Mariska Hargitay
Acting
🎂 1964-01-23
Mariska Hargitay (born January 23, 1964)Â 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.
Cast credits(70)
Olivia Benson
1999
Olivia Benson
1990
Olivia Benson
2012
Olivia Benson
2014
Self
2014
Melissa (Elaine)
1989
1969
Self
2014
Lisa Peters
1989
Self - Guest
2009
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
2015
Cynthia Hooper
1994
Carly Fixx
1981
Self
1997
Captain Olivia Benson
2021
Self
2003
Dara
1994
Self
1992
1996
1987
Self
2020
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1962
1987
Kate Conklin
1995
Olivia Benson
2005
1988
Hooker At Bar
1995
Marisa Benoit
1993
Self
2020
1997
Myra Okubo
1999
Melanie
1993
Jane
1994
Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
2008
Self
2022
Jennifer
1991
Self
2017
Self
2020
Self
2025
Rendi
1997
Tina
1993
Queen Regina (voice)
2003
1988
Darcy
2001
Didi Edelstein
1995
Ellie Harrison
2004
Self
1952
Paige Price
1997
Donna
1985
Katie
1992
Nicole
1986
Church Woman
1993
Jesse Smith
1986
Etta Place
1994
Angela Garcia
1992
Self
2015
Jill Banner
1991
Mariska
2010
Joey
1986
Self - Nominee
1949
Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Lisa Karsh
1989
Nina Echeverria
1997
Self
1996
Dr. Hart
2021
Anita
1991
Narrator
2013
Mariska Hargitay
2020
