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Mariska Hargitay Turned 60 With a Lavish Cake & Car Filled With "Magic Balloons"
