
Acting
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
January 23, 1964 (age 62)
Born in
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 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.

My Mom Jayne
Self
2025

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022

BLKBX: wht r u hding?
Dr. Hart
2021

30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mariska Hargitay
2020

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Self
2020

I Am Evidence
Self
2017

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Special Guest
2015

Stuck
Narrator
2013

F--k
Mariska
2010

The Love Guru
Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
2008

Plain Truth
Ellie Harrison
2004

Perfume
Darcy
2001

Lake Placid
Myra Okubo
1999

The Advocate's Devil
Rendi
1997

Night Sins
Paige Price
1997

Leaving Las Vegas
Hooker At Bar
1995

The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
Etta Place
1994

Bank Robber
Marisa Benoit
1993

Come the Morning
Church Woman
1993

Blind Side
Melanie
1993