Mariska Hargitay

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Posted on August 23, 2008, 1:17 pm

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HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Aug. 4, 2008
... from a $600,000-per-ep salary when he leaves the show in the coming season, and Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay , who may or may not keep...

Posted on August 4, 2008, 10:00 am

Emmy Wrap: Actress

Hollywood Reporter - Found Aug. 6, 2008
Mariska Hargitay and Kyra Sedgwick have become annual faces in the Emmy crowd -- this is Hargitay's fifth consecutive nomination for NBC's...

Posted on August 6, 2008, 6:53 am

Discuss: Charlie Sheen Makes $800,000 Per Episode of 'Two and a Half ...

Defamer - Found Aug. 4, 2008
CSI star Petersen went up $100,000 per episode since 2007, while Law & Order: SVU 's Mariska Hargitay ($400,000) and Closer star Kyra Sedgwick...

Posted on August 4, 2008, 4:25 am

Mariska Hargitay shines in knockout 'SVU' rerun

The Detroit Free Press - Found Jul. 30, 2008
The exception is Mariska Hargitay, who has just received her fifth straight Emmy nomination for lead actress;

Posted on July 30, 2008, 7:27 am

Drama Emmy contenders include former winners Sally Field, Mariska ...

Orlando Sentinel - Found Jul. 2, 2008
So, too, are former winners Mariska Hargitay of NBC's ': Special Victims Unit' and Patricia Arquette of NBC's 'Medium.' The list also includes...

Posted on July 2, 2008, 10:01 am

The Hargitay-Hermanns

PEOPLE.com: Celebrity Photos - Found Jul. 16, 2008
With their son August Miklos Hermann turning 2 on June 28th, Mariska Hargitay and her actor husband Peter Hermann are busier than ever.

Posted on July 16, 2008, 1:00 pm

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Film Experience Blog - Found Jul. 2, 2008
Medium", Glenn Close, "Damages", Minnie Driver, "The Riches", Sally Field, "Brothers and Sisters", Mariska Hargitay, "Law and Order: Special...

Posted on July 2, 2008, 7:00 am

Charlie Sheen and Steve Carell to battle it out at The 60th Annual ...

The Bosh - Found Jul. 25, 2008
Drama: Sally Field, 'Brothers and Sisters' Kyra Sedgwick, 'The Closer' Glenn Close, 'Damages' Mariska Hargitay, 'Law and Order: Special...

Posted on July 25, 2008, 11:57 am

Emmys: EW critics react

Entertainment Weekly Online - Found Jul. 18, 2008
... get to be lauded again while Kyle Chandler [Friday Night Lights] is again ignored, and Mariska Hargitay [Law & Order: Special Victims Unit...

Posted on July 18, 2008, 1:26 pm

Mariska Hargitay Biography

Mariska Hargitay
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay, 2007
Born Mariska Magdolna Hargitay
January 23, 1964 (1964-01-23) (age 44)
Santa Monica, California, USA
Spouse(s) Peter Hermann 2004 - present

1 child August Miklos Friedrich Hermann

Official website

Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award- winning American actress, best known for her role as Det. Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Hargitay was born at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, an actress and 1950s-era sex symbol, and Hungarian-born former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay. Her first and middle names are Hungarian and refer to Mary Magdalene (Mariska is a diminutive of Maria). Her family name has Hungarian references also. It means: "of Hargita". Hargitay has two half-sisters, Jayne Marie Mansfield and Tina Hargitay; two brothers, Miklós and Zoltan Hargitay; and a half-brother, Antonio Ottaviano (a.k.a. Tony Cimber), a former film director whose works include the female wrestling show Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

Hargitay's parents had divorced in May 1963, but a judge later found their Mexican divorce invalid. They had reconciled a few months before Mariska's birth in January 1964 but soon separated again; and in August 1964, the Mexican divorce was ruled legal. 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, Jayne Mansfield was killed in an automobile accident on a stretch of U.S. Highway 90 between New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana. Her boyfriend, Sam Brody, and the driver were also killed. Asleep in the back of the vehicle, Mariska, then three-and-a-half years old, was left with a zig-zag scar on one side of her head. Her brothers Miklós and Zoltan were also in the car, but escaped with minor injuries. After the death of their mother, the three siblings were raised by their father and his third wife, Ellen Siano.

Hargitay was active in the theater program of her secondary school Marymount High School; and she attended UCLA School of Theater Film and Television (where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma)[1] but left six months before graduating as she began her career.[2]

Career

In 1982, Hargitay was crowned Miss Beverly Hills USA,[3] and was fourth runner up at the Miss California USA Pageant in Oxnard. She made her screen debut with a small role in Star 80. Within a few years she had landed recurring roles in the television series Downtown and Falcon Crest, in which she played the character Carly Fixx. She portrayed police officer Angela Garcia in the 1992 series Tequila & Bonetti, and appeared in an episode of the fourth season of Seinfeld. Two years later, Hargitay portrayed Didi Edelstein, the sexy next-door neighbor, in the 1995 sitcom Can't Hurry Love, which starred Nancy McKeon. In 1997, Hargitay played detective Nina Echeverria on the drama series Prince Street, and had a recurring role as Cynthia Hooper during the fourth season of ER.

