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Name: Mariska
Surname: Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay birth name: Mariska Magdolina Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay birthday: 1964-01-23
Nickname: mar/Marish
Mariska Hargitay home town: Santa Monica, USA.
Mariska Hargitay assets: beautiful smile.
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Mariska Hargitay height: 171 cm
Mariska Hargitay job: Actor.
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Hargitay, the fourth of five children, 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 G.L.O.W.

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 LA State Road 90 outside New Orleans, 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; she graduated in 1987 from the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television with a major in theatre.

Career

In 1983, Hargitay was crowned "Miss Beverly Hills USA", 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, a Mariel Hemingway feature film about the murdered Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten. 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 dramatic 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, though 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." As a result of her casting, Hargitay has been named as the "highest paid TV actress", receiving $500,000 per episode, working today in the Guinness Book of World Records 2008 Edition.

Awards

In the 1999 first season of SVU, Hargitay earned nominations from the Viewers For Quality Television for "Best Actress", from the TV Guide Awards for "Favorite Actress in a New Series", and from the International Press Academy for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series". She was also a Screen Actors Guild nominee in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Hargitay's portrayal of Olivia Benson on SVU garnered her Emmy Award nominations in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the year she won the award for the role. She later garnered her fourth consecutive nomination in 2007. Hargitay also received a Golden Globe in 2005 for the role as "Best Actress in a Drama Series".

Hargitay was named by People magazine in 2005 as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People and in 2006 as one of People's World's Most Beautiful People.

In 2008, she got an Emmy nomination in the Actress in a Drama Series category for her work on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".

Personal Life

Hargitay speaks Hungarian, French and Italian as well as English. 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. 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.

Hargitay co-founded the Joyful Heart Foundation, 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, and has provided this opportunity for many victims.

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.

Hargitay launched her clothing line XO,M on her official website Mariska.com, in October 2007.

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