Mariska Hargitay: Real-Life Hero on and off the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Set

2024-04-19 04:20:04

Mariska Hargitay is a member of an elite group: real-life heroes.

During filming”Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” in New York City, April 10, the actress was approached by a little girl who mistook the 60-year-old for a real police officer based on her costume — which included a very real police badge.

The kid went to Mariska while she was shooting a scene with costar Ice-T, and according to multiple outlets interrupted filming to ask for Hargitay’s help in finding her mother, which she successfully did.

E! News has reached out to Hargitay for comment.

The Emmy winner—who shares children boys August17, and Andrew12, and daughter Amaya12, with husband of 20 years Peter Hermann—has played the iconic role of Olivia Benson on the NBC procedural since the show debuted in 1999.

And according to Hargitay, playing a role like Olivia offered important lessons that she applied to her real life.

“I would say learn to tolerate our feelings and know that we can overcome anything, that they pass, and then we are stronger because of it,” she told E! News in 2022. “It’s just regarding accessing our power. I think Olivia is such a badass who has grown into her power. And that’s our journey for all of us women.”

And while SVU showing no signs of slowing down, what would her idea outcome for Olivia in the end?

“I hope she can get to a point where she feels like she’s served enough,” she continued, “and it’s time to rest and be and see the best that life has to offer. She has so much time spent in the darkest of the world that life has to offer.”

(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)

Mariska Hargitay is entering her 25th season of “Law & Order: SVU.”

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