The Net and nothing but the Net

Mariska Hargitay has bathed in critical and financial success as one half of the Law & Order: SVU crime-fighting team of Benson and Stabler – but dark clouds are brewing.

Hargitay has overcome serious challenges in her private life and acting career, but she’s about to face something that threatens to tear both of them apart.

For 11 seasons she has played the supportive Det Olivia Benson to Chris Meloni’s no-nonsense Det Elliot Stabler.

The long days – up to 15 hours – on set have helped Hargitay and Meloni form a bond that goes far beyond their screen characters.

Both are married with children. Hargitay’s son, August, to husband Peter Hermann turns four in June. Meloni and his wife, Doris Sherman Williams, have two children: Sophia, who turns 9 this month, and Dante, 6.

Hargitay and Meloni have even bought a holiday beach property together for shared family vacations.

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