# List of awards and nominations received by Mariska Hargitay
[Mariska Hargitay](https://www.edgepedia.org/mariska-hargitay), an American actress, director, and producer (born 1964 in [Santa Monica, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/santa-monica-california)), has received her principal awards for playing Detective Olivia Benson on NBC's *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and, from the 2020s onward, for the documentaries she has directed and produced. Her honors include a 2006 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, a 2005 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series, and two Emmys at the 78th [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards) for the documentary *My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay*. IMDb's running tally lists 20 wins and 48 nominations across her career.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/)
| Award | Result | Year | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Win | 2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) |
| Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Win | 2026 | My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/my-mom-jayne-a-film-by-mariska-hargitay) |
| Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Win | 2026 | My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/my-mom-jayne-a-film-by-mariska-hargitay) |
| News & Documentary Emmy (producer) | Win | 2019 | I Am Evidence[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/me-and-my-emmy/mariska-hargitay-law-order-svu) |
| Golden Globe, Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Win (2005), Nominee (2009) | 2005, 2009 | Law & Order: SVU[6](https://goldenglobes.com/person/mariska-hargitay/) |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Six nominations | 1995-2012 span | Law & Order: SVU[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) |
| Cannes Film Festival, Golden Eye and Golden Camera | Nominee | 2025 | My Mom Jayne[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/) |
| Emmy nominations for lead actress | Eight consecutive | 2004-2011 | Law & Order: SVU[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) |
## Emmy Awards: acting
The core of Hargitay's recognition is a run of eight consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, covering the 2004 through 2011 ceremonies, with the win coming in 2006 as Detective Olivia Benson on *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) The Television Academy's show database records her individual nominations by year: 2004, 2005, 2006 (win), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, all credited to Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios.[7](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/law-order-special-victims-unit) In an *emmy* magazine profile, Hargitay herself counted the acting record as one win plus seven additional lead-actress nominations for the series.[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/me-and-my-emmy/mariska-hargitay-law-order-svu)
The 2006 win is the one she has spoken about most personally: her father was hospitalized that year, and she drove straight from the ceremony to give him the statuette.[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/me-and-my-emmy/mariska-hargitay-law-order-svu)
## Emmy Awards: documentary work
Hargitay's second act in awards recognition came as a documentary maker. As a producer of *I Am Evidence*, an HBO documentary revealing how the legal system has historically mistreated sexual-assault survivors, she won a 2019 News & Documentary Emmy; the film also received a Television Academy Honors award in 2019, accepted by director/producer Trish Adlesic and director Geeta Gandbhir.[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/me-and-my-emmy/mariska-hargitay-law-order-svu) • [8](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/i-am-evidence) A Spanish-language profile published the win year as 2017, while the *emmy* magazine profile and an entertainment-industry report both give 2019.[9](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-09-14/la-historia-de-mariska-hargitay-la-presentadora-de-los-emmy-que-ha-logrado-su-fama-su-fortuna-su-familia-y-una-causa-social-con-un-solo-papel.html) • [10](https://www.thedailybeast.com/law-order-star-mariska-hargitay-62-is-near-unrecognizable-in-emmys-ready-sequins/)
At night one of the 78th Emmy Awards on September 5, 2026, she won two more Emmys for *My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay*, an [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) documentary about her mother, the actress [Jayne Mansfield](https://www.edgepedia.org/jayne-mansfield): one as a producer for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, shared with Trish Adlesic and others, and one for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program as director. The film's third nomination that year, Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program (Tony Hardmon), went to a nominee list rather than a win.[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/my-mom-jayne-a-film-by-mariska-hargitay) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/) These wins brought her Television Academy count to three Emmys from ten nominations.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay)
## Golden Globe, SAG, and other acting honors
**Golden Globes.** The Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognized her twice in the same category, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: she won in 2005 for *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and was nominated in 2009.[6](https://goldenglobes.com/person/mariska-hargitay/)
**Screen Actors Guild.** The Television Academy biography credits her with six SAG Award nominations, and the SAG Awards' own nominee-history record lists six Actor nominations without a win.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) • [11](https://www.actorawards.org/sites/default/files/nominee_histories_0.pdf)
**Other honors for the Benson role.** The Television Academy biography credits two Gracie Allen Awards from American Women in Radio and [Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/television); the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's retrospective puts the count at four Gracie Allen Awards and adds two People's Choice Awards for Favorite Drama TV Star.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay) • [12](https://sagaftra.foundation/programs/15609/) She also received a Golden Satellite Award nomination in 2000.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/)
## Cannes and 2020s recognition
*My Mom Jayne*, which premiered in 2025, drew two Cannes Film Festival nominations listed by IMDb: the Golden Eye and the Golden Camera.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/) The documentary's subject is her search to understand her mother, Jayne Mansfield, who died at 34 in a traffic accident that Hargitay, then three years old, survived.[9](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-09-14/la-historia-de-mariska-hargitay-la-presentadora-de-los-emmy-que-ha-logrado-su-fama-su-fortuna-su-familia-y-una-causa-social-con-un-solo-papel.html)
## Emmy host, 2026
The awards profile closed a loop in 2026: NBC announced in July that Hargitay would host the 78th [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/primetime-emmy-awards) on September 14, and she went on to win both of her nominated categories at the Creative Arts ceremony five days earlier, before hosting the main telecast.[13](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/awards-news/260707-78th-emmys-host-mariska-hargitay) • [14](https://apnews.com/article/ce89d68f5d20a4e35411474ad83132fd) She was the first woman to host the ceremony in 15 years.[9](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-09-14/la-historia-de-mariska-hargitay-la-presentadora-de-los-emmy-que-ha-logrado-su-fama-su-fortuna-su-familia-y-una-causa-social-con-un-solo-papel.html)
## References
1. [Mariska Hargitay - Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/awards/)
2. [Mariska Hargitay, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/)
3. [Mariska Hargitay | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/mariska-hargitay)
4. [My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/my-mom-jayne-a-film-by-mariska-hargitay)
5. [Me and My Emmy: Mariska Hargitay, emmy magazine / Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/me-and-my-emmy/mariska-hargitay-law-order-svu)
6. [Mariska Hargitay, Golden Globes](https://goldenglobes.com/person/mariska-hargitay/)
7. [Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/law-order-special-victims-unit)
8. [I Am Evidence | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/i-am-evidence)
9. [La historia de Mariska Hargitay, El País](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-09-14/la-historia-de-mariska-hargitay-la-presentadora-de-los-emmy-que-ha-logrado-su-fama-su-fortuna-su-familia-y-una-causa-social-con-un-solo-papel.html)
10. [Law & Order Star Mariska Hargitay in Emmys-Ready Sequins, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/law-order-star-mariska-hargitay-62-is-near-unrecognizable-in-emmys-ready-sequins/)
11. [SAG Awards Nominee Histories, actorawards.org](https://www.actorawards.org/sites/default/files/nominee_histories_0.pdf)
12. [Mariska Hargitay Career Retrospective, SAG-AFTRA Foundation](https://sagaftra.foundation/programs/15609/)
13. [Mariska Hargitay to Host 78th Emmy Awards on NBC, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/awards-news/260707-78th-emmys-host-mariska-hargitay)
14. [Mariska Hargitay will host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in September on NBC, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/ce89d68f5d20a4e35411474ad83132fd)
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