Mariska Hargitay is an American actress best known as Detective (later Lieutenant and Captain) Olivia Benson on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present), making her the longest-tenured television actress playing a single character in prime-time drama. Born January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California (daughter of Jayne Mansfield), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 and founded the Joyful Heart Foundation supporting survivors of sexual assault.
Standing 5’8″ (173 cm) with a US shoe size of 9, Mariska has long, well-proportioned feet with defined arches and slim, evenly-aligned toes. Her pedicures trend toward classic sophisticated styling – French tips, nude pinks, and occasional soft corals matching her detective-meets-Hollywood-royalty aesthetic across over two decades of Benson.
SVU produces weekly episodes of New York City detective-setting content with her character appearing in various police-station and crime-scene settings. Her character’s extensive interrogation, courtroom, and field-work scenes produce substantial feet-visible content. Her various flashback and personal-life storyline episodes produce additional setting-variety. She has also starred in the SVU crossover events with the various Law & Order franchises.
Her Joyful Heart Foundation work and various awareness campaigns produce editorial advocacy imagery. Red-carpet appearances at Emmys, SAG awards, and NBC Upfronts feature her in Zac Posen, Jenny Packham, and Marchesa heels with classic Hollywood elegance.
Our HD gallery collects Mariska Hargitay’s feet photos from Law & Order: SVU across its 26 seasons. Browse soles, toes, and barefoot moments from American drama television’s longest-tenured female lead.