Mariska Hargitay opened up about the impact of losing her mother, Jayne Mansfield, at a young age.

Mariska Hargitay lost her mother when she was only 3-years-old. She recently opened up about the effects of that fatal car accident

Mariska Hargitay reflected on her mother Jayne Mansfield’s death while attending the Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s 18th Annual HOPE Luncheon Seminar. “I lost my mother when I was 3 years old, and I grew up in a house of people dealing with the tragedy in their own way,” Hargitay said on Tuesday, according to Us Weekly.