Mariska Hargitay and son August.Photo:Mariska Hargitay/Instagram

Mariska Hargitay Shares a Selfie with Son August, 17, from African Safari

Mariska Hargitay/Instagram

Mariska Hargitayenjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime trip with her family.

Sharing a selfie with August, 17, Hargitay and her son are in a safari vehicle, with the teen leaning forward from the back seat and smiling.

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Peter Hermann and Mariska Hargitay pose with their children, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann and Amaya Josephine Hermann at the 2023 Stuttering Association For The Young (SAY) Benefit Gala.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Peter Hermann and Mariska Hargitay pose with their children, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann and Amaya Josephine Hermann at the 2023 Stuttering Association For The Young (SAY) Benefit Gala

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Hargitay is also mom to daughterAmaya Josephine, 12, and son Andrew, 11, with her husbandPeter Hermann. The couplemarried in 2004aftermeeting on the set ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.

In October, Hargitay and her daughter attended the premiere ofTaylor Swift’The Eras Tourconcert film at Los Angeles’ The Grove.

As they posed together on the red carpet, the mother-daughter duo smiled as they held onto each other’s hands. Hargitay sported an orange trench coat with feather fringing that she teamed with fitted blue jeans. Meanwhile, Amaya wore a chic blue tulle dress with a black leather jacket.

Mariska Hargitay and daughter Amaya.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

Mariska Hargitay (L) and daughter Amaya Hermann arrive for the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert movie world premiere at AMC The Grove

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Hargitay gave birth to August in 2006. She and her husband thenadopted Amaya in April 2006and then Andrewsix months later.

“Our family is so perfect, or at least perfect for me,” Hargitay told PEOPLE in 2018. “Together we’re just thiswhole, happy, joyful, chaotic, crazy unit. I’ve never known anything that was more right.”

Speaking about how she’s become a better parent, she added, “The thing that’s made me a better parent is my kids because they taught me to really listen.”

Hargitay then described Hermann as her “North Star,” and their children as her “teachers.”

source: people.com