Mariska HargitayFilmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 08

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Diane Neal, Ice-T

America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 07

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Diane Neal, Ice-T

Plain Truth

Synopsis: A lawyer immerses herself in an unfamiliar culture to represent an unusual client in this made-for-TV drama. Katie (Alison Pill) is an 18-year-old girl who lives in a small Amish community in the Pennsylvania farm country. When a newborn baby is found dead, police suspect foul play, and Katie is Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 06

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Diane Neal, Ice-T

Synopsis: Season six of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, gets off to a powerful (and timely) start with the episode "Birthright," about a disreputable fertility doctor who plans to rob an embryo bank for his own purposes. Several subsequent episodes likewise showcase "respectable" authority figures who Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 05

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Diane Neal, Ice-T

Synopsis: The SVU unit is confronted with a murder case yielding too many suspects and too many confessions in "Tragedy," the opening episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's fifth season. Things take a truly disturbing turn a few episodes later in "Loss," wherein Assistant DA Alexandra Cabot's (Stephanie March Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 04

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Stephanie March, Ice-T

Synopsis: Formerly appearing on a recurring basis as forensic psychologist Dr. George Huang, B.D. Wong graduates to full series regular in "Chameleon," the opening episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's fourth season. Among the year's best episodes are "Vulnerable," guest-starring former musical Read More

Perfume

Actors: Joanne Baron, Angela Bettis, Sonia Braga, D.W. Brown, Coolio

Synopsis: As a number of luminaries on the international fashion scene converge for a major show, their personal and professional crises come to a head in this comedy-drama. Lorenzo Mancini (Paul Sorvino) is an internationally famous designer who has learned he has only a short time to live. As Mancini Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 03

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Stephanie March, Ice-T

Synopsis: The so-called "repressed memory syndrome" figures heavily into "Repression," the opening episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's third season. Subsequent episodes worth noting include "Wrath," in which Detective Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) relentless pursuit of rapists (motivated, in part Read More

Law & Order: Fools for Love

Synopsis: The unidentified bodies of two teenagers are found. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) discover that one of the victims was traveling with her sister -- who may have participated in the murders, either willingly or unwillingly. This episode features guest appearances Read More

Law & Order: Entitled

Synopsis: In this concluding episode of a two-part "crossover" story which began on Law & Order's sister series Law & Order: SVU, the D.A.'s office endeavors to connect the murder of a salesman with the politically influential Mulroney family. Despite pressure brought to bear by powerful matriarch Regina Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 02

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Stephanie March, Ice-T

Synopsis: The second-season opener of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is the episode "Wrong Is Right," in which the efforts by SVU detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to shelter his family from the sordid details of his work are shattered when his daughter Maureen (Erin Broderick) witnesses a Read More

Lake Placid

Actors: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt, Betty White

Synopsis: So what's under the water in that lake deep in the Maine woods? No one is sure what it could be, but a dead and severely mutilated body was found near the shore, and the only clue is a large tooth which appears to be from a prehistoric animal resembling a huge crocodile. Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 01

Actors: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Ice-T, Dean Winters

Synopsis: The first season of the popular Law & Order spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit begins with the episode "Payback," with the SVU investigating the murder and sexual mutilation of a former Serbian soldier -- who also happened to be a rapist. Quickly establishing their characters, Det. Elliot Read More

ER: Carter's Choice

Synopsis: The hospital's blood supply runs out during a devastating blizzard, forcing the doctors to make literal life and death decisions. Should Carter (Noah Wyle) try to save the life of a seriously wounded serial rapist, or should the blood go to someone more "deserving"? Elsewhere, Carol (Julianna Margulies Read More

ER: Sharp Relief

Synopsis: Ross (George Clooney) wants to trick Carol (Julianna Margulies) with a surprise marriage -- but is instead surprised by Carol, and none too pleasantly. Newly revealed facts about the business methods of Syngergix causes a rift between Weaver (Laura Innes) and Ellis West (Clancy Brown). Jeanie (Gloria Reuben Read More

