Mariska Hargitay opened up about spending Father's Day with her biological dad, Nelson Sardelli, during a Q&A at HamptonsFilm ...

Jayne Mansfield, with her current flame, Brazilian-born Italian singer and actor Nelson Sardelli, Chicago, May 6, 1963© Everett Collection Jayne Mansfield and lover Nelson Sardelli, 1963 ...

Mariska Hargitay recently spent Father’s Day with her biological father, Nelson Sardelli — and they shared a powerful exchange. On Thursday, July 17, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star ...

Jayne Mansfield is buried in a cemetery off Route 512 in Plainfield Township, near Pen Argyl, having spent time in the Slate ...

SVU actor was 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay's new ...

The other surprise is that her biological father isn’t Hargitay at all but a man named Nelson Sardelli. An Italian singer, Sardelli had engaged in a short-term affair with Mansfield during a ...

The 'Law & Order: SVU' star talks about her movie star mother Jayne Mansfield in "My Mom Jayne" and her once-secret biological father Nelson Sardelli.

Jayne Mansfield, right, with Brazilian-born Italian singer and actor Nelson Sardelli, Los Angeles, April 1963 Everett Collection / Everett Collection Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay and their kids ...

Hargitay revealed that Sardelli was her biological father in My Mom Jayne, a documentary about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield. The actress revealed in the doc — her directorial debut — that ...

My Mom Jayne explores the complicated life and loves of iconic actress Jayne Mansfield, Hargitay’s mother. The doc dives deep to create a comprehensive narrative about the actress, whose ...

My Mom Jayne explores the complicated life and loves of iconic actress Jayne Mansfield, Hargitay’s mother. The doc dives deep to create a comprehensive narrative about the actress, whose ...

At the time, Mansfield had five children with three husbands and Sardelli. In the end, Hargitay said the journey to make the film, though brutal at times, eventually took her to places of great joy.