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

Mariska Hargitay candidly dished on her mental health and difficult past when she had the honor of speaking at the Hope for Depression Research Foundation's luncheon on Tuesday, November 12. The actress revealed she still deals with "complex trauma" that stems from losing her mother,

Mariska Hargitay has opened up over losing her mother, Jayne Mansfield. The Law & Order: SVU star, whose mother died in a car accident when she was three, spoke this week about how the traumatic experience had affected her emotional development as she grew up.

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.

Mariska Hargitay spoke briefly about losing her mother, bombshell movie star Jayne Mansfield, while detailing “various traumas” she’s experienced over the years — and how she’s overcome them. “I lost my mother when I was 3 years old,