ER: Family Practice

Actors: Bonnie Bartlett, John Cullum, Holmes Osborne

Synopsis: In a departure from ER's usual format, Greene (Anthony Edwards) heads to San Diego to look after his mother, Ruth (Bonnie Bartlett), whose behavior has become increasingly outlandish after an accident at home. Upon arrival, Greene argues with his taciturn father, David (John Cullum), over proper Read More

ER: Think Warm Thoughts

Synopsis: The second elderly rape victim in as many weeks arrives at the ER. Elsewhere, things take a personal turn when Anspaugh's (John Aylward) young son Scott (Trevor Morgan), a recovering cancer patient, shows up at County General with stomach pains. Former ER head man Dr. Swift (Michael Ironside) pays Read More

ER: My Brother's Keeper

Synopsis: Ross (George Clooney) treats a six-year-old patient who may have been poisoned by someone in his family, and also tries to find time to write a presentation on pediatric treatment. Carter's (Noah Wyle) cousin Chase (Jonathan Scarfe) is among the heroin addicts brought into the ER for treatment. Read More

ER: Do You See What I See?

Synopsis: When a blind homeless man abruptly regains his sight, Benton (Eriq La Salle) is hailed as a miracle worker -- and now dozens of other patients want to be anointed by "Saint Peter." Greene (Anthony Edwards) takes an important step toward getting his life back together during his treatment of Read More

Night Sins

Synopsis: Reminiscent of the "best" of David Lynch, the two-part TV movie Night Sins uses a mysterious abduction as catalyst for a progressively bizarre and disturbing expose of small-town corruption, hypocrisy and perversion. When the 8-year-old son of a doctor is kidnapped from his home in the rural Read More

ER: Obstruction of Justice

Synopsis: Carter (Noah Wyle) is arrested after refusing to hand over confidential information in a domestic-abuse case. After seeking legal aid, Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) is allowed to return to work, precipitating another run-in with Weaver (Laura Innes) and an unexpected parting of the ways with Al (Michael Beach Read More

ER: Friendly Fire

Synopsis: Carol (Julianna Margulies) suspects Ross (George Clooney) of flirting with Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston). Weaver (Laura Innes) makes a number of controversial policy changes. Benton (Eriq La Salle) and Carla (Lisa Nicole Carson) argue over circumcising their son, Reese. Jeanie's (Gloria Reuben) Read More

ER: Something New

Synopsis: Benton (Eriq La Salle) gives British surgeon Corday (Alex Kingston) a crash course in American ER procedures and later helps Carla (Lisa Nicole Carson) choose a name for their baby. Carter (Noah Wyle) and Del Amico (Maria Bello) are assigned to train two new med students, with Carter drawing the Read More

ER: Ground Zero

Synopsis: Frances Sternhagen makes her first appearance as Carter's enormously wealthy grandmother, Millicent, whom Carol (Julianna Margulies) approaches for a contribution toward her new free clinic. Meanwhile, Carter (Noah Wyle) tries to hide his silver-spoon upbringing from class-envious Del Amico (Maria Bello Read More

ER: When the Bough Breaks

Synopsis: Everyone in the ER is on call after a devastating accident involving a police car and a school bus. Carol (Julianna Margulies) may lose her job thanks to the accusations of a drugged-up patient whom she found sprawled in the bathroom in a pool of blood. In trying to stem another patient's Read More

ER: Freak Show

Synopsis: The first patients for Carol's (Julianna Margulies) new free clinic show up a week before it is supposed to open. Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) accuses Weaver (Laura Innes) of discrimination vis-à-vis Jeanie's termination. After operating on a 12-year-old victim of a hit-and-run, Benton (Eriq La Salle Read More

The Advocate's Devil

Synopsis: When popular San Francisco Condors basketball star Joe Campbell (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape, nobody--not the public, not his teammates--can bring themselves to believe that the sweet, babyfaced "White Knight" is guilty of the crime. Still, the case against Joe seems pretty solid, thanks to Read More

ER: Good Touch, Bad Touch

Synopsis: Paul McCrane makes his first appearance as the redoubtable Dr. Robert Romano, who in this episode has just returned from a European vacation, his head full of new information about robotics. Elsewhere, Carol (Julianna Margulies) wants to start up a free clinic in the ER. Del Amico (Maria Bello) is Read More

