Mariska Hargitay's Kids: All About Family With Husband Peter Hermann - Yahoo News
"Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay and husband Peter Hermann are parents to three kids: August, 16, Amaya, 11, and Andrew, 10. In 2006, Hargitay, 58, and Hermann, 55, welcomed August, and adopted Amaya and Andrew months apart in 2011. "The thing that's made me a better parent is my kids," Hargitay told People in March 2018. "Because they taught me to really listen. My husband is my North Star, and my kids are my teachers." "Our family is so perfect, or at least perfect for me," Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU," said. "Together we're just this whole, happy, joyful, chaotic, crazy unit. I've never known anything that was more right." Speaking to Glamour in 2021, Hargitay said that she is different than her "SVU" character, and that comes through especially at home: "I like to laugh. like to make my kids laugh. And comedy has a real currency in our household....