ACTOR

Mariska Hargitay

1964 - Today

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Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two People's Choice Awards. Hargitay's interest in acting began while attending Marymount High School in Los Angeles, followed by enrolling in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In 1982, Hargitay was crowned Miss Beverly Hills USA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariska Hargitay has received more than 24,001,593 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Mariska Hargitay is the 2,083rd most popular actor (up from 2,184th in 2019), the 3,382nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,588th in 2019) and the 963rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mariska Hargitays by language

Over the past year Mariska Hargitay has had the most page views in the with 3,612,076 views, followed by Spanish (311,485), and French (232,186). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (899.68%), Japanese (399.66%), and Simple English (340.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mariska Hargitay ranks 2,083 out of 13,578. Before her are Dudley Moore, Adolphe Menjou, Cary Elwes, Harry Andrews, Lee Hoi-chuen, and Josh Hartnett. After her are Matthew Fox, Dany Boon, Chris Tucker, Franco Interlenghi, Tom Hulce, and Olga Baclanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Mariska Hargitay ranks 99. Before her are Doro, Rosen Plevneliev, Christian Louboutin, Branco, Banana Yoshimoto, and Edith González. After her are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Jeff Hanneman, Lars Mikkelsen, Gore Verbinski, Eddie Vedder, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mariska Hargitay ranks 3,382 out of 20,380. Before her are Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), Adolphe Menjou (1890), Michael Cunningham (1952), David Riesman (1909), and Josh Hartnett (1978). After her are Matthew Fox (1966), Evel Knievel (1938), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Chris Tucker (1971), Ma Rainey (1886), and George Pullman (1831).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mariska Hargitay ranks 963. Before her are Tony Danza (1951), Benjamin Bratt (1963), Amy Irving (1953), Amanda Seyfried (1985), Adolphe Menjou (1890), and Josh Hartnett (1978). After her are Matthew Fox (1966), Chris Tucker (1971), Tom Hulce (1953), Marlee Matlin (1965), Jack Cassidy (1927), and Melissa Sue Anderson (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

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