Acting credits
74
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Mariska Hargitay
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.7
Moderate attention
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Movies: 35Series: 46Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 6240
IMDb ID: nm0002127
Known for: Acting
Born: January 23, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q275964
Also known as
Марішка Маґдолна Гарґітей
Other jobs
Executive Producer (4)Associate Producer (2)Director (2)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Mariska Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is an American actress, producer, director and activist, best known for her role as New York City sex crimes Detective Olivia Benson on on the NBC television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a role that has earned her multiple awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe. The daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield and actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, Hargitay is a former beauty queen who made her film debut in the 1985 horror-comedy film Ghoulies, and her major television debut in the 1986 adventure drama series, Downtown. She appeared in numerous roles in film and television shows throughout the late 1980s and 1990s before being cast as Olivia Benson, a role that led to her founding the Joyful Heart Foundation, which provides support to women who have been sexually abused.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mariska Hargitay.
Executive Producer
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
2026 • Movie
Executive Producer
Nuns vs. The Vatican
2025 • Movie
as Self
My Mom Jayne
2025 • Movie
Thanks
The Alabama Solution
2025 • Movie
as Actress on the Stage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022 • Movie
as Dr. Hart
BLKBX: wht r u hding?
2021 • Movie
as Mariska Hargitay
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020 • Movie
as Self
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Planters
2019 • Movie
Executive Producer
My Beautiful Stutter
2019 • Movie
Co-Producer
Emanuel
2019 • Movie
as Self
I Am Evidence
2017 • Movie
as Self - Special Guest
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015 • Movie
Associate Producer
Santorini Blue
2013 • Movie
as Narrator
Stuck
2013 • Movie
as Mariska
F--k
2010 • Movie
as Mariska Hargitay (uncredited)
The Love Guru
2008 • Movie
as Ellie Harrison
Plain Truth
2004 • Movie
as Darcy
Perfume
2001 • Movie
as Myra Okubo
Lake Placid
1999 • Movie
as Rendi
The Advocate's Devil
1997 • Movie
as Paige Price
Night Sins
1997 • Movie
as Hooker At Bar
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mariska Hargitay.
as Self • 1 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Gutsy
2022 • Series
as Captain Olivia Benson • 14 eps
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
How To with John Wilson
2020 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 7 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Olivia Benson • 3 eps
Chicago P.D.
2014 • Series
as Olivia Benson • 1 eps
Chicago Fire
2012 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Olivia Benson • 1 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 • Series
as Queen Regina (voice) • 1 eps
JoJo's Circus
2003 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Olivia Benson • 595 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
1 eps
Cracker
1997 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Kate Conklin • 3 eps
The Single Guy
1995 • Series
as Didi Edelstein • 19 eps
Can't Hurry Love
1995 • Series
as Cynthia Hooper • 13 eps
ER
1994 • Series