Now that the holidays are over, many are heading back to work, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay.
The 59-year-old actor was spotted filming new scenes for the show’s 25th season, which debuts on Thursday, January 18 at 9pm ET on NBC.
The outing comes just one day after the actress revealed she was raped by a friend when she was 30.
Hargitay stepped out in a black zip-up sweater under a thick black puffer coat for her day on set.
Her auburn locks fell past her shoulders as she led a troubled character away.
Now that the holidays are over, many are heading back to work, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay.
The 59-year-old actor was spotted filming new scenes for the show’s 25th season, which debuts on Thursday, January 18 at 9pm ET on NBC.
Her auburn locks fell past her shoulders as she led a troubled character away.
The actress completed her look with matching black pants and black boots for her day on set.
She was also seen out of costume, going over her script for the shoot day, mostly in earth tones.
She wore a white sweater with brown stripes under a dark brown jacket, with light brown pants and black combat boots.
Hargitay returns as her iconic character Olivia Benson in season 25 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the longest-running primetime drama series of all time.
Its 24 seasons have far surpassed Gunsmoke’s record of 20 seasons, although at 538 episodes it still ranks behind Lassie (591 episodes), Gunsmoke (635 episodes) and The Simpsons (750 episodes) for the longest-running primetime series ever.
Hargitay has been an advocate for abuse and rape survivors for years and founded the Joyful Heart Foundation in 2004, which provides support to abuse survivors.
The actress opened up about her own rape in a first-person essay on Wednesday Peoplewhich revealed that she was raped by a friend when she was thirty.
‘A man raped me when I was in my thirties. It wasn’t sexual at all. It was dominance and control. Overwhelming control. He was a friend. Then he wasn’t,” Hargitay began.
The actress completed her look with matching black pants and black boots for her day on set
The actress completed her look with matching black pants and black boots for her day on set.
‘I tried every way possible to get out. I tried to joke, to be charming, to set a boundary, to reason, to say no. He grabbed my arms and held me down. I was terrified. I didn’t want it to escalate into violence. “I now know it was already sexual violence, but I was afraid he would become physically violent,” she said.
‘I went into freeze mode, a common trauma response when there is no way to escape. I checked out my body,” she added.
‘I couldn’t process it. I couldn’t believe it was happening. That it could happen. So I cut it out. I removed it from my story,” the actress continued.
“I have so much empathy now for the part of me that made that choice, because that part got me through it. It never happened. Now I honor that part: I did what I had to do to survive,” she added.
