Mariska Hargitay
Acting
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 appe…
Also known as
Марішка Маґдолна Гарґітей
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Law & Order
1990 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Chicago Fire
2012 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Sesame Street
1969 · TV
Chicago P.D.
2014 · TV