United Kingdom, Sept. 6 -- Mariska Hargitay paid tribute to the late Gloria Steinem as she picked up two Primetime Emmy Awards on Saturday (05.09.26) night.

The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit actress was "utterly overwhelmed" to accept the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program prizes for My Mom Jayne, her HBO film about her late mother Jayne Mansfield, and she gave a nod to the feminist icon, who died earlier this week at the age of 92.

Speaking on stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles during night one of the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - which were previously known as the Creative Arts Emmys - Mariska said as she accepted her first trophy: "My hero ...