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
chocolate feeling good reward wrapped
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.
category glenn honor nominated unless
I already feel like I've won. It's an honor to be nominated. Really, unless you're an actor, you don't understand. To be nominated in the same category as Glenn Close?
york
I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.
script
There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.
seek speak truth
Speak The Truth. Seek The Truth. Be The Truth.
couple months
It's a big couple of months for me.
pain
No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.
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No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.
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Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.
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Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.
pain thinking long
But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.
sleep night hammers
When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.
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.
golf loser made
Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.