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Mariska Hargitay Debuts on Broadway, Discloses Actor Father

6/17/2026

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Mariska Hargitay announced her Broadway debut in the six-week run of Every Brilliant Thing during the Actors on Actors interview on June 15.
She said the documentary My Mom Jayne reveals her biological father is Italian actor Nelson Sardelli, a secret kept for 30 years.
They grew up as next-door neighbors on Sunset Boulevard before Amy Landecker reintroduced them while Hargitay filmed My Mom Jayne.

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Mariska Hargitay announced her Broadway debut in the six-week run of Every Brilliant Thing during the Actors on Actors interview on June 15.
She said the documentary My Mom Jayne reveals her biological father is Italian actor Nelson Sardelli, a secret kept for 30 years.
They grew up as next-door neighbors on Sunset Boulevard before Amy Landecker reintroduced them while Hargitay filmed My Mom Jayne.