Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay: Biography in Details

Who is Mariska Hargitay?

California-born Mariska Hargitay is also a producer, actress, director, and model. She is the winner of the title, “Miss Beverly Hills USA”.

Additionally, in 2006, she won EMMY awards in the category of “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series”.

Presently, she is a prominent figure among the media because of her iconic role in the NBC drama series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”.

She plays the character of Detective/Sergeant/Lieutenant Olivia Benson. She is also a trained rape crisis counselor.

Mariska Hargitay: Rumors, Controversy

Mariska has been part of multiple rumors and controversies. Rumors suggested that she is lesbian as she allegedly was to the actress, Maria Bello in 1997.

Similarly, rumors in 2016 opined that she would leave the series, “Law & Order: SVU” after season 18. But it was proved wrong by her.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Moving towards her body measurements, Mariska Hargitay is 5 feet 8 inches tall and her weight is 66.

Mariska Hargitay has a good body structure of 37-25-36 inches.

Her hair color is dyed golden brown and her eye color is dark brown.

Mariska Hargitay: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Mariska was born in the city of Santa Monica in the state of California, as Mariska Magdolna Hargitay on January 23, 1964.

She was born to parents, Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. Her father is a bodybuilder/actor and her mother is an actress.

Mariska Hargitay is of Hungarian and German descent. She had a rough childhood because of her parent’s divorce followed by her mother’s death in an automobile accident.

Her mother died when Mariska was 3 years old. She was raised in a Roman Catholic family.

As per her education, she joined Marymount High School. She graduated from there in 1982. Afterward, she attended UCLA School of Theater Film and Television but didn’t complete her course there.

Furthermore, she joined Groundlings Theatre and School in Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.

Mariska Hargitay: Career, Salary, Net worth

Mariska Hargitay has been able to work as an actress and a model. She was into modeling from a young age.

After graduation in 1982, she won the beauty pageant title of “Miss Beverly Hills USA”. This boosted her career and then she appeared in several music videos and films. She debuted as an actor in the film, “Ghoulies” in 1985.

The next year, she starred in a TV series, “Downtown”. Afterward, she kept on doing minor roles in TV series and films.

Mariska Hargitay kept on working hard and waiting for her career-changing role. Consequently, she joined the cast of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in the lead role in 1999. Since then she is playing the role of Olivia Benson until now.

Furthermore, she starred in TV series like, “Falcon Crest”, “Can’t Hurry Love”, “Tequila and Bonetti”, “ER”, and others.

Similarly, she featured in films like, “Jocks”, “Hard Time Romance”, “Leaving Las Vegas”, “Perfume”, and so on. She has also directed some episodes of “Law & Order: SVU”.

For her powerful performance, she has earned multiple nominations until now. She won the EMMY award in 2006 for her outstanding performance.

She demands a massive salary of $450 thousand per episode. Presently, she has a net worth of around $50 million and her salary is $13M as of 2024.

Social Media

Mariska Hargitay is active on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.

She has more than 552.8k followers on her Facebook account, she has over 955.9k followers on a Twitter account and she has over 1.9 million followers on her Instagram account.

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