Mariska Hargitay
Actor
- Born
- January 23, 1964 (age 62) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is an American actress, producer, director and activist, best known for her role as New York City sex crimes Detective Olivia Benson on on the NBC television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a role that has earned her multiple awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe.
The daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield and actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, Hargitay is a former beauty queen who made her film debut in the 1985 horror-comedy film Ghoulies, and her major television debut in the 1986 adventure drama series, Downtown. She appeared in numerous roles in film and television shows throughout the late 1980s and 1990s before being cast as Olivia Benson, a role that led to her founding the Joyful Heart Foundation, which provides support to women who have been sexually abused.
Known for
Leaving Las Vegas
October 27, 1995
Lake Placid
July 15, 1999
The Love Guru
June 20, 2008
Ghoulies
November 16, 1984
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
December 20, 2015
The Perfect Weapon
March 15, 1991
My Mom Jayne
June 20, 2025
Blind Side
January 30, 1993
Perfume
April 8, 2001
I Am Evidence
April 24, 2017
Jocks
November 14, 1986
Plain Truth
October 4, 2004
Acting29
- 2025My Mom Jayne as Self
- 2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021BLKBX: wht r u hding? as Dr. Hart
- 202030 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mariska Hargitay
- 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as Self
- 2017I Am Evidence as Self
- 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self - Special Guest
- 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Stuck as Narrator
- 2010