United Kingdom, May 26 -- Mariska Hargitay "changed" her "nervous system" by re-examining the death of her mother Jayne Mansfield.

The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit star, 62, looked back on the loss of the actress in her 2025 documentary, My Mom, Jayne in which Mariska also reflected on her own trauma stemming from the car crash which killed her mother in 1967 as well as solving the mystery of her real father. Mariska - who was in the car with her mom when she died - has now insisted she's a changed woman after completing the project.

She told PEOPLE: "After all the longing that I had or all the sadness or regret, I feel like my mom is with me now. I was trapped in a car, and I had a lot of PTSD and a nervous system that was prett...