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Mariska Hargitay Reflects on ‘Pain and Trauma’ From Childhood: She Had to ‘Face Demons’
Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay reflected on her childhood 'pain and trauma,' and how she had to really 'face the monsters' to come out the other side.
“For me — and you know, both of us had these very specific childhoods with pain and trauma that gets in our bodies — and for me, as a young person, I spent my time running from it,” the long-running NBC star explained. “As tragic as her mom’s death was, she had her dad (Mr. Universe, Mickey Hargitay), stepmom and stepsiblings,” an insider told Life & Style on August 21. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media InstituteMariska married fellow actor Peter Hermann on August 28, 2004.
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