The “Law & Order: SVU” star’s mother, Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield, died in 1967 at the age of 34. Mariska Hargitay has revealed that her next project will be a “labor of love and longing” that honors her mother, Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield, who died in 1967.

"This movie is a labor of love and longing. It's a search for the mother I never knew, an integration of a part of myself I'd never owned, and a reclaiming of my mother's story and my own truth," Hargitay said of the project and opportunity,

Mariska Hargitay will direct the story of her late mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, in the HBO Original documentary My Mom Jayne. This is the Law & Order: SVU star’s feature film directorial debut, and also the first time she’s discussed her mother’s legacy.