Mariska Hargitay reflects on finding out about her father Nelson Sardelli, her family journey and the emotional documentary ...

Special Victims Unit’ star confirmed that Nelson is her real father upon the release of her 2025 documentary, ‘My Mom Jayne.’ ...

SVU' star talks about her movie star mother Jayne Mansfield in "My Mom Jayne" and her once-secret biological father Nelson ...

It’s natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star ...

Mariska Hargitay disclosed the truth about her biological father, Nelson Sardelli, for the first time in her documentary, My ...

Who Is Nelson Sardelli? Sardelli is a 90-year-old Brazilian-born singer of Italian descent. He dated Mansfield in 1963, resulting in her becoming pregnant with Mariska.

Nelson shares his daughters — Mariska’s half-sisters — with his late wife, Fledia Fay Sardelli, who died in 2012. He eventually remarried his new wife, Lorraine Sardelli.

Hargitay joined Alex Cooper on the latest episode of 'Call Her Daddy', where she discussed what it was like to discover the ...

Mariska Hargitay finds peace revealing family secrets in new documentary The 'Law & Order: SVU' star writes love letter to father Mickey Hargitay and reveals biological father Nelson Sardelli.

Sardelli’s daughters, Mariska’s sisters, watched My Mom Jayne with her and “just wept,” the actress continued. “These two women that I love so much — I made them secrets!