Actress Mariska Hargitay, who turns 57 this weekend, cheated death in a car accident when she was just three years old. The crash claimed the life of her movie star mum Jayne Mansfield and left Mariska with a scar on her head.
Mariska Hargitay was just three years old when she cheated death in a horror car crash which killed her movie star mother Jayne Mansfield and two others.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress, who turns 57 this weekend, has admitted the accident and loss of her mum is the "is the scar of my soul" and made her the person she is today.
