SVU actor was 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay’s new documentary ...

The Law & Order: SVU actor was 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay's new documentary, My Mom Jayne, explores her mother's identity, and her own.

Mariska Hargitay joked that only "younger people" didn't know her mom was Jayne Mansfield during a Q&A following ... but rather a former Las Vegas entertainer named Nelson Sardelli. She told Vanity ...

Mariska Hargitay revealed she recently had a sweet conversation with her biological father Nelson Sardelli. In her acclaimed ...

Mariska Hargitay recently spent Father’s Day with her biological father, Nelson Sardelli — and they shared a powerful exchange. On Thursday, July 17, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star ...

which revealed that her biological dad is not Mickey Hargitay but instead Nelson Sardelli, the ex-lover of her mother, Jayne Mansfield. During her appearance at HamptonsFilm's SummerDocs series in ...

Mariska Hargitay opened up about spending Father's Day with her biological dad, Nelson Sardelli, during a Q&A at HamptonsFilm ...

Hargitay revealed that Sardelli was her biological father in My Mom Jayne, a documentary about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield. The actress revealed in the doc — her directorial debut — that ...

My Mom Jayne explores the complicated life and loves of iconic actress Jayne Mansfield, Hargitay’s mother. The doc dives deep to create a comprehensive narrative about the actress, whose ...

Why to Watch Mariska Hargitay's Documentary 'My Mom Jayne' My Mom Jayne explores the complicated life and loves of iconic actress Jayne Mansfield, Hargitay’s mother.

At the time, Mansfield had five children with three husbands and Sardelli. In the end, Hargitay said the journey to make the film, though brutal at times, eventually took her to places of great joy.