Overview

• My Mom Jayne premiered at the Cannes and Tribeca film festivals before beginning to stream on HBO Max on June 27, 2025.
• The documentary confirms that Nelson Sardelli, not Mickey Hargitay, is Mariska Hargitay’s biological father.
• Hargitay shared a poignant Instagram post of herself and her children visiting Jayne Mansfield’s grave on the anniversary of her death.
• In a moving birthday surprise, her husband Peter Hermann tracked down and gifted Mansfield’s childhood piano to Hargitay.
• Through family rituals and archival footage, the film reframes Mansfield’s image beyond a Hollywood bombshell and reflects Hargitay’s own rebellion against typecasting.