Mariska Hargitay Launches Mighty Entertainment Production Company

Mariska Hargitay, greatest recognized for her main function on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” is launching Mighty Leisure, a manufacturing firm with each scripted and unscripted divisions. Her function movie directorial debut, “My Mom Jayne,” is the primary venture of the corporate.

“My Mom Jayne” premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition and also will be debuting subsequent month on the Tribeca Movie Competition. It’ll debut on HBO June 27.

Transferring ahead, Hargitay, who additionally serves as an government producer on “SVU,” will use Mighty Leisure to “tell stories that connect us to our courage, curiosity and compassion.”

The Mighty staff contains Lauran Bromley as vice chairman, Trish Adlesic as head of documentary, Melissa Robyn Glassman as head of scripted, Sophia Erensel as director of operations, and Peter Hermann will function artistic director. Hargitay, Bromley and Adlesic first labored collectively in 2017 on the Emmy-winning HBO doc “I Am Evidence.”

“At Mighty Entertainment, we aim to tell stories that connect us to our courage, curiosity, and compassion,” Hargitay stated in a press release on Wednesday. “We will challenge perspectives and shed light, all in the service of exploring our shared humanity. Launching this production company feels like a natural extension of my long and deeply rewarding creative journey, which has taught me that storytelling is both a mandate and an invitation. It has been a privilege to amplify underrepresented voices, and that personal mission will extend to this company. My experience making ‘My Mom Jayne,’ my feature directorial debut, has underlined for me how the universal can grow out of the personal, and the gifts that come from re-examining accepted narratives. I’m thrilled to build this company with a powerful team dedicated to telling urgent, compelling, important stories.”

Hargitay based the Joyful Coronary heart basis and for the final 20 years, has labored to alter the dialog round sexual assault, home violence, little one abuse and to help survivors.

The title of the corporate, Mighty Leisure, and the brand with the lady on a motorbike, are private for Hargitay. When looking out by way of the archives for “My Mom Jayne,” she discovered a photograph of herself on a bicycle at age 3. “I’m leaning forward, so determined and so clear, ‘I’ve got this. I’m handling it. I’m navigating it. I’m good.’ I saw this picture and it’s already me. It’s 3-year-old Olivia Benson,” she tells Selection. “She’s not fucking around.”

And as for the title, nicely, it was truly given to her many years in the past: “I was dating somebody in my 20s, and he was friends with Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson said, ‘How’s Mighty?’ It was my favorite nickname, because I was like, ‘That’s right, Jack,’ and I met him maybe twice. I’ll take it, I’ll own it, and I’ll run with that.”

Beginning a manufacturing firm now “feels like such a natural progression,” Hargitay says, after years of getting the privilege of telling tales about sexual assault and home violence on “SVU.” She’ll work on each scripted and unscripted movies and TV sequence — a number of of that are already in improvement.

“There are so many stories to tell — so many stories that are so basic to our humanity, like ‘My Mom Jayne.’ I want to tell stories that make the world feel a little safer, cozier and give hope, while at the same time elevating different voices that have been marginalized or people who aren’t ready to come forward,” she says. “There’s a safety in getting immersed in somebody else’s story.”

She continues, “It’s a really beautiful way to balance what I do with ‘SVU,’ and scratch that itch of doing something completely different, and now I feel like I have the capacity and it won’t take anything away.”

Adlesic provides that Hargitay is “not only one of television’s most iconic actresses but also a powerful storyteller and driver for social change whose creative vision has guided her for decades.” She continues, “Documentaries are powerful catalysts for change and we are eager to further our work together. Our goal is to champion stories that celebrate authenticity and vulnerability as strengths—echoing the visionary, heartfelt approach Mariska brings to all her work.”

Glassman notes, “We aim to amplify voices that mine the power of story to explore essential perspectives and spark meaningful conversations. Mariska’s passion for advocacy has always been inspiring, and it’s extraordinary to see her channel that same energy into bold, creative projects with the power to have real impact.”