Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress best known for her role as NYPD Special Victims Unit Detective/Sergeant/Lieutenant Olivia Benson on the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, for which she has earned multiple awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth23 January 1964
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
pay-it-forward twelve folds
If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.
enjoy-life important enjoy
Being thin is not more important than enjoying life
mom fun air
I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.
years looks clean
If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.
realizing shows
I realize that you have to show up for your life.
mom curves trying
I wasn't at all trying to be skinny, My Mom is Jayne Mansfield, I'm allowed to have curves.
morning wine perfect
You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect.
thinking people wow
I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.
golf loser made
Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.
girl new-york tough
I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.
sexy age definitions
To me, the definition of sexy - at any age - is strength and confidence.
mother children helping
We're all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.
nice ideas hair
When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.
people negativity needs
I'm a big believer that your word is your wand. You know how people say things like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm such an idiot.' I don't say things like that anymore. Those put-downs, even if they're in jest, are little bullets of negativity that you don't need in your life.