GOTHAM MAGAZINE COVER STAR

Gotham Magazine Cover Star Celebration in New York City

Gotham Magazine Cover Star and the Queen of Prime Time, Mariska Hargitay joins Niche Media in celebrating the March issue of Gotham at the Four Seasons Restaurant.

Law & Order SCVU’s leading lady gorgeous Mariska Hargitay in the celebration of her March cover of Gotham Magazine. The celebrity stars that came out to show their support for “Law & Order” Star Mariska Hargitay were Jamie Lynn Sigler, Kyan Douglas, B.D. Wong and Matthew Modine.

The beautiful 43 year old actress has a great deal to be proud of, a fantastic career, a handsome husband, and a wonderful adorable son.

Mariska Hargitay in the celebration of her March cover of Gotham Magazine

Mariska Hargitay is the famous offspring of Hollywood Movie Star Jayne Mansfield and Hungarian body builder Mickey Hargitay. She is the youngest child from their marriage.

Mariska was only a baby when she and her three brothers Mickey Jr. and Zoltan were in the back seat of a car sleeping when it smashed into the back of a trailer truck instantly killing her mother (Jayne Mansfield), the driver and Mansfield’s boyfriend, attorney Sam Brody. Miraculously, the three children escaped with minor bruises. Jayne Mansfield was only 33 years old when she died.

Ms. Hargitay dropped out of UCLA after majoring in theater. She decided then it was time to pursue a career in show business. The cult favorite “Ghoulies” in 1985 was her first film role. After she appeared in “Leaving Las Vegas” in 1995 and in 1999 was cast as Myra Okubo in “Lake Placid” but her big break came when she received the role of Detective Olivia Benson in the primetime hit “Law & Order” in 1999. The premise of the show is detectives that solve sex crimes in a specific unit called SVU (Special Victims Unit). Jayne would have loved that! She was voted in 2006 one of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People.

When she won the 2005 Golden Globe award her acceptance speech was “50 years ago, my mother stood on this stage accepting this award. She was fortunate enough to have my Dad with her. 50 years later, I’m fortunate enough to have my Dad with me. I love you Dad.”

Unfortunately after that event her father passed on. Her father Mickey Hargitay died after a lengthy illness at the age of 80. She recently was quoted saying “Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the Theatre. Then this show came up. Now I’m in this show that means something to me and a lot of other people.”

At present Mariska is married to actor Peter Hermann and has a son. Because of their careers, the couple divides their time between New York and Los Angeles. Mariska is also fluent in Hungarian, French, and Italian.

Until my next Celebrity Event Darlings

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March 24, 2007 6:21 PM Eastern

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