Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay is an American actress. Born January 23, 1964, in Providence Saint John's Health Center. Positions held include president (2004–) and founder (2004). Educated at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and The Groundlings. Awards include Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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What Wikidata says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 2562373333
- Described as
- American actress (born 1964)
- Other names
- Mariska Magdolna Hargitay, Mariska Magdalena Hargitay
- Born
- January 23, 1964 · 1 reference
- Born in
- Providence Saint John's Health Center
- Name at birth
- Mariska Magdolna Hargitay
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- television actor; film actor; actor
- Positions held
- president (2004–) · 1 reference; founder (2004) · 1 reference
- Education
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; The Groundlings; University of California, Los Angeles; Marymount High School · 1 reference
- Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2004); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2006); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Peter Hermann (2004–)
- Children
- August Miklos Friedrich Hermann; Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann
- Father
- Mickey Hargitay; Nelson Sardelli
- Mother
- Jayne Mansfield
- Siblings
- Jayne Marie Mansfield; Venico Cimber; Zoltan Hargitay
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Wikipedias with a page
- 52
Wikidata item Q275964 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q275964), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.
What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385325458
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, the longest-running character of all time in an American primetime drama. Her accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
After attending Marymount High School in Los Angeles, she enrolled in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, leaving before completing her degree to pursue acting. Her credits outside Law & Order: Special Victims Unit include the series Falcon Crest and In the Heat of the Night (both 1988), Tequila and Bonetti (1992), Can't Hurry Love (1995–1996), and ER (1997–1998). In 2013, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Outside acting, Hargitay co-produced the HBO documentary I Am Evidence (2017), winning a News and Documentary Emmy for the project. She launched the production company Mighty Entertainment in 2025, under which she directed the documentary My Mom Jayne (2025). She founded the Joyful Heart Foundation, which provides support to people who have been sexually abused. She is a certified rape counselor and has engaged in initiatives to support domestic violence shelters and raise awareness about untested rape kits.
- Born, in its opening lines
- January 23, 1964
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