Mariska Hargitay was spotted on a rare joint outing with her son August as they made their way to the New York Knicks' season opener in Manhattan on Tuesday.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit icon, who stands at 5'7", beamed as she strolled beside August, 20, who towered over her.
She demonstrated her dedication to the home team by throwing a Knicks bomber jacket casually over her shoulders for her night at Madison Square Garden.
Layering a black leather wrap on top of a turtleneck, she slipped into a high-waisted set of dark jeans that highlighted her trim physique.
August, bundled up in a cardigan with an intricate baroque print, appeared as delighted as his mother to be in attendance at the game, grinning broadly.
Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann biologically conceived August and then adopted their younger children Amaya and Andrew, who are both 15 but not twins.
Mariska Hargitay was spotted on a rare joint outing with her son August as they made their way to the New York Knicks' season opener in Manhattan on Tuesday
Mariska Hargitay was spotted on a rare joint outing with her son August as they made their way to the New York Knicks' season opener in Manhattan on Tuesday
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit icon, who stands at 5'7", beamed as she strolled beside August, 20, who towered over her
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit icon, who stands at 5'7", beamed as she strolled beside August, 20, who towered over her
Hargitay and August had courtside seats Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, nestled among such celebrities as Tracy Morgan and Ben Stiller.
They sat rapt as the action unfolded in front of them, culminating in the Knicks suffering a 106-100 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Hargitay for comment.
Hargitay's latest sighting with August comes one month after the 62-year-old was savaged online for her 'cringe' and 'unfunny' hosting of this year's Emmy Awards.
She kicked off the proceedings with an I Love Rock 'n' Roll parody called I Love TV Screens that came in for particular scorn, with one X user writing: 'Whoever let Mariska Hargitay do that #EMMYs opening number should be sent to jail.'
'She seems like a very nice person but please never let Mariska Hargitay host again,' tweeted one as another sneered: 'To #MariskaHargitay, Don't quit your day job.'
Hargitay shared her candid reflections on motherhood in showbiz when August was eight months old, saying: 'I think the most important thing is to understand that everyone is the same. Everyone deserves to be treated respectfully,' via People.
'Sometimes celebrities are treated as though they’re special, but I think it’s important for kids to understand that it’s temporary, that you should never, ever, ever, ever take it for granted, and that you should give back as much as you get.'
Hargitay's own mother Jayne Mansfield was a reigning sex symbol of the 1950s, a screen siren and Playboy Playmate who with Promises! Promises! became the first star actress to feature naked in an American movie since the advent of talkies.
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She demonstrated her dedication to the home team by throwing a Knicks bomber jacket casually over her shoulders for her night at Madison Square Garden
She demonstrated her dedication to the home team by throwing a Knicks bomber jacket casually over her shoulders for her night at Madison Square Garden
Hargitay and August had courtside seats Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, sitting among such celebrities as Tracy Morgan and Ben Stiller
Hargitay and August had courtside seats Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, sitting among such celebrities as Tracy Morgan and Ben Stiller
They sat rapt as the action unfolded in front of them, culminating in the Knicks suffering a squeaker of a defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers
They sat rapt as the action unfolded in front of them, culminating in the Knicks suffering a squeaker of a defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers
Hargitay's latest sighting with August comes one month after the 62-year-old was savaged online for her 'cringe' and 'unfunny' hosting of this year's Emmy Awards
Hargitay's latest sighting with August comes one month after the 62-year-old was savaged online for her 'cringe' and 'unfunny' hosting of this year's Emmy Awards
Her career ran alongside a tempestuous personal life that included a roaring drinking problem, three divorces and affairs with men as prominent as John F Kennedy.
She was tragically killed at the age of 34 in a grisly car accident while three of her children, including three-year-old Mariska, were in the backseat.
Mansfield gave birth to her daughter while married to her second husband Mickey Hargitay, who raised the little girl after her mother was killed.
However, in the documentary My Mom Jayne, Hargitay announced that her biological father was in fact Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli, who is still alive at 92.
Mariska Hargitay has been married to her children's father since 2004, having met him two years earlier on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
While she leads the show as NYPD detective Olivia Benson - a character so widely beloved she became the namesake of one of Taylor Swift's cats - Hermann guest-starred on the show in 2002 as high-powered defense lawyer Trevor Langan.
Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann biologically conceived August and adopted their younger children Amaya and Andrew, both 15; the family are pictured in 2023
Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann biologically conceived August and adopted their younger children Amaya and Andrew, both 15; the family are pictured in 2023
Hargitay's mother Jayne Mansfield was one of the reigning sex symbols of the 1950s, a screen siren and Playboy Playmate who starred in films like Promises! Promises!
Hargitay's mother Jayne Mansfield was one of the reigning sex symbols of the 1950s, a screen siren and Playboy Playmate who starred in films like Promises! Promises!
Hargitay was swept off her feet at the sight of him, thinking: 'Who's that Clark Gable, Superman guy that I need to marry today?' she said on The Drew Barrymore Show.
Thanks to the intensity of her attraction, she got so 'nervous' that she tried to strike up an on-set conversation about his German background by saying: 'So, you're a Kraut,' to which she got a stone-faced: 'That's funny.'
Nevertheless, he asked her out and took her to church on their first date, during which she became so emotional that she burst into tears.
'Peter thought I was crying because I was so moved by the service. No, it was because I was just overwhelmed, realizing he was the one,' she told People.