Mariska Hargitay 📸 by Caroline Tompkins and interviewed by Selena Gomez for Interview Magazine, plus behind the scenes photos: “I’m in this very unique place of being a total badass, I know my worth, I know my power”

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/television/whats-the-crime-rate-mariska-hargitay-by-selena-gomez

Excerpt:

There are few certainties in life, but Olivia Benson busting sex crimes on Law & Order: SVU is one of them. For 25 record-breaking years, Mariska Hargitay has portrayed the people’s detective with a mix of toughness and compassion that has made the character so beloved that Taylor Swift named her cat after her. In real life, Hargitay has been so galvanized by the stories of sexual assault and domestic violence confronted on the show that she launched a foundation to help put a stop to it. That, as she tells big-time SVU fan Selena Gomez, is the real work.