Marrying a fellow actor also looks like it’s genetic.

All three children survived, including Hargitay, but she retains no memory of the crash.

In a 2009 interview withRedbook, Hargitay took an enlightened viewpoint on the accident thatleft her with depression.

mariska hargitay smiling scar

“I feel like it ultimately made me into the person I am today,” she said.

“I understand the journey of life.

I had to go through what I did to be here.”

mariska hargitay smiling scar