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Mariska Hargitay

1964 - Today

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Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) is an American actress and producer. Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character in the longest-running American primetime drama. Since 2013, she is among the highest-paid actresses on television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariska Hargitay has received more than 25,878,705 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

  • 26M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Olivia Benson
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Lake Placid
Myra Okubo
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Jul 15o 19995.901 / 10
Leaving Las Vegas
Hooker At Bar
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Oct 27o 19957.272 / 10