Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay has been a part of the show ever since its inception . But because she’d had such a long career, there have been a few times where Hargitay came close to leaving the show. And perhaps she came closest after becoming a mother.
Mariska Hargitay didn’t want to leave her son’s side for ‘Law & Order SVU’ Hargitay’s almost perfect attendance record on SVU was disrupted after the actor went on maternity leave. The actor was expecting her and husband Peter Hermann ’s first child, August, in 2006. Before his birth, Hargitay was deep in her work as detective Olivia Benson.
To accommodate Hargitay’s pregnancy, she was written out of the show for a few episodes. According to a post she wrote online, however, Hargitay might’ve been willing to work some days while pregnant if the showrunners allowed it. “Not sure if you’ve heard, but the producers have decided not to make Olivia pregnant, so I won’t be in a few episodes.
But don’t worry, the writers are working on some really great story lines, and there will be a special guest star filling in for me,” she once said according to Live Journal . Hargitay was itching to return to work during her pregnancy. But after she had August , Hargitay found herself thinking about leaving the show for the first time for her son’s sake.
It was a thought that didn’t last long. “After having the baby I was off for six months, and in eight years I’ve never been off for so long,” Har.