Mariska Hargitay spoke about the impact of her mother's tragic death on her life. She was just three years old when Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident, leaving Hargitay to grow up with catastrophic thinking. This led her to believe that anything worse could happen at any time. However, Hargitay learned to lean into loss rather than avoid it and has filled her life with optimism. Mansfield was known as a glamorous "sex symbol," but Hargitay revealed that she was also a talented violinist and had an IQ of 160. She loved dogs and was ahead of her time in everything. Hargitay sees her mother in herself every time she looks in the mirror and believes that she is always with her.
