Mariska Hargitay met actor Peter Hermann while he guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, they began dating shortly after and their first date was a church service. They married on August 28, 2004 in Santa Barbara, California. The couple have three children: biological son August (born 2006) and two children adopted in 2011, Amaya and Andrew. They remain married.
- How they met
- They met on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit when Hermann guest-starred; months after meeting he asked her to attend church and that was their first date.
- Children
- Three: son August Miklos Friedrich Hermann (born June 28, 2006), adopted daughter Amaya Josephine (adopted April 2011), and adopted son Andrew Nicolas (adopted October 2011).