She plays Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which is the longest running US live action series on television.
And revealed that people used to call her the ‘accidental activist’ after she founded her foundation to help victims of domestic violence five years after landing the role as Olivia, she said in her cover story for .
The 56-year-old actress said: ‘I didn’t take this job on SVU to do this work. But I think I was meant to do this.”
Incredible: Mariska Hargitay revealed that people used to call her the ‘accidental activist’ after she founded her foundation to help victims of domestic violence five years after landing the role as Olivia, she said in her cover story for People magazine
The star said she realized how powerful it was to listen, something her character did on the show, and how it made a difference to real life survivors.
Five years later, the actress learned of the staggering number of untested rape kits in the US and made her nonprofit’s End The Backlog initiative a top priority,
She said of the amount of untested rape kits: ‘I couldn’t believe that this could happen.
This is a crystal clear microcosm of what is wrong with our society.’
Strength: The 56-year-old actress said: ‘I didn’t take this job on SVU to do this work. But I think I was meant to do this;’ seen with Peter Scanavino and Kelli Giddish
The TV star, who is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay, teamed up with rape activist and Michigan prosecutor Kym Worthy to tackle the project.
Mariska said: ‘I met Kym and said, “Listen to me, I’m your soldier. You tell me what you need. How can we do this?” And we just joined forces.
Since taking on the task, Mariska’s organization has identified more than 225,000 untested rape kits at police offices, crime labs or storage facilities in the US.
They also established legislation in 41 states supporting rape kit reform and she has testified in front of Congress twice about the backlog, the star told the outlet.
She said: ‘Eradicating the rape kit backlog is no longer if, it’s when now. I know that.’
In addition, Congress approved $131 million for Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
Her 2018 Emmy winning documentary on HBO I Am Evidence featured four women across the US getting their kits tested after being ignored for years.
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