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- Mariska Hargitay made a red carpet appearance with her three children
- The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star attended a special screening of her documentary film, My Mom, Jayne, about her famous mother, Jayne Mansfield
- The proud mom shares sons August, 18, and Andrew, 13, and daughter Amaya, 14, with actor husband Peter Hermann
Mariska Hargitay and her three children graced the red carpet together.
On Monday, June 23, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star, 61, was joined by her three children at the premiere for a special film screening of her documentary My Mom, Jayne in Los Angeles.
The mom of three, who shares her children with husband Peter Hermann, adorned a sleek black, long-sleeve dress. Her eldest son, August, 18, wore jeans and a striped shirt, while her youngest son, Andrew, 13, was dressed in an all-black outfit and pink sneakers. Her daughter, Amaya, 14, wore a baby pink floor-length dress with ruffles.
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In January 2024, she told PEOPLE that she is “so grateful that I’m an older mom.”
“I don’t know if I could have handled it when I was younger,” she admitted. “When I was younger, I wasn’t as present, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to accept and appreciate.”
When it comes to motherhood, Hargitay said she leans on her kids and Hermann to help her figure it out along the way.
“The thing that’s made me a better parent is my kids, because they taught me to really listen,” she explained. “My husband is my North Star, and my kids are my teachers.”
The two actors met on the set of Hargitay’s show Law & Order SVU and married in 2004. Hargitay gave birth to her first child, August, at age 42, in 2006. She and Hermann then adopted Amaya and Andrew within six months of each other.
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While raising three children has often been a handful, Hargitay has said she wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Our family is so perfect, or at least perfect for me,” she told PEOPLE in March 2018. “Together we’re just this whole, happy, joyful, chaotic, crazy unit. I’ve never known anything that was more right.”
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