According to the televisionacademy.com feature, Mariska Hargitay has earned one Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, which she received in 2006 for her work on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The article notes that, in addition to that win, she has received seven further nominations as lead actress for the same series. It also reports that, at the time of the interview, Hargitay was nominated in two categories for the 78th Emmy Awards: documentary and directing for her project My Mom Jayne. An editor’s note in the piece states that she won both of those Emmys during Night One of the 78th Emmy Awards, which took place on September 5, 2026. The source further mentions that Hargitay won a 2019 News & Documentary Emmy as a producer of I Am Evidence, a documentary that was awarded Best Documentary in that category. In the interview, Hargitay shared a personal anecdote about her Emmy statues, saying, “I was trying to design a holster so I could always have my Emmy statues with me when I needed inspiration. But it was kind of a disaster — I kept banging them into doorways. Now I just keep them in my office. Much easier.” She also recalled the moment she won her 2006 Emmy, noting that her father was in the hospital at the time. She said, “The year I won, my father was in the hospital. I drove there straight from the ceremony and gave him the statue. It was my way of sharing the victory with him. The way that sphere is being held aloft by the statue, that’s the same way I felt supported by my dad all my life.” Regarding the impact of her work, Hargitay remarked, “There are so many ways our work gets validated: We get to entertain, make people laugh, make people cry. I’m in the very fortunate position where the stories we tell on SVU and that I told in I Am Evidence help people heal. Then to have that work celebrated, honored and acknowledged with an Emmy is a truly extraordinary, next‑level experience.” The article originally appeared in Emmy magazine, issue #11, 2026. All factual statements above are drawn directly from the provided source text.