Hargitay has appeared on numerous other television programs, including: Freddy's Nightmares, Ellen, All American Girl, Baywatch, Cracker, Gabriel's Fire, In the Heat of the Night, JoJo's Circus, The Single Guy, Wiseguy, and thirtysomething. Her voice is featured on the 2005 video game True Crime: New York City. Hargitay also had a minor role ("Hooker in Bar") in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas, and briefly replaced Gabrielle Fitzpatrick in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, although the footage was deemed unusable.

Since 1999, Hargitay has portrayed Det. Olivia Benson, the female lead in the drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. "As a woman, it’s gratifying to play such a multilayered part," she stated on her official website. "Olivia is not only a competent, street-smart cop, she’s also an empathetic woman who can respond emotionally to victims of terrible crimes without compromising her professionalism."[4] As a result of her casting, Hargitay has been named as the "highest paid TV actress" working today in the Guinness Book of World Records 2008 Edition.

Personal life

Hargitay speaks Hungarian, French, Spanish and Italian as well as English.[5] On August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California, she married Peter Hermann, an actor and writer who has often appeared on SVU as Defense Attorney Trevor Langan.[6] On June 28, 2006, Hargitay gave birth to August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, by caesarean section. During the last months of her pregnancy, she took maternity leave from SVU, and was temporarily replaced by Connie Nielsen.

Upon winning her Emmy on August 27, 2006, Hargitay made a point of thanking her father for everything he had done for her in her life. Just 17 days later, on September 14, 2006, her father died from multiple myeloma in Los Angeles, California, aged 80. She has since been a honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.[7]

Hargitay co-founded the Joyful Heart Foundation,[8] an organization that provides support to women who have been sexually assaulted. The Foundation is a proponent of the idea that swimming with dolphins promotes healing after major psychological traumas such as rape.

Hargitay also has worked with the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention program; NBC's “The More You Know” campaign; Safe Horizon; Santa Monica Rape Crisis Treatment Center; Project ALS; Girl Scouts of the USA; and the James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness. She appeared with her baby, August, in a Got Milk? ad in January 2007.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Other notes
1985 Ghoulies Donna
1986 Welcome to 18 Joey
1987 Jocks Nicole
1988 Mr. Universe
1991 Hard Time Romance Anita
The Perfect Weapon Jennifer
Strawberry Road Jill Banner
1993 Bank Robber Marisa Benoit
1995 Leaving Las Vegas Hooker at Bar
1999 Lake Placid Myra Okubo
2001 Perfume Darcy
2006 Tales from Earthsea Tenar Voice Role
2008 The Love Guru Herself Cameo
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Downtown Jesse Smith
1988 In the Heat of the Night Audine Higgs Episode: ...And Then You Die
Freddy's Nightmares Marsha Episode: Freddy's Tricks and Treats
Falcon Crest Carly Fixx
1989 Finish Line Lisa Karsh TV-Movie
Baywatch Lisa Peters Episode: Second Wave
1990 Wiseguy Debbie Vitale Episode: Romp
thirtysomething Courtney Dunn Episode: Fathers and Lovers
Booker Michelle Larkina Episode: Black Diamond Run
Gabriel's Fire Carmen Episode: Windows
1992 Tequila and Bonetti Officer Angela Garcia
Grapevine Katie Episode: The Katie and Adam Story
1993 Hotel Room Episode: Getting Rid of Robby
Blind Side Melanie HBO TV-Movie
Key West Laurel Episode: Less Moonlight
Seinfeld Melissa Shannon Episode: The Pilot (1)
1994 Gambler V: Playing for Keeps Etta Place CBS TV-Movie
1995 All American Girl Jane Episode: Young Americans
Can't Hurry Love Didi Edelstein
1996 Ellen Dara Episode: The Mugging
The Single Guy Kate Conklin/The Mounted Cop Episode: Mounted Cop
Episode: Kept Man
Episode: The Virgin
1997 Night Sins Paige Price TV-Movie
Prince Street Det. Nina Echeverria
Cracker Det. Penny Hatfield Episode: True Romance (1)
The Advocate's Devil Rendi TV-Movie
1997–1998 ER Cynthia Hooper
1999 Love, American Style Wendy Segment: Love And The Blind Date
2000, 2005 Law & Order Det. Olivia Benson Episode: Entitled (2)
Episode: Fools For Love
Episode: Flaw
2004 Plain Truth Ellie Harrison Lifetime Television TV-Movie
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Det. Olivia Benson Episode: Day
1999–present Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Det. Olivia Benson

Awards & Nominations

Emmy Awards

  • 2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2005: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2006: Won, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2008: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU

Golden Globe Awards

  • 2005: Won, "Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama" - Law & Order: SVU

Gracie Allen Awards

  • 2004: Won, "Individual Achievement for Best Female Lead - Drama - Series" - Law & Order: SVU

PRISM Awards

  • 2004: Nominated, "Performance in a Drama Series Episode" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2007: Won, "Performance in a Drama Series Episode" - Law & Order: SVU

Satellite Awards

  • 2000: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama" - Law & Order: SVU

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • 2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2006: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU
  • 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU

TV Guide Awards

  • 2000: Nominated, "Favorite Actress in a New Series" - Law & Order: SVU

TV Land Awards

  • 2007: Nominated, "Favorite Lady Gumshoe" - Law & Order: SVU

Viewers For Quality Television Awards

  • 2000: Nominated, "Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series" - Law & Order: SVU

References

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Frances Conroy
for Six Feet Under
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
2004
for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Succeeded by
Geena Davis
for Commander in Chief

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