Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay was born on Jan 23, 1964 in USA. Mariska Hargitay's big-screen debut came with Ghoulies directed by Luca Bercovici in 1984. Mariska Hargitay is known for Law & Order: Organized Crime directed by Fred Berner, Christopher Meloni stars as Detective Elliot Stabler and Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell. Mariska Hargitay has got 13 awards and 44 nominations so far. The most recent award Mariska Hargitay achieved is Hamptons International Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Mariska Hargitay plays is Law & Order: Organized Crime - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 01, 2021.
Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolna Hargitay was born on January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. She is the youngest of their three children. In June 1967, Mariska and her brothers Zoltan and Mickey Jr. were in the back seat of a car when it was involved in the fatal accident which killed her mother. The children escaped with minor injuries. Her father remarried a stewardess named Ellen, and they raised the three children and gave them a normal childhood. They also financially supported the children, since Jayne Mansfield's debt-ridden estate left no money for them.Mariska majored in theater at UCLA. Her first motion picture feature was the cult favorite, Ghoulies (1985), where she gave a memorable performance as Donna. Unlike her mother Jayne, who had changed her name, her hair color, and did nude pictorials to become a star, Mariska took a very different approach on her journey to become a star. She rejected advice to change her name and appearance. And she refused to copy her mother's sexy image by turning down nude scenes in her next film Jocks (1986). She told casting directors that she was her own person when she held onto her dark locks and athletic figure, when they were expecting another blond, buxom Jayne Mansfield. Mariska continued with her acting classes and waited on tables, while she landed forgettable roles in short-lived television shows. She appeared a few times on the nighttime soap Falcon Crest (1981). She also appeared in the hit film Leaving Las Vegas (1995), credited as 'Hooker at the bar', and in the flop film Lake Placid (1999) as Myra Okubo. Her recurring role on the top-rated show Urgences (1994) in 1998 gave her career enough of a jolt to land her the starring role of Det. Olivia Benson in New York - Unité spéciale (1999), the first spin off from the excellent franchise of New York - Police judiciaire (1990). The hour-long show deals with sex crimes and the detectives who solve these cases. Mariska played Olivia as a tough, compassionate detective, who did action scenes and her own stunt work. She reaped the rewards from the hit TV show, after struggling and studying her craft for fifteen years. She became the highest paid actress on television, and she won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her performance. The show also changed her personal life, since she met her husband actor Peter Hermann on the set and married him on August 28, 2004. That same year, she appeared in the television movie La voix de l'innocence (2004), in which she played attorney Ellie Harrison. Mariska became an activist, when fans of her show who were abused, would write to her, and she founded a non-profit organization called "Joyful Heart Foundation" to help "survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse."Mariska gave birth to her son August in 2006. But that tremendous joy was soon followed by tremendous sadness when her beloved father Mickey died just two months later at the age of 80. Mariska and her husband Peter adopted two children, a girl named Amaya, and a boy named Andrew, within a span of few months in 2011.Mariska speaks English, Hungarian, French, Spanish, and Italian, and her husband also speaks several languages, including his native language German. They divide their time between New York and Los Angeles.
Birthday
Jan 23, 1964Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USAAlso known
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Known For
Awards
13 wins & 44 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2022
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 24
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 23
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 20217.7
- 20217.7
- 2020
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2019
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2018
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2017
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 20157.3
- 2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2013
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2013
producer
3.7 - 2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 13
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 12
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 11
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 10
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 9
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 8
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 20066.3
- 2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 7
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 6
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 20046.2
- 2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 4
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 20013.6
- 2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 2
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
8.1 - 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1
producer, director, actress
as Detective Olivia Benson / Lieutenant Olivia Benson / Captain Olivia Benson / ...
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- 19896.0
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