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13. Jamie Lee Curtis and Mariska Hargitay
0.0Jun 15, 2026
Jamie Lee Curtis and Mariska Hargitay grew up next door to each other but didn’t become friends until a chance encounter much later in life. Here they recall their shared experience of being raised in Hollywood, why Curtis brought “the girls” out of retirement for ‘Scarpetta’ and Hargitay’s incomparable run as Olivia Benson in ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.’