Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 23, 1964
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
83 titles
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
Filmography
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
Executive Producer
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Nuns vs. The Vatican
Executive Producer
My Mom Jayne
Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Alabama Solution
Thanks
Gutsy
Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
BLKBX: wht r u hding?
Dr. Hart
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Captain Olivia Benson
How To with John Wilson
Self
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mariska Hargitay
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Self
The Planters
Associate Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
My Beautiful Stutter
Executive Producer
Emanuel
Co-Producer
I Am Evidence
Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Special Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Chicago P.D.
Olivia Benson
Santorini Blue
Associate Producer
Stuck
Narrator
Chicago Fire
Olivia Benson
F--k
Mariska
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Love Guru
Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Olivia Benson
Plain Truth
Ellie Harrison
JoJo's Circus
Queen Regina (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Perfume
Darcy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Olivia Benson
Lake Placid
Myra Okubo
The Advocate's Devil
Rendi
Night Sins
Paige Price
Cracker
The View
Self
Prince Street
Nina Echeverria
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Leaving Las Vegas
Hooker At Bar
The Single Guy
Kate Conklin
Can't Hurry Love
Didi Edelstein
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
Etta Place
ER
Cynthia Hooper