Mariska Hargitay

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This Photo of Mariska Hargitay as a Toddler Is Too Adorable For ... (NBC)

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay posted a photo of herself as a child. Mariska Hargitay as a young toddler is too cute for ...

“I clearly was in that frozen place for a lot of my childhood—of trying to survive, actually trying to survive,” she added. [Hargitay](https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/how-many-law-order-svu-episodes-has-mariska-hargitay-directed) has surely made a name for herself as an actress in today’s generation, she got her roots in the showbiz industry from day one. Her mother was [Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield](https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/who-is-mariska-hargitay-mom-jayne-mansfield), one of the biggest actresses in the 1950s and ‘60s. Unfortunately, Mansfield passed away in a car accident in 1967 at the age of 34. [Mariska Hargitay](https://img.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/images/2022/11/10/LawOrderSVU-MariskaHargitay-bio-1455x1455.jpg) has been on a roll with the throwbacks. On March 2, the [Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](https://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit) star posted a vintage photo of herself as a child that will make you smile.

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All of Mariska Hargitay's Hairstyles Throughout the Years (NBC)

Mariska Hargitay, who has played Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU for 24 seasons, has always had the best hair. By Megan Carpentier. In Mariska Hargitay's ...

By 2007, Hargitay had again chopped her hair into a short and glamorous bob, which foreshadowed years of long locks to come. But in Season 15, Hargitay's character, Benson, cut her hair after being one of the shows special victim. Just a year later, in 2017, Hargitay was rocking both softer highlights and a soft, wavy shoulder-length hairstyle. Go behind-the-scenes, stay on top of breaking news, hang with the stars, and much more. [and her character, Benson](https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/olivia-benson-hairstyles-by-season-law-and-order-svu)) has opted for a new look here and there as her life and circumstances have changed, and she's clearly worked with great stylists to help her through those inevitable periods when her love of a great short cut gave way to the desire for long locks again. But Hargitay obviously shone all throughout her growing-out stage, as this 2003 picture of her with a strawberry blonde short 'do demonstrates.

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