Mariska Hargitay Reveals Mickey Hargitay Died Denying He Wasn’t Her Biological Father

Mickey Hargitay may not have been Mariska Hargitay‘s biological father, but he was proud to be her dad until the very end.

In Mariska’s new documentary My Mom Jayne, the actress revealed that her actual father is singer Nelson Sardelli, despite being raised to believe she was Mickey’s daughter. The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star opened up about the revelation on the Wednesday, June 25, episode of Alex Cooper‘s Call Her Daddy podcast, sharing that Mickey continued to deny the truth of her parentage until his death at age 80 in 2006.