Mariska Hargitay: Adopting My Kids Was 'Nothing Short Of A Miracle'
April 18 2012, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Sure, Mariska Hargitay's famous for her signature role of no-nonsense Detective Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: SVU, but get her talking about her kids, and she melts into a real softie.
Hargitay, appearing on Wednesday's edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, opens up about the heartwarming story of how she and hubby Peter Hermann adopted their babies Amaya and Andrew, and Breaking Celebrity News has your sneak peek.
"We got a call out of nowhere from our lawyer who said, 'We have this amazing little boy and this amazing opportunity,'" said Mariska, the daughter of legendary actress Jayne Mansfield.
"It was just one of those things that we were not expecting at all, and my husband and I looked at each other and have never been more sure about anything and knew it was just right."
Ellen asked her, "So between the call that y