Mariska Hargitay
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Mariska Magdolna 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
Credits
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Hooker At Bar
Lake Placid (1999)
as Myra Okubo
My Mom Jayne (2025)
as Self
The Love Guru (2008)
as Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
as Jennifer
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015)
as Self - Special Guest
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)
as Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020)
as Mariska Hargitay
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (2020)
as Self
Perfume (2001)
as Darcy
Ghoulies (1984)
as Donna
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps (1994)
as Etta Place
Blind Side (1993)
as Melanie
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
as Rendi
Night Sins (1997)
as Paige Price
Bank Robber (1993)
as Marisa Benoit
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
F--k (2010)
as Mariska
Mr. Universe (1988)
as Self
Welcome to 18 (1986)
as Joey
BLKBX: wht r u hding? (2021)
as Dr. Hart
Strawberry Road (1991)
as Jill Banner
I Am Evidence (2017)
as Self
Jocks (1986)
as Nicole
Come the Morning (1993)
as Church Woman
Plain Truth (2004)
as Ellie Harrison
Finish Line (1989)
as Lisa Karsh
Hard Time Romance (1991)
as Anita
Stuck (2013)
as Narrator