April 2011. Mariska Hargitay holds a newborn named Amaya Josephine and says she is “deliriously happy”. Months later, in October, she adopts Andrew as well. She already had August, her biological son. Three children, a family built purely through a decision rooted in love.
In 2012, she would reveal something few people know. She was in the delivery room when Amaya was born. “I practically pulled Amaya out of the womb. Peter and I held her, and then the birth mother and I hugged for quite a while”, she told Good Housekeeping. She didn’t wait for her in a hallway; she welcomed her with her own hands.
Fifteen years later, on September 14, 2026, Mariska (62) hosted the Emmys and won an award for the documentary about her own mother, Jayne Mansfield. On the red carpet, she walked alongside Amaya, now 15, both wearing red sequin dresses inspired by a Jayne look. Three generations of women united in a single night 🎬❤️
