Downtown was Hargitay's first television role. The series, which ran for just one season in 1986, saw Hargitay play Jesse ...

Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay is still having to correct people’s pronunciation of her name on set after 26 seasons. The veteran actress admitted people continue to trip up over her name — which ...

Before Mariska Hargitay ended up as “America’s sweetheart sex cop,” as she aptly described herself on her Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast appearance, the veteran TV actor thought she would be a ...

The 'Law & Order: SVU' star looked back on the early days of her career during Amy Poehler's 'Good Hang' podcast, sharing she "did a lot of comedy auditions" before her breakout role on the NBC ...

The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star recently reflected on her dreams of being a comedic actress and the role she had her eye on to help her get her start. “I was like, 'I want to do drama,'” ...

Before she was Olivia Benson, Mariska Hargitay was almost there for you on "Friends." While appearing on Amy Poehler's "Good Hang" podcast, the "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star revealed she ...

Mariska Hargitay appeared on Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast and revealed she auditioned and screen tested many times for “Friends” a few years before landing the role of Olivia Benson on “Law & ...

Hargitay appeared on Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, and shared that she always wanted to be Poehler. Instead of being a hard-hitting detective in a drama series, Hargitay said she ...

You've likely been pronouncing Mariska Hargitay's name wrong. Everyone's favorite TV law enforcement officer confirmed fans, friends and even her own family haven't quite mastered the pronunciation of ...

Everyone has been saying Mariska Hargitay’s name wrong. The actress confirmed during her guest appearance on Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast Tuesday that the correct pronunciation of her first name ...

LOS ANGELES − Mariska Hargitay knows the only way out is through. Earlier this summer, with her touching HBO documentary "My Mom Jayne," the "Law & Order: SVU" star shared with the world a different ...

Did you know that "Olivia Benson" from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently the longest-running prime-time live-action character in TV history? Let's meet the actress behind the ...