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Mariska Hargitay has maintained a family secret for more than 30 years.
At the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, the star “Law & Order: SVU” revealed at the premiere of his documentary, “My Mom Jayne”, which his biological father is the former artist of Las Vegas Nelson Sardelli. She was raised by the late actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay.
The actress admitted Vanity Fair Who fought with the idea of ”knowing that I am living all my life.” But the answer anyway became clear to her.
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Mariska Hargitay has a new documentary about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield, titled “My Mom Jayne”. (Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)
“I grew up where I was supposed to do it, and I know everyone made the best decision for me,” he said. “I am the daughter of Mickey Hargitay. That is not a lie. This documentary is the son of a love letter for him, because there is no one who was closer to this planet.”
“He was my everything, my idol,” the 61 -year -old shared about the patriarch, Who died in 2006 at 80 years. “I loved me so much, and I knew it. I also knew elsewhere; I just didn’t know what I knew.”
Jayne Mansfield is a show with her husband, Hungarian actor Mickey Hargitay. They married from 1958 to 1964. (Night standard/getty images)
Growing up, Hargitay always felt that she was different from her brothers, shared the exit. It would be up to 20 years that he learned why.
Mariska Hargitay and his brothers were raised by Mickey Hargitay. (J. Countess/Wiremage for Universal Television Productions)
In 1963, Hargitay’s mother, Jayne Mansfield, Requested the divorce of Mickey. Then he embarked on a high profile romance with Sardelli. The actress gets used to reconciling with Mickey several months before Hargitay’s birth in 1964.
Jayne Mansfield is seen here with Nelson Sardelli. (© Globe Photos/Zumapress.com/Alamy)
When Hargitay was 20 years old, someone showed him a photo of the Italian artist. According to the exit, Hargitay “immediately knew in his bones” that Sardelli was his biological father.
“It was as if the floor had fallen from under me,” he said in “My mother Jayne.”
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Mariska Hargitay and her two older brothers survived the car accident that killed her mother, Jayne Mansfield (in the photo here), in 1967. (Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)
Mansfield died in 1967 for wounds he suffered in a car accident. He was 34 years old. Hargitay was 3 years old and slept in the back seat of the car when he got into a truck.
After suspecting that Sardelli was his biological father, he faced Mickey. Hey denied it. According to the departure, the match was “so shaattering” that he never mentioned Sardelli to Mickey again.
Mariska Hargitay is a show with Mickey Hargitay at the American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Allen Awards on June 22, 2004 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty images)
At 30, Hargitay went to See Sardelli Act at Atlantic City. When he appeared, he exploded in tears, the account: “I have been waiting for 30 years for this moment.”
Mariska Hargitay’s biological father is the former artist of Las Vegas Nelson Sardelli. (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Hargitay suddenly became fiercely protective with her father, the man who raised her and her brothers after her mother’s death.
“I receive Olivia Benson with him,” he told Vanity Fair about his first meeting with Sardelli. “I thought,” I don’t want anything. I don’t need anything about you … I have a dad. “There was something about loyalty.
Mariska Hargitay attends the “Die My Love” red carpet at the 78th Cannes Annual Film Festival in Palais des Festival on May 17, 2025, in Cannes, France. (Stephane Cardinal/Corbis/Corbis through Getty Images)
Hargitay Anyge forged a link with Sardelli, 90, and her daughters. But when it was time to tell his story, he said that “many people” doubted the movie. But over time, both families cool Hargitay their blessing. The documentary presents interviews with Hargitay’s brothers: Jayne Marie, Zoltan and Mickey Jr.
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Mariska Hargitay and Brothers Mickey Hargitay Jr., Zoltan Hargitay and Jayne Marie Mansfield (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
The Sardelli sisters “cried and cried” when they saw a private projection of the documentary in Las Vegas, the departure revealed.
“These two women that I love so much, I made them secrets!” Hargitay said. “It’s so heartbreaking for me … I’m not good with lies. So, I also made this movie to vent all of us.”
The film also helped Hargitay address the loss of her mother.
Jayne Mansfield around 1955 (Silver screen collection/Getty images)
“I don’t remember the accident,” he said. “I not only remember that my mother had died. I looked at the photos, and I really don’t remember anything until I had 5.”
Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer, was an aspiring peel who spoke several languages and played against the violin and piano. A casting director suggested to whiten your hair, wear more tight dresses and Adopt a voice inspired by Marilyn Monroe. The personality of “Tonta blonde” stuck and Mansfield shot at Hollywood fame. But like Monroe, Mansfield struggled to be serious tasks as an actress.
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“When I listened to that false voice, I used to turn around,” Hargitay recalled. “Why is it talking like this? That is not real.” [But] My dad always said: ‘She was like that. She was like you. She was fun and irrevable, without fear and real. “
“My Mom Jayne” premiered on May 17 at the Cannes 2025 Film Festival. It will be broadcast on June 27 in HBO and HBO Max.
