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Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress and producer; she was born in January 1964. She was the daughter of an American legend actress Jane Mansfield and Miki Hargitay. In 1982 she won a on beauty contest “Miss Beverly Hills”. And at the same time she was learning the art of performance that is why later in 1985 she debut in the movie “Goblins”. Later she took part in a variety of shows and movies. In 1999 she got the main role of detective Olivia Benson whom was inspecting crimes based on a sexual theme in the TV show “Law and Justice”. That role brought huge success of critics and the audience, including the victories in the “Golden Globe” ceremony in 2005 and she got an “Emmy” in 2006. In 2004 Mariska has found and organization “Joyful Heart Foundation” that is performing aid to the women that were under sexual violence. Since 2007 Hargitay is considered as the most expensive drama actress in TV with the annual income 375-385 thousands of dollars. In 2010 she entered the list of “100 richest and influent people” according to Forbes, with the annual income 10 million dollars. In 2012 Hargitay will have the honor to have a star of her own in the alley of stars.

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Here you can learn about the movies Mariska Hargitay acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Lake Placid - Myra Okubo	$27M	1999	$11M	$31.8M
Strawberry Road - Jill Banner	$13.7M	1991
Leaving Las Vegas - Hooker at Bar	$3.6M	1995		$32M
Ghoulies - Donna	$1M	1985		$35M
Copy That (short) - Producer	$25K	2006
Mr. Universe - Actress		1988
F--K (short) - Mariska		2010
Hard Time Romance - Anita		1991
The Perfect Weapon - Jennifer		1991		$14.1M
Welcome to 18 - Joey		1986
Jocks - Nicole		1986
Bank Robber - Marisa Benoit		1993		$116K
Tales from Earthsea - Tenar (voice: English version)		2006	$20.6K	$48K
Perfume - Darcy (as Marishka Hargitay)		2001