Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
January 23, 1964 (62 years old)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Mariska Hargitay
Biography
Mariska 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
Acting
My Mom Jayne
2025
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
How To with John Wilson
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
I Am Evidence
2017
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
Chicago Fire
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Love Guru
2008
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Plain Truth
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Perfume
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lake Placid
1999
The View
1997
