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Mariska Magdolna Hargitay [1] (/ m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ k ə ˈ h ɑːr ɡ ɪ t eɪ /; [2] born January 23, 1964) [3] [4] is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character in the longest-running American primetime drama. [5]
In "Heartfelt Passages", Benson and Mike Dodds, on the latter's last day at SVU, are involved in a hostage situation involving corrupt Rikers Island corrections officer Gary Munson (Brad Garrett) holding his wife hostage. Benson takes Munson's children out of the house and Dodds tried to resolve the situation, but Munson shoots Dodds while the ...
The cast of seasons 19–20 (2018–2019). From left to right: Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, and Philip Winchester. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual ...
Mariska Hargitay has been playing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Olivia Benson for so long that stepping into her heroic shoes is second nature. While filming season 25 of the hit NBC series ...
She has played Olivia Benson in creator Dick Wolf's ripped-from-the-headlines franchise since 1999. Mariska Hargitay says she was 'definitely a victim of secondary trauma' from “Law & Order: SVU ...
The "Law & Order: SVU" star went full Olivia Benson. As Law & Order: SVU viewers know, Olivia Benson does not quit. That's also true of actress Mariska Hargitay, who's played the character since 1999.
The call is put through to Olivia Benson, and Maria tells her the telephone belongs to her father Richard and her mother, Beatrice, is dead. Cragen learns the phone Maria is calling from is registered to a cab driver named Ricardo Garcia, who was arrested for assaulting his wife.
While filming an episode of SVU in New York City, lead actress Mariska Hargitay was approached by a young girl. ... Mariska Hargitay becomes real-life Olivia Benson when lost child mistakes her ...