MARISKA HARGITAY – JAYNE MANSFIELD’S DAUGHTER

We suppose that one problem for children of celebrities are the comparisons people will reflexively make of them and their famous parents. Luckily for Mariska Hargitay, daughter of ‘50s Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield who inspired developments in 1950s brassieres, she’s got an awesome career that nobody can argue pales in comparison to that of her mother.

Indeed, the many roles she’s had for television alone places her, to her credit, among the most prolific television actresses of our generation. That doesn’t even include the roles she’s managed to grab for film, which seem to be numerous as well. Her best-known role is Olivia Benson, a New York City detective in the NBC TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The series has been produced and broadcast for 18 seasons since 1999, winning her many awards and nominations, including the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award.