Mariska Hargitay remembers it like it was yesterday. She was 30, and she saw that Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — the ...

Hargitay was 25 years old when she found out the former Las Vegas entertainer was her biological father — not Mickey Hargitay ...

Mariska Hargitay revealed that she spent Father's Day with her biological dad, Nelson Sardelli, and that he apologized to her ...

Jayne Mansfield’s press agent — first revealed in his 1974 biography, The Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield, that Mariska ...

Hargitay joined Alex Cooper on the latest episode of 'Call Her Daddy', where she discussed what it was like to discover the ...

T his past Father’s Day was one of deep emotional resonance for actress and filmmaker Mariska Hargitay, as the Law & Order: ...

Mariska Hargitay reflects on finding out about her father Nelson Sardelli, her family journey and the emotional documentary 'My Mom Jayne' ...

Mariska Hargitay joked that only 'younger people' didn't know her mom was Jayne Mansfield during a Q&A following a special ...

Mariska Hargitay Reveals Identity of Her Biological Father, Says She Was “Living a Lie My Entire Life” The actress says her biological dad is Italian singer Nelson Sardelli, not Mickey ...

It meant a lot to me,” Ellen Hargitay says about the dream in "My Mom Jayne," the documentary Mariska Hargitay directed about ...

SVU” star decided to keep the truth of her parentage a secret out of loyalty to Mickey Hargitay, who raised her as his own.

Nelson Sardelli & Mariska Hargitay Have a Close Relationship In her 20s, Mariska began to suspect that Nelson was her real father after someone showed her a photo of him, per Vanity Fair .