How 'SVU' Star Mariska Hargitay Got Her Start and the Advice That Keeps Her Going: "Get Up and Try Again"

Born Mariska Magdolna Hargitay in Santa Monica, California to sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and Hungarian-born former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay, Mariska is a tried-and-true L.A. girl. On June 29, 1967,