Overview
- My Mom Jayne, Hargitay’s nonfiction directorial debut for HBO Documentary Films, revealed family secrets about her parentage and has earned three Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program, a development reported Tuesday.
- The film documents Hargitay learning that Nelson Sardelli is her biological father rather than the man who raised her, and that revelation has been central to interviews and the movie’s emotional arc.
- NBC confirmed Hargitay will host the Primetime Emmy telecast on Sept. 12 and she is actively developing material with a team that includes writers associated with Colbert while considering an SVU-flavored comedy bit.
- This year’s creative momentum follows Hargitay’s Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing and her completion of Law & Order: SVU’s 27th season as she prepares to return for Season 28.
- Documentary and nonfiction winners will be announced at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier in September so Hargitay will not present those categories on the live Primetime broadcast and the project’s critical reception has helped reposition her public role from long‑running TV star to storyteller, director and awards‑stage figure.