Mariska Hargitay’s trip to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival is all about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield.
Hargitay, 61, stepped out in a black shirt that read “GUCCI JAYNE MANSFIELD” in photos shared via Instagram on Tuesday, May 20. The actress paired the T-shirt with a black printed skirt and matching heels. Hargitay was all smiles as she posed for photos in the look while holding hands with husband Peter Hermann.
“Greetings from the croisette!” Hargitay captioned her Instagram post on Tuesday. “@mymomjayne 🎬📽️ I ♥️France! Merci @gucci pour ce t-shirt magnifique!”
Her Gucci shirt came from the luxury brand’s FW22 collection.
Hargitay has been sharing her adventures at Cannes via social media as she attended the film festival alongside her family. The Law & Order: SVU star and Hermann, 57, share three kids: August, 18, Amaya, 14, and Andrew, 12.
The entire family stepped out for the premiere of Hargitay’s directorial debut, My Mom Jayne, on Saturday, May 17. The documentary is Hargitay’s love letter to her late mother, looking back on the legendary actress’ life and legacy.
Mansfield died in a car accident at age 34 in 1967. Hargitay, who was 3 years old at the time, was in the car along with two of her siblings.
Along with reflecting on her mom’s life, Hargitay also made a major reveal about her family in the documentary. The actress shared that her dad, Mickey Hargitay, is not actually her biological father. (Mickey died in 2006 at age 80.)
Hargitay spoke about “living a lie my entire life,” in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Saturday, confirming that her biological father is Italian singer and comedian Nelson Sardelli.
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“It was like the floor fell out from underneath me,” Hargitay recalled in My Mom Jayne, recalling the first time she saw a photo of Sardelli. “Like my infrastructure dissolved.”
Eventually, they met in Atlantic City.
“I went full Olivia Benson on him,” she said, referring to her SVU character. “I was like, ‘I don’t want anything, I don’t need anything from you.… I have a dad.’ There was something about loyalty. I wanted to be loyal to Mickey.”
Hargitay has ultimately come to a revelation about her parentage.
“I grew up where I was supposed to, and I do know that everyone made the best choice for me,” she shared. “I’m Mickey Hargitay’s daughter — that is not a lie. This documentary is kind of a love letter to him, because there’s no one that I was closer to on this planet.”
