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Mariska Hargitay Says ‘I Was Definitely a Victim of Secondary Trauma’ From Acting on ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and Asks Wherever She Goes: ‘What’s the Crime Rate Here?’
Marsika Hargitay says she's "definitely a victim of secondary trauma" after starring in more than 500 episodes of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay joined Selena Gomez for a discussion on behalf of Interview magazine and said that she’s definitely got some “secondary trauma” due to leading the NBC procedural for 25 years and counting. Speaking to Variety earlier this year, Hargitay said that “the world and the culture needed an Olivia Benson” when “SVU” debuted in 1999 because culture “needed somebody to talk about these things and fight for survivors and believe victims.” The same year she started the show is when she learned that one in three women is a survivor of sexual abuse. Hargitay’s charity, the Joyful Heart Foundation, supports survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.
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