Overview

• My Mom Jayne premiered on June 27 on HBO Max, combining archival footage, candid interviews and personal reflections.
• The film reveals that Brazilian-Italian singer Nelson Sardelli, not bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, is Mariska’s biological father.
• Hargitay describes her long tenure on Law & Order: SVU as an “unconscious rebellion” against the limited roles her mother was boxed into.
• This week she and her children visited Mansfield’s grave to mark the anniversary of her 1967 death and she celebrated her 60th birthday by unveiling a restored family piano.
• Hargitay positions the documentary as a family story that transcends Hollywood myths to explore themes of empowerment, identity and healing.