Mariska Hargitay Stuns Fans by Bringing All Her Children to the Red Carpet for the First Time Ever—Is This a Heartwarming Family Moment or a Strategic Move to Change Her Public Image? What Secrets Are Hidden Behind This Rare Appearance at the “My Mom, Jayne” Premiere?

The ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ star is a mom to three children: August, Amaya and Andrew

August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, Mariska Hargitay, Amaya Josephine and Andrew Nicolas

Mariska Hargitay and kids.Credit : Lisa O’Connor/Shutterstock

Mariska Hargitay and her three children graced the red carpet together.

On Monday, June 23, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star, 61, was joined by her three children at the premiere for a special film screening of her documentary My Mom, Jayne in Los Angeles.

The mom of three, who shares her children with husband Peter Hermann, adorned a sleek black, long-sleeve dress. Her eldest son, August, 18, wore jeans and a striped shirt, while her youngest son, Andrew, 13, was dressed in an all-black outfit and pink sneakers. Her daughter, Amaya, 14, wore a baby pink floor-length dress with ruffles.

August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, Mariska Hargitay, Amaya Josephine and Andrew Nicolas

August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, Mariska Hargitay, Amaya Josephine and Andrew Nicolas.Lisa O’Connor/Shutterstock

In January 2024, she told PEOPLE that she is “so grateful that I’m an older mom.”

“I don’t know if I could have handled it when I was younger,” she admitted. “When I was younger, I wasn’t as present, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to accept and appreciate.”

When it comes to motherhood, Hargitay said she leans on her kids and Hermann to help her figure it out along the way.

“The thing that’s made me a better parent is my kids, because they taught me to really listen,” she explained. “My husband is my North Star, and my kids are my teachers.”

The two actors met on the set of Hargitay’s show Law & Order SVU and married in 2004. Hargitay gave birth to her first child, August, at age 42, in 2006. She and Hermann then adopted Amaya and Andrew within six months of each other.

Mariska Hargitay and Amaya Josephine

Mariska Hargitay and Amaya Josephine.Lisa O’Connor/Shutterstock

While raising three children has often been a handful, Hargitay has said she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Our family is so perfect, or at least perfect for me,” she told PEOPLE in March 2018. “Together we’re just this whole, happy, joyful, chaotic, crazy unit. I’ve never known anything that was more right.”