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Mariska Hargitay Went ‘Full Olivia Benson’ When She Met Her Biological Father
The actress revealed that she uncovered her family’s biggest secret in her new documentary, My Mom Jayne.
Hargitay’s mother, the iconic Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield, briefly separated from Mickey from 1963–64, during which time she met the Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli, who, Mariska confirms in the doc, is her biological father. Mariska met Sardelli for the first time after seeing one of his performances, but she wasn’t ready for a relationship at the time.” I went full Olivia Benson on him,” she told VF. “Tonight I’m celebrating the power that film has for me to remember somebody I didn’t have the good fortune to know or grow up with,” Mariska said at the premiere, per Variety.
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