Mariska Hargitay
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.
74 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 74
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Chicago Fire
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Seinfeld
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
ER
1994
Sesame Street
1969
Falcon Crest
1981
The View
1997
Baywatch
1989
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Ellen
1994
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
thirtysomething
1987
Wiseguy
1987
The Single Guy
1995
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
Booker
1989
Today
1952
All-American Girl
1994
Cracker
1997
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
How To with John Wilson
2020
JoJo's Circus
2003
The Emmy Awards
1949
Can't Hurry Love
1995
Lake Placid
1999
Prince Street
1997
Gutsy
2022
Hotel Room
1993
Grapevine
1992
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Love Guru
2008
Tequila and Bonetti
1992
The Perfect Weapon
1991
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Perfume
2001
Downtown
1986
Ghoulies
1985
My Mom Jayne
2025
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
Strawberry Road
1991
Blind Side
1993
The Advocate's Devil
1997
Bank Robber
1993
Plain Truth
2004
Jocks
1986
F--k
2010
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
1994
Finish Line
1989
Night Sins
1997
I Am Evidence
2017
Welcome to 18
1986
Come the Morning
1993
Hard Time Romance
1991
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015
Mr. Universe
1988
BLKBX: wht r u hding?
2021
Stuck
2013