But what Hargitay didn’t expect was her own approach to Olivia Benson to change. Instead of thinking like a detective when doing the part, she thought like a detective with a child waiting for ...

Mariska Hargitay says she feels like she was meant to help the lost child who seemingly mistook the actress for a real police ...

The actress was seemingly mistaken for a real officer by a lost child while dressed in her 'Law & Order: SVU' uniform.

Mariska Hargitay has been playing the role of Olivia Benson on Law and Order ... but Hargitay assisted in helping find the child’s mother. Prosecutor Kym Worthy discovered more than 11,000 ...

Olivia "Liv" Benson is a fictional character ... In the season two episode "Taken", Benson's mother dies falling down a flight of subway stairs outside the entrance to a bar.

Law & Order's Tony Goldwyn guest stars — and Baxter shares with Benson what those on the eighth floor think of her.