Mariska Hargitay Shares How Olivia Benson’s Journey Mirrors Her Own in Nearly 3 Decades on SVU

Mariska Hargitay joined Reese Witherspoon, Karen Pittman and Kellyn Smith Kenny for a conversation about translating passion ...

Mariska Hargitay Opens Up About Her Failed 'Friends' Auditions

Mariska Hargitay opened up on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast about auditioning for Friends several years before she joined ...
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Mariska Hargitay Auditioned to Play This Character on Friends: "I Always Thought..."

While Hargitay never made a cameo on Friends, she did dabble in the world of comedy and sitcoms, appearing on shows like ...
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Mariska Hargitay Auditioned For This Surprising 'Friends' Character Before Landing Her Role on 'SVU'

Mariska Hargitay 's name may be synonymous with Law & Order: SVU, but it turns out she almost became known for another series ...

Mariska Hargitay Declares ‘Stabler’s in Love With Benson’ and Unpacks Their ‘Deeply Emotional’ ‘SVU’ Scene

The “love you” moment between Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler on “Law & Order: SVU” was supposed to play out differently, ...

Mariska Hargitay Says a Psychic Predicted Her 'Law & Order' Career

Mariska Hargitay never set out to play a character like Olivia Benson, the street-smart NYPD captain with a heart of gold on ...

Mariska Hargitay reveals she auditioned for this iconic 'Friends' role

Before she was Olivia Benson, Mariska Hargitay has revealed she auditioned for one of the main roles on "Friends." ...

Mariska Hargitay Auditioned for ‘Friends’ and ‘Tested So Many Times’; She Only Wanted to Do Comedy Until a Psychic Said It Wouldn’t Make Her Famous: ‘Six Mont…

Mariska Hargitay only wanted to be a comedy actor. Then a psychic told her otherwise and she landed 'Law and Order: Special ...

Mariska Hargitay opens up about Stabler’s feelings for Benson in a deeply emotional SVU Season 27 premiere scene.

Mariska Hargitay opens up about Stabler’s feelings for Benson in a deeply emotional SVU Season 27 premiere scene.

Mariska Hargitay Reveals She Auditioned for “Friends.” Here's Who She Would Have Replaced

On the Oct. 21 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Hargitay, 61, opened up about her early career. Even though the actress ...

Mariska Hargitay Auditioned for ‘Friends’ “So Many Times,” She Thought She Would “End Up Being on a Sitcom”

SVU' star looked back on the early days of her career during Amy Poehler's 'Good Hang' podcast, sharing she "did a lot of ...

Mariska Hargitay Auditioned To Play This Friends Character

Before she was Olivia Benson, Mariska Hargitay almost played this character on the iconic '90s sitcom 'Friends.' ...