MARISKA 'This HARGITAY'S FAMILY SECRETS Is My Storvio Tell'

THE LAW & ORDER: SVU STAR DEBUTS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE MOM SHE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW-AND THE BIOLOGICAL DAD SHE DISCOVERED

- ALEX ROSS

Mariska Hargitay is just as tough as—perhaps even tougher than—Olivia Benson, the NYPD captain she's played for 26 years and counting on NBC's Law & Order: SVU. Offscreen the star, 61, has been privately carrying the weight of family secrets and the grief of losing her mother, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield, for almost as long as she's been alive. In her new documentary My Mom Jayne, streaming on HBO Max June 27, Mariska unburdens herself for the first time as she opens up about learning that Mickey Hargitay, the man who raised her, was not her biological father and about the trauma from the car accident that took her mother's life. “This is my story to tell,” says Mariska, herself mom to August, 19,

Amaya, 14, and Andrew, 13, with husband Peter Hermann, 57. Here are some of the documentary's most striking revelations.

Forging Family Bonds At the June 13 Tribeca Festival premiere of My Mom Jayne, Mariska got support from sisters Giovanna and Pietra Sardelli (above) and biological father Nelson Sardelli (right).