"HBO Original Documentary MY MOM JAYNE, A Film By Mariska Hargitay, Debuts This June" (https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-0/my-mom-jayne/hbo-original-documentary-my-mom-jayne-film-mariska-hargitay-debuts-june)
[Tuesday, April 08, 2025]
The HBO Original documentary MY MOM JAYNE, a film by Mariska Hargitay, debuts this June on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The documentary marks Emmy® and Golden Globe winning actress and filmmaker Hargitay’s feature film directorial debut and the first time she has delved into her mother Jayne Mansfield’s story and legacy, almost sixty years after the Hollywood legend’s tragic death. Previously, Hargitay, along with Trish Adlesic, produced HBO’s Emmy®-winning documentary, “I Am Evidence.”

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"My Mom Jayne" is a new documentary that Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is calling the "search for the mother I knew." Hargitay was 3 years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, was killed at age 34 in a violent car crash on a rural road in New Orleans. Her chauffeur, 19-year-old Ronald Harrison, was also killed. In the new documentary, Hargitay says she will explore her own childhood trauma that resulted from the crash. Hargitay was in the back seat during the crash and survived.

"Mariska Hargitay Biological Dad Is Nelson Sardelli Not Mickey Hargitay" (article) (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mariska-hargitay-biological-dad-mickey-hargitay-nelson-sardelli-1236220938/)
The Law & Order: SVU star also opens up about this revelation in her new documentary My Mom Jayne, which premiered Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival and debuts June 27 on HBO/HBO Max.

"Review: Mariska Hargitay Documentary On Her Star Mother" (article) (https://deadline.com/2025/05/my-mom-jayne-review-mariska-hargitay-jayne-mansfield-cannes-1236403053/)
'My Mom Jayne' Review: Mariska Hargitay’s Emotional Journey To Discover Her Movie Star Mother And The Stunning Family Secret She Kept Hidden For 30 Years – Cannes Film Festival

"Mariska Hargitay's Film About Mom Jayne Mansfield Premieres At Cannes" (article with a video) (https://deadline.com/2025/05/mariska-hargitay-my-mom-jayne-interview-1236404242/)
The late actress Jayne Mansfield became a regular at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1950s and ‘60s, sometimes photographed on the Croisette with her husband, Mickey Hargitay, and on at least one occasion accompanied by her pet pooch.

Decades after her death in a tragic car crash, Mansfield again enjoys a place of honor at the festival, thanks to her daughter, Mariska Hargitay. The star known for her role as Det. Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, makes her directorial debut with the documentary My Mom Jayne, which just premiered in the Cannes Classics section of the festival.

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Mariska Hargitay has dropped a bombshell family secret in her new film "My Mom Jayne" at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The "Law and Order" actress, who is the daughter of the late Hollywood sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, revealed a secret she has been sitting on for decades. In her directorial debut, she shared with audiences for the first time that her biological father was not in fact Mickey Hargitay, the Hungarian bodybuilding champion-turned-actor who wed her mother in 1956.