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Retreats and Therapy: Mariska Hargitay
It wasn't a personal experience or family history that made Mariska Hargitay aware of victims of sexual assault. It was fan mail. The letters to the actress playing Detective Olivia Benson of "Law and Order: SVU" were not typical fan mail.
Mariska Hargitay's Road to Recovery
Mariska Hargitay on recovering from her on-set accident and her work with the Joyful Heart Foundation.
Mariska Hargitay: Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Though Mariska Hargitay didn't become a wife, mother, mega-successful actress, or major philanthropist until she hit her 40s, the Law & Order: SVU star wouldn't have had it any other way.
