Mariska Hargitay

Q: Has Mariska Hargitay won any awards?

Yes, Mariska Hargitay has won several awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 for her role in 'Law & Order: SVU.'

Q: What was Mariska Hargitay's first film?

Mariska Hargitay made her film debut in 'Ghoulies' in 1985, which marked the beginning of her acting career.

Q: What are some of Mariska Hargitay's successful films?

In addition to her television work, Mariska Hargitay has appeared in films like 'Lakeview Terrace' (2008) and 'The Perfect Guy' (2015), showcasing her versatility.

Q: Is Mariska Hargitay involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Mariska Hargitay is actively involved in charitable work through her foundation, the Joyful Heart Foundation, which supports survivors of abuse.

Q: What is Mariska Hargitay's estimated net worth?

Mariska Hargitay's estimated net worth is around $100 million, largely due to her long-running role on 'Law & Order: SVU' and various endorsements.

Q: How many children does Mariska Hargitay have?

Mariska Hargitay has three children: a son named August and two adopted children, Amaya and Andrew.

Q: What is a notable milestone in Mariska Hargitay's career?

A notable milestone in Mariska Hargitay's career is her achievement of becoming the first actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work on 'Law & Order: SVU.'

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

1999– / Crime, Drama / 60 min

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are...

Lake Placid (1999)

IMDb 5.8 / 10

1999 / Action, Comedy / 82 min

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find...

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

1995 / Drama, Romance / 111mins

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he...

Name

Mariska Hargitay

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

23 January 1964, Santa Monica, California, USA

Spouses

Peter Hermann (2004–present)

Children

3 (August, Amaya, Andrew)

