“Every four weeks I go up a bra size… it’s worth being pregnant ... I try to treat everyone like they’re pregnant.” — Mariska Hargitay 75. "I graduated from law school nine months ...

Hargitay has three children with husband Peter Hermann, two of which she adopted. On the season 16, episode 23 episode of SVU titled “Surrendering Noah,” Hargitay’s Benson would adopt as ...

It wasn't always easy for her. When I started the show, I was dealing with a titan, a television titan, Dick Wolf, and going into this show that had very long legs and incredible credibility. And ...

Mariska Hargitay has been playing the role of Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, and the character has bled into her real life over the years. “It’s deeply in me ...

Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have worked together for over 25 years, and Hargitay had him all figured out from day one.

Few actors can boast a television career as enduring and impactful as Mariska Hargitay’s. For over 25 years, she has portrayed Detective Olivia Benson on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims ...

During that time, Lewis both physically and psychologically tortured Benson in an episode that completely changed Hargitay’s DNA. But even after Lewis was caught, Hargitay felt Benson needed to ...

Mariska Hargitay may be Olivia Benson to most, but to her three kids, she will always be mom, first and foremost. The Law & Order: SVU actress first became a mom in 2006, when she and her husband ...

ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi has a close-knit relationship with Olivia Benson onscreen, but so do Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actors Peter Scanavino and Mariska Hargitay. “I think my ...

Following the episode, Scanavino opened up about Carisi's "wake-up call" and filming the emotional climax with Mariska Hargitay. Carisi fumbled his first case of the new year, to the point that it ...

Olivia Benson, who’s portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Scanavino describes Carisi and Benson’s relationship as “very trusting and respectful.” The bond between the two is so strong that it ...