Mariska Hargitay revealed the identity of her biological father after “living a lie” for 30 years.
THE Law and order: SVU Star, 61, shares the revelation of his new documentary, My mom JayneHis beginnings as director, who made their debut at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
The film examines the life of the deceased mother of Hargitay, the sexual symbol of the 1950s, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident in 1967 when Hargitay was three years old.
In the documentary, she confirms that her biological father is the Italian singer and actress Nelson Sardelli, not the bodybuilder and actor, Mickey Hargitay, as he had been told all her childhood.
In 1963, Mansfield asked for Mickey’s divorce, with whom she had two other children, and concluded a very publicized relationship with Sardelli. She reconciled with Mickey a few months before the birth of Hargitay in 1964.
Hargitay remembers seeing a photo of Sardelli in her twenties and immediately realizing that he was his biological father. “It was as if the ground had fallen under me,” she recalls My mom Jayne, “ As my infrastructure has dissolved.
In an interview Vanity Fair, Also published on Saturday, Hargitay spoke of emotional discovery. She said that when she confronted Mickey about Sardelli, she denied it, and she never mentioned it before her death in 2006.
When she was 30 years old, Hargitay went to see Sardelli perform in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and presented herself.
“I have been waiting for 30 years for that time,” he said through tears.
However, Hargitay said she was going complete Olivia Benson on him ”, referring it to Law and order Role of Captain NYPD. “I said to myself,” I don’t want anything, I don’t need you … I have a father.
“There was something about loyalty. I wanted to be faithful to Mickey,” she added.
In the aftermath of the meeting, she said that she was working to “know that I live a lie all my life.”
Hargitay said that she had gradually brought a link with Sardelli, who participated in the documentary, and her two daughters. She also said that she understood why her mother had chosen to raise her with Mickey to provide a stable house for her large number.
“I am the daughter of Mickey Hargitay-it’s not a lie,” she said Vanity. “This documentary is a kind of love letter to him, because there is no one I got closer to this planet.” Hargitay pointed out that two of his own children are adopted: “They are my children. Now I understand so much, and my boy is sweet.”
My mom Jayne will receive a limited theatrical outing on June 20, 2025. It will be released on HBO on June 27, 2025.
