Mariska Hargitay

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-01-23 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

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 sho...

Acting

1995

Leaving Las Vegas

as Hooker At Bar

2021

1999

Lake Placid

as Myra Okubo

1991

1993

Blind Side

as Melanie

2001

Perfume

as Darcy

1985

Ghoulies

as Donna

1986

Jocks

as Nicole

2004

Plain Truth

as Ellie Harrison

1991

1986

2013

Stuck

as Narrator

1997

Night Sins

as Paige Price

2022

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

as Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

The Love Guru

as Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)

1989

Finish Line

as Lisa Karsh

1993

Bank Robber

as Marisa Benoit

2017

1991

Strawberry Road

as Jill Banner

2010

F--k

as Mariska

2020

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

as Mariska Hargitay

1993

Come the Morning

as Church Woman

2025

Production

2019

The Planters

as Associate Producer

2019

My Beautiful Stutter

as Executive Producer

2021

BLKBX: wht r u hding?

as Executive Producer

2013

Santorini Blue

as Associate Producer

2017

I Am Evidence

as Producer

2019

Emanuel

as Co-Producer

2025

My Mom Jayne

as Director

2025

My Mom Jayne

as Producer

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