Overview
- On Saturday night Hargitay took home Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for My Mom Jayne at the Creative Arts Emmys.
- The two awards raise her career Emmy total to three, adding to the 2006 Lead Actress prize she won for Law & Order: SVU.
- My Mom Jayne, released on HBO and begun during the 2020 pandemic, uses family archives and interviews to revisit Jayne Mansfield’s life and to probe a long‑standing question about Hargitay’s biological father.
- Accepting the Documentary/Nonfiction Special trophy she invoked Gloria Steinem’s exhortation to 'please tell your own story,' framing the film as part of a wider move by women to claim their narratives.
- The wins add momentum to a banner year for Hargitay that includes a Broadway run, the ongoing SVU season, and work with The Late Show writers, and they position her to use the Sept. 14 telecast as a platform for nonfiction storytelling by women.