After 23 seasons (and counting!)
“Robin Williams [in 2008],” she toldTV Insider.
“It was being in the presence of true greatness.
John Ritter [2002] was another great light.
I met my husband [Younger’s Peter Hermann] on that episode!”
But Hermann is not the only one of Hargitay’s family members to guest star on “SVU.”
Her famous father also had a small role on the show years ago.
“First he’s jabbering nonsense,” his character says to Benson.
“Then his belly was bleeding like a stuck pig.
Next thing I know, boom, he falls.”
His appearance on “SVU” was his last acting job before he passed away in 2006.
In addition, Mickey was an accomplished bodybuilder, winning the title of Mr. Universe in 1955.
At that time, athletic coaches discouraged lifting weights, thinking you’d become muscle bound.
And along came Mickey Hargitay, a great all-around athlete."
Mariska Hargitay’s mom was also a famous actress
Acting is clearly in Mariska Hargitay’s DNA.
Not only was her father, Mickey Hargitay, an actor, buther mom was blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield.
and “Primitive Love.”
And then we transform it," she toldGlamour.
“That’s been kind of my superpower, and the gift of having trauma early in life.
I’ve spent the last 50 how old am I?
