Mariska Hargitay Biography

Mariska Hargitay is an American multiple award-winning Actress, Director, and Philanthropist, who was born and brought up in Santa Monica, California, United States of America.

She is widely known for her role in the NBC drama series ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ as Detective/Sergeant/Lieutenant/Captain Olivia Benson, which earned her numerous awards including a Golden Globe Award and four Gracie Allen Awards, and numerous nominations including eight Emmy Awards and eight People’s Choice Awards.

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Name: Mariska Hargitay
Age: 60 Years Old
Birthday: 23 January

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5 feet 7¾ inches
Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress, Director and Philanthropist
Marital Status: married
Salary: $13 million

Net worth: $100 million

Mariska Hargitay Age

Hargitay is 60 years old. She was born on 23 January 1964, in Santa Monica, California, United States. Hargitay celebrates her birthday on 23 January every year and her birth sign is Aquarius.

Mariska Hargitay Height

Mariska stands at a height of 5 feet 7¾ inches or 1.72 meters.

Mariska Hargitay Weight

Hargitay Weighs 66 kg which is equivalent to 145lbs. She has dark brown eyes and dyed golden brown hair.

Early Life and Education

Mariska was born on 23 January 1964, in Santa Monica, California where she spent her formative years. She went to the Marymount High School in Los Angeles graduating in 1982. She then attended the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. Later, she enrolled at Groundlings Theatre and School in Los Angeles, where she pursued her acting career.

Rise to Fame

Though she started in beauty pageants and B-movies, Mariska Hargitay refused to follow in her Hollywood icon mother’s footsteps. Her true rise to fame came not from glamour, but grit. In 1999, she landed the role of Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, a character tackling the tough realities of sex crimes.

Hargitay’s dedication to the role for over two decades made her a household name and a champion for victims.

Mariska Hargitay Family, Parents, and Siblings

Mariska was born to her parents Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay in Santa Monica. Her father Mickey was a a bodybuilder and actor while her mother Jayne was an actress. Hargitay’s parents divorced in May 1963, however, a judge later found their Mexican divorce invalid.

The two reconciled a few months before Mariska’s birth in January 1964 but soon separated again. Her mother successfully petitioned the court to rule the Mexican divorce legal in August 1964.

A few weeks later, Mansfield married the director Matt Cimber, who had directed her in a 1964 production of the William Inge play Bus Stop. On June 29, 1967, Mariska’s mother was killed in an automobile accident on a stretch of U.S. Route 90 between New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Mariska Hargitay Siblings

Hargitay spent her childhood with her five siblings, two biological named Miklos, and Zoltan Hargitay, and three half-siblings named Jayne Marie, Antonio “Tony” Cimber, and Tina Hargitay. Her brothers Zoltan, and Antonio, and her sister Jayne are actors.

Mariska Hargitay Husband

Mariska is currently married to her husband Peter Hermann, an actor, producer, and writer. The couple tied the knot on August 28, 2004, in an adorable wedding ceremony held in Santa Barbara, California.

The couple met on the set of Law & Order: SVU, and they got engaged in April 2004. They are blessed with three children named August Miklos Friedrich, Amaya Josephine and Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann.

Mariska Hargitay Children

Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann have three children, a son named August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, who was born in June 2006, and two adopted kids, a daughter named Amaya Josephine Hermann whom they adopted in April 2011 and a son named Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann.

Mariska Hargitay Net Worth

Mariska Hargitay has an estimated net worth of $100 million. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an Actress, Director, and Philanthropist. Through her various sources of income, Mariska has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

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