Mariska Hargitay

American actress

Mariska Hargitay is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Olivia Benson in Law & Order: SVU, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Hargitay has also appeared in the films Lake Placid and The Perfect Weapon, as well as the series The Gambler V: Playing For Keeps. Beyond her television work, she has appeared in the documentaries I Am Evidence and My Beautiful Stutter, the latter of which she also produced.

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Movies & TV Shows

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Crime · 2025
Lake Placid Horror · 1999
Falcon Crest Drama · 1990

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FROM: Santa Monica, CA, USA
BORN: January 23, 1964