The correct pronunciation of Mariska Hargitay‘s name has been revealed, much to the surprise of many Law & Order fans.
The American actress, 61, clarified the correct pronunciation during a new interview with star Amy Poehler.
Speaking on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, Hargitay said her name out loud and confirmed that many, including those close to her, still mispronounce her moniker.
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Hargitay confirmed her first name is pronounced with a silent ‘H’ and a ‘K’.
“But it’s Marishka. Marishka,” she said.
When asked about her name’s meaning, she joked it means “Oh, gorgeous, talented one”.
“It means it’s a nickname for Maria. It means little Maria. In Hungarian, The K A or K on a end of a name. It just it’s like a little endearment.
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“So, the name is actually Maria after my grandmother. Both of them.”
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The actress, who is married to actor and Younger star Peter Hermann, is the daughter of late Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield.
Recently, she directed and produced a new film about her late mother, called My Mom Jayne.
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Hargitay was just three years old when tragedy struck and her mother died in a car crash at the age of 34 in 1967.
She said the project “is a place of meeting” for her and her late mother.
Underneath a black and white picture of the pair together, which she shared on Instagram, she wrote: “I feel grateful, fulfilled and so proud to share this film.”
“I never got to make a movie with my mom, and she never got to make the kind of movies she wanted to make.
“#MyMomJayne is a place of meeting for us, and words fail me to describe how meaningful it is to tell her story, my own, and ours together. @hbodocs.”
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