Leaving Las Vegas

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Valeria Golino

Synopsis: Mike Figgis' grim drama documents a romantic triangle of sorts involving prostitute Sera (Elisabeth Shue), failed Hollywood screenwriter Ben (Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage), and the constant flow of booze which he loves more dearly than life itself. Arriving in Las Vegas with the intention of drinking Read More

The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps

Actors: Kenny Rogers, Loni Anderson

Synopsis: Kenny Rogers returns as Brady Hawkes, the Gambler, in this made-for-TV Western. Brady's son Jeremiah (Kris Kamm) is now an adult, and seems to have followed his father's footsteps into a life of adventure; however, Brady learns that Jeremiah has taken a far more dangerous path and has joined the Read More

Hotel Room

Synopsis: Hotel Room is a made-for-cable anthology, featuring three separate stories that are all set in the same New York hotel room over different years. Set in 1992, the first, "Getting Rid of Robert," features three girlfriends who devise a plan to help Sasha dump her sleazy movie executive boyfriend. Read More

Blind Side

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver, Jonathan Banks

Synopsis: A couple returns home from Mexico where they accidentally killed a cop on a highway and proceeded to flee the scene. Before long, however, they are confronted by an intimidating but charismatic man who mysteriously pops up--and who knows all about the incident in Mexico. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Read More

Bank Robber

Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Lisa Bonet, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Olivia D'Abo

Synopsis: In this awful black comedy, an aging bank robber tries to pull off one final caper. Things go awry and he ends up staying in a raunchy hotel. The crime is well-publicized, but fortunately the equally seedy residents there keep mum. Unfortunately, they are determined to literally nickel and dime Read More

The Perfect Weapon

Actors: Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mako, James Hong

Synopsis: Featuring plenty of high, hard kicks, and flailing furious fists, this martial arts actioner tells an exciting tale of vengeance as a tough American street fighter stalks the streets of L.A.'s Chinatown in search of the organized criminals responsible for his guardian's death. Movie newcomer Jeff Speakman Read More

Finish Line

Actors: James Brolin

Synopsis: James Brolin costars with his son Josh in the made-for-cable Finish Line. The film's ad copy says it all: "His father made him run. The steroids made him win." In a justifiably melodramatic fashion, the film, based on a true story, examines the win-at-any-cost mentality of high school athletes and Read More

Mr. Universe

Actors: Laszlo Szabo, George Pinter, Mickey Hargitay

Synopsis: A pair of Hungarian filmmakers search the United States for the former Mr. Universe and husband of the late Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay in this comedy drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Jocks

Actors: Scott Strader, Perry Lang, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Roundtree, R.G. Armstrong, Stoney Jackson

Synopsis: Richard Roundtree stars as tennis-coach Chip Williams in this uneven adolescent comedy. Coach Williams must whip his players into shape for the big tournament in Las Vegas. The Kid (Scott Strader) and his cohorts run wild in Vegas on and off the court as the coach tries to keep the star players Read More

Welcome to 18

Actors: Courtney Thorne-Smith, Mariska Hargitay, Jo Ann Willette, Cristen Kauffman, Erich Anderson

Synopsis: This teen drama revolves around the misconceived exploits of three friends, Lindsey (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Joey (Mariska Hargitay), and Robin (Jo Ann Willette). After graduating from high school, the trio take off to work for a Nevada dude ranch; when that doesn't work out, they end up in Lake Read More

Ghoulies

Actors: Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Peter Risch

Synopsis: Joe Dante's box-office fantasy Gremlins had barely left American cinemas before Charles Band's B-movie factory, Empire Pictures, rushed out this cheap knockoff. While Dante's film benefited from the director's wry sense of humor and the high-concept clout of executive producer Steven Spielberg, Band Read More

Star 80

Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees

Synopsis: Director Bob Fosse's fact-based tale of Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten's short life and gruesome death focuses less on Stratten (played by Mariel Hemingway) than on her husband/manager, sleazoid pornographer and all-around failure Paul Snider (Eric Roberts, ideally cast). He sees the young Read More