Saturday Night LiveOlivia Benson| Cameo| 2021–present| (Law & Order: Organized Crime)| Recurring role| 2022| Gutsy| Herself | Episode 3

Film{| class“wikitable sortable“|+List of film appearances

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes| 1985| Ghoulies| Donna|| 1986| Welcome to 18| Joey|| 1987Jocks (film)>Jocks| Nicole|| 1988| Mr. Universe| Herself| 1991| Hard Time Romance| Anita|| Jennifer||Strawberry Road| Jill Banner|| 1993Bank Robber (film)>Bank Robber| Marisa Benoit|| 1995| Leaving Las Vegas| Hooker at Bar|| 1999Lake Placid (film)>Lake Placid| Myra Okubo|| 2001Perfume (2001 film)>Perfume| Darcy| Credited as Marishka Hargitay| 2006Tales from Earthsea (film)>Tales from Earthsea| Tenar| Voice role| 2008Herself| Cameo| 2017| I Am Evidence| Documentary

Video games{| class“wikitable“|+List of video game credits

! Year! Title! Voice role! {{tooltip|Refs.|References}}| 2005| (True Crime: New York City)| Lt. Deena Dixon WEBSITE=GAMESPOT FIRST=TIM ACCESS-DATE=MAY 23, 2015 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190902022703/HTTPS://WWW.GAMESPOT.COM/ARTICLES/TRUE-CRIME-NYC-CUFFS-VOICE-TALENT/1100-6133852/, live,

Music videos{| class“wikitable“|+List of music video appearances

! Year! Title! Artist! Role! {{tooltip|Refs.|References}}|1984|“She Loves My Car“|Ronnie Milsap|DATE=MARCH 6, 2013ACCESS-DATE=MAY 7, 2017ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150919194511/HTTP://WWW.CHICAGOREADER.COM/BLEADER/ARCHIVES/2013/03/06/THE-SURREAL-MUSIC-VIDEO-MASTERPIECE-IN-MARISKA-HARGITAYS-PAST, live, |2015Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)>Bad Blood“|Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar|JusticePUBLISHER=FASHION & STYLEURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=MAY 20, 2015, |2021|“93 Days”Grace Gaustad|Dr. Har|2022|“Disappear“|||“The Cloud“||

Director{| class“wikitable”

! Year! Title! Notes| 2014–2024| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)| 9 episodes

Producer{| class“wikitable”

! Year! Title! Notes| 2014–present| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)||2017I Am EvidenceCIFF 43 {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327155118www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2018/i-am-evidence |date=March 27, 2019 }} HBO via CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL; Cleveland; April 2018.| Documentary

Awards and nominations{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year !Work!! Award !! Category !! Result 2000 (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)Golden Satellite Awards 1999>Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama>| {{Nom}}Viewers for Quality Television Awards >| {{Nom}}TV Guide Award >| {{Nom}} 2004 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards >Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series {{Nom}}Gracie Allen Awards >| {{Won}}56th Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series >| {{Nom}} 2005 62nd Golden Globe Awards >Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama>Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama {{Won}}57th Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}} 2006 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards >| {{Nom}}58th Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Won}} 2007 TV Land Awards Favorite Lady Gumshoe {{Nom}}13th Screen Actors Guild Awards>Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series {{Nom}}59th Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}}60th Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}} 2009 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards >| {{Nom}}35th People’s Choice Awards>People’s Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star {{Nom}}Gracie Allen Awards >| {{Won}}66th Golden Globe Awards>Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama {{Nom}}61st Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}} 2010 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards >| {{Nom}}62nd Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}}36th People’s Choice Awards>People’s Choice Awards Favorite TV Drama Actress {{Nom}} 2011 37th People’s Choice Awards >| {{Nom}}17th Screen Actors Guild Awards>Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series {{Nom}}63rd Primetime Emmy Awards>Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series {{Nom}} 2012 New York Women in Film & Television >New York Women in Film & Television >| {{won}}TV Guide Award >| {{Nom}} 2014 People’s Choice Awards 40th People’s Choice Awards >| {{Nom}}Gracie Allen Awards >| {{Won}}TV Guide Award >| {{Nom}} 2015 People’s Choice Awards 41st People’s Choice Awards >| {{Nom}} Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)>Bad Blood”MTV Video Music Award >| {{Won}}| 2016 Law and Order: Special Victims UnitPeople’s Choice Awards >42nd People’s Choice Awards>Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress {{nom}}2017 People’s Choice Awards Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress {{nom}}Gracie Allen Awards >| {{won}}I Am Evidence|News and Documentary Emmy Awards|Best Documentary|{{won}}|News and Documentary Emmy Awards|Outstanding Investigative Documentary|{{nom}}| 2018 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit People’s Choice Awards 44th People’s Choice Awards >| {{Won}}2020|People’s Choice Awards46th People’s Choice Awards>The Female TV Star of 2020 {{Nom}}|People’s Choice Awards46th People’s Choice Awards>The Drama TV Star of 2020 {{Nom}}2021|People’s Choice Awards47th People’s Choice Awards>The Female TV Star of 2021 {{Nom}}|People’s Choice Awards47th People’s Choice Awards>The Drama TV Star of 2021 {{Nom}} 2022People’s Choice Awards >48th People’s Choice Awards>The Drama TV Star of 2022 {{Won}}People’s Choice Awards >48th People’s Choice Awards>The Female TV Star of 2022 {{Nom}}2023|People’s Choice Awards49th People’s Choice Awards>The Drama TV Star of the Year {{Nom}}|People’s Choice Awards49th People’s Choice Awards>The Female TV Star of the Year {{Nom}}

References

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General and cited references

• WEB, D’Arminio, Aubry, Mariska Hargitay Biography,www.allmovie.com/artist/mariska-hargitay-p30408,www.allrovi.com/name/mariska-hargitay-p30408," title="archive.today/20130116184106www.allrovi.com/name/mariska-hargitay-p30408,">archive.today/20130116184106www.allrovi.com/name/mariska-hargitay-p30408, 16 January 2013, live, Allrovi, 24 January 2010,

Notes

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External links

{{Commons category|Mariska Hargitay}}

• Joyful Heart Foundation, founded by Hargitay
• {{IMDb name|id=0002127|name=Mariska Hargitay}}

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