Parents

Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay

Estimated Net Worth

$100 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV Variety & CNN Actors on Actors Critically acclaimed performers are paired in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2025	Movie My Mom Jayne Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2025	TV Good Hang with Amy Poehler Each week on her podcast, she'll welcome celebrities and fun people to her studio. They'll share stories about their careers,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	TV Gutsy Take an unforgettable journey with Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton as they go on adventures with some of the world's...	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2022	Movie Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical...	Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2021	Movie BLKBX: wht r u hding? Grace Gaustad presents the short documentary film 'BLKBX: wht r u hding?' — a powerful musical anthology.	Dr. Hart	Not rated
2021	TV Law & Order: Organized Crime The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.	Captain Olivia Benson	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2020	TV How To with John Wilson In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2020	TV The Drew Barrymore Show Drew Barrymore presents human-interest stories, celebrity guests, lifestyle segments and field pieces, all driven by her infectious brand of humor...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2020	Movie 30 Rock: A One-Time Special In a one-time special event featuring all the beloved characters from the original series, Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy reunite...	Mariska Hargitay	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews with the...	Self	TMDB 9.7 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie I Am Evidence The modern criminal justice system is hindered by the fact that countless rape kits remain untested in police evidence storage...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2015	Movie Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live Filmed in front of 76,000 fans at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, "The 1989 World Tour Live" captures Taylor...	Self - Special Guest	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield tragically died at the age of 34. Her stunning blue Buick Electra collided with...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV Chicago P.D. A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all...	Olivia Benson	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2013	Movie Stuck The documentary “Stuck” follows Americans' quest to adopt orphans from Ethiopia, Haiti and Vietnam.	Narrator	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2012	TV Chicago Fire An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue...	Olivia Benson	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2010	Movie F--k Some people will do anything to find the location.	Mariska	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Love Guru Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as...	Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)	TMDB 4.1 / 10
2005	TV Law & Order: Trial by Jury The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building...	Olivia Benson	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2004	Movie Plain Truth An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.	Ellie Harrison	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	TV JoJo's Circus Jojo the clown and her pet lion Goliah live and play in the whimsical world of Circus Town, where they...	Queen Regina (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie Perfume A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild...	Darcy	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Olivia Benson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie Lake Placid When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from...	Myra Okubo	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1997	Movie The Advocate's Devil A charismatic basketball star (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape. A lawyer (Ken Olin) in need of a big win...	Rendi	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	Movie Night Sins A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is...	Paige Price	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1997	TV Cracker Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	TV Prince Street The members of the NYPD Intelligence Division live double lives as they work undercover most of the time, trying to...	Nina Echeverria	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Leaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself...	Hooker At Bar	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV The Single Guy	Kate Conklin	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	TV Can't Hurry Love A single 30-something woman living in New York searches for romance with the help -- or hindrance -- of her...	Didi Edelstein	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	Movie The Gambler: Playing for Keeps Brady Hawkes has to run to his son's rescue once again in this continuation of the Gambler stories. Jeremiah is...	Etta Place	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Cynthia Hooper	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1994	TV All-American Girl The very Westernized Margaret Kim is a San Francisco hipster delightfully at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family.	Jane	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	TV Ellen Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work...	Dara	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1993	Movie Bank Robber After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to...	Marisa Benoit	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Late Show with David Letterman David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Come the Morning In search of her estranged husband, a mother brings her 3 children to Los Angeles in the hope of finding...	Church Woman	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1993	Movie Blind Side A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business, and hit a cop with their...	Melanie	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1993	TV Hotel Room The lives of several people spanning from 1936 to 1993 are chronicled during their overnight stay at a New York...	Tina	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1992	TV Grapevine Grapevine, created by David Frankel, premiered on June 15, 1992 on CBS.	Katie	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	TV Tequila and Bonetti	Angela Garcia	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1991	Movie Hard Time Romance A good-hearted, second-rate rodeo cowboy fights his way through numerous obstacles, including a Mexican jail, to get his long-time girlfriend...	Anita	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie Strawberry Road Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start...	Jill Banner	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1991	Movie The Perfect Weapon Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy...	Jennifer	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Olivia Benson	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	TV Booker Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989...	Michelle Larkin	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1989	TV Seinfeld A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in...	Melissa (Elaine)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1989	TV Baywatch Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.	Lisa Peters	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1989	Movie Finish Line In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.	Lisa Karsh	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1988	TV Freddy's Nightmares The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he...	Marsha	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1988	Movie Mr. Universe Two Hungarian documentary makers, having heard nothing about their countryman Mickey Hargitay for almost 15 years, embark on a quest...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1987	TV thirtysomething Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1987	TV Wiseguy Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie Jocks When an odd-ball tennis team of a Los Angeles college sets out on a road trip to a regional college...	Nicole	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1986	TV Downtown Michael Nouri plays a tough cop who has rubbed his superiors the wrong way once too often. By way of...	Jesse Smith	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Welcome to 18 Three young women looking for adventure get jobs on a dude ranch. The film follows the adventures of three high...	Joey	TMDB 3.3 / 10
1985	Movie Ghoulies A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need...	Donna	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1981	TV Falcon Crest Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December...	Carly Fixx	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1969	TV Sesame Street On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1952	TV Today Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1949	TV The Emmy Awards An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1949	TV The Emmy Awards An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.9 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie Nuns vs. The Vatican She was a simple nun. He was a world-renowned priest and artist, the “Michelangelo” of the modern Catholic Church, a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2025	Movie My Mom Jayne Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2025	Movie My Mom Jayne Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2025	Movie The Alabama Solution Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie BLKBX: wht r u hding? Grace Gaustad presents the short documentary film 'BLKBX: wht r u hding?' — a powerful musical anthology.	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2019	Movie The Planters Awkward telemarketer Martha Plant is down and out — sucking at her job and grieving her recently deceased parents. When...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie My Beautiful Stutter Follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States, who after experiencing a lifetime...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2019	Movie Emanuel On June 17th, 2015, 21-year-old white supremacist Dylann Roof walked into a bible study and murdered nine African Americans during...	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2017	Movie I Am Evidence The modern criminal justice system is hindered by the fact that countless rape kits remain untested in police evidence storage...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2013	Movie Santorini Blue An act of betrayal throws a young couple's marriage into jeopardy in this romantic drama featuring Richard Belzer and Ice-T.	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10

My Mom Jayne

2025 / TMDB 8.0

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

2022 / TMDB 7.7

BLKBX: wht r u hding?

2021

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

2020 / TMDB 6.3

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

2020 / TMDB 9.7

I Am Evidence

2017 / TMDB 6.4

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