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(72)
Self
2015
Self
2014
Self
2014
Self
1962
Self - Guest
2009
Olivia Benson
1990
1969
Olivia Benson
1999
Self
1997
1997
Melissa (Elaine)
1989
Self - Guest
1993
Olivia Benson
2012
Olivia Benson
2014
Self
1992
Self
2003
Captain Olivia Benson
2021
Lisa Peters
1989
Kate Conklin
1995
Cynthia Hooper
1994
Self
2020
Carly Fixx
1981
Dara
1994
1987
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
1997
Self
2022
Self - Nominee
1949
Jane
1994
1987
Self
1952
Didi Edelstein
1995
1988
Olivia Benson
2005
Angela Garcia
1992
1996
Self
2020
Jesse Smith
1986
Self
2025
Self
1996
Nina Echeverria
1997
Katie
1992
Hooker At Bar
1995
Marisa Benoit
1993
Myra Okubo
1999
Tina
1993
Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
2008
Jennifer
1991
Donna
1985
Darcy
2001
Self
2015
Olivia Benson
2011
Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Joey
1986
Rendi
1997
Jill Banner
1991
Nicole
1986
Paige Price
1997
Melanie
1993
Mariska
2010
Self
2020
Mariska Hargitay
2020
Etta Place
1994
Church Woman
1993
Self
2017
Lisa Karsh
1989
Ellie Harrison
2004
Narrator
2013
Anita
1991
Olivia Benson
1988
Dr. Hart
2021
