Mariska Hargitay Poses with Two of Her Kids in Rare Photos as They Help to Light Up the Empire State Building

Mar. 15, 2025

Mariska Hargitay and her kids Amaya and Andrew.Photo:Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust

Mariska Hargitaygot to share a special moment with her kids this week.

On Friday, April 5, theLaw and Order: SVUstar, 60, was photographed as she lit up the Empire State Building in teal and green in partnership with the Joyful Heart Foundation and NBC Entertainment in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the 25th season of her show.

Her kids then helped her to pull up a lever that lit up the Empire State Building in shades of teal and green.

Hargitay shares her daughter Amaya and sons August and Andrew, 12, with husbandPeter Hermann.

In February, the mom of three wasseen sitting courtside with Andrewas they enjoyed the New York Knicks game together. Hargitay wore yellow cowboy boots and a tan jacket, clapping her hands together as she cheered on the team.

Her teen son looked pensive as he sat next to his mom, focused on the game in front of him.

Mariska Hargitay and two of her kids.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust

While her kids are aware that she’s famous, Hargitay told PEOPLE in January thatshe hasn’t revealed to them what exactly she does every day.

“I did this movie so many years ago, I just did a little voiceover, no big deal,” she said. “And then my son, who loves anime now, he found out that I was in this movie. He said, ‘What? You’re in this movie?’ And we sat and watched it. And I’m sitting on the couch with my 12-year-old son who, first of all, the movie’s good, but he just thought it was the coolest thing.”

“So for him to see me in this movie that he loves, he said ‘Mom, it’s such a cool character.’ And it was this moment of had I known that, almost 20 years ago, that I would have this moment with my son that was so bonding and sacred, I just sat there going, ‘I don’t know that life gets better than this moment.’"

“And that’s what’s exciting about life, that in many ways, we’re getting ready our whole lives for things,” she reflected, “because I keep learning things are worth the wait.”

source: people.com