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Mariska Hargitay pauses ‘Law & Order: SVU’ shoot to help lost child

Mariska Hargitay has played a police officer on television for the past 25 years, but recently she found herself playing one in real life too when a lost child approached her thinking she was a real officer.

The actress and mother of three paused filming for roughly 20 minutes while she helped the child locate their mother.

A witness told People that a young girl had become separated from her mother at the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park on April 10.

The girl, appearing oblivious to Hargitay’s scene partner, Ice-T and the film crew, approached Hargitay and asked for help.

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 10: Mariska Hargitay is seen taking a break from filming ‘Law and Order: SVU’ help a child at the Fort Tryon Playground on April 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Hargitay then paused production for 20 minutes while she helped the little girl look for her mother.

Thankfully, the two were able to reunite in less than a half hour.

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 10: Mariska Hargitay is seen taking a break from filming ‘Law and Order: SVU’ help a child at the Fort Tryon Playground on April 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU since the series premiere in 1999. The show is currently in its 25th season.

It looks like all those years of playing a police officer on TV paid off! Thanks to Mariska for helping the young girl find her mother.