Mariska Hargitay

Actor, TV Actor

1964 –

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Who is Mariska Hargitay?

Mariska Hargitay is an American actress, best known for her role as New York City sex crimes Detective Olivia Benson 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.

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Born
Jan 23, 1964
Saint John's Health Center
Also known as
  • Mariska Magdolna Hargitay
  • Mariska Magdolina Hargitay
  • Marishka Hargitay
  • Bubbles
  • Marish
  • Maria
  • Mariska Hermann
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • German American
  • Hungarian American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Marymount High School
  • The Groundlings
  • UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Lived in
  • Santa Monica
  • New York
  • Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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