Mariska Hargitay is a very lucky person. She was granted a real-life Ophelia Benson’s role.
The actress, 60, was shooting “Law & Order: As a mother herself, Mariska was happy that she could really help and make the girl feel safe in a scary world. It was on the 10th of April in a New York City subway station when little girl gets lost and she started looking for her way out. The little girl then notices Mariska resembling an on-duty police officer, and so the girl ran to her thinking she could ask for help.
The show-stopped filming for approximately 20 minutes and Hargitay finding the small child’s mom who worked across the park, at Anne Loftus Park, caused the halt.
While speaking to Entertainment Tonight at Variety’s Power of Women event on May 2, Mariska reflected on the “beautiful” moment that she shared with the child last month.
“We were meant to connect at the moment we did,” she said.
“This little angel girl was in need and we connected and I could see that,” Mariska continued. “So I did what any mother on this planet would do.”
The Emmy Award winner also gushed over getting to hug the mother and daughter once they were reunited.
“It was beautiful,” she said.
However, Mariska did note that she hasn’t kept in touch with the pair.
The “Law & Order: it was “SVU”‘s shooting crew who had been on set for Episode 25, when the reported missing child incident occurred. It turns out that Mariska, who portrays a detective, has a badge from the police pinned to her belt. Hence, the child supposed her as an officer out of deference to an authority.
Over the nineteen years she has been on the cast, Mariska has portrayed the role of Lucky Spencer in the popular NBC show.
In an interview given to Variety that was published on May 2, Mariska explained to the reporters that even now when she meets her fans they treat their “SVU” heroine as very familiar and beloved person.
“I feel like I have different kinds of fans because of the subject matter,” she said. “They’re so loyal and protective, it feels personal.”
Such is the born of Mariska who has known from the show that the fans have been inspired by her TV persona since the start of the series.
“The world and culture needed Olivia Benson, somebody to talk about these things and fight for survivors and believe victims,” she said in retrospect. The production of the show was so smart about Benson being the lousingly mother we all want.”
In real life, Mariska is a mom as well, thus, she can easily relate to the problems that mothers may experience.
