Mariska Hargitay’s Adopted Daughter, Amaya Josephine Hermann – School Student
Mariska Hargitay has been gracing our TV screens for many decades now; with ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit being her biggest shows. In her off-screen life, she was happily married with a son, but wanted to expand her family.
She did this by adopting daughter Amaya and just 6 months later, she adopted son Andrew. Because Mariska was raised by her dad’s third wife after her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield’s tragic death, she understood that being a mom doesn’t mean having a biological connection to their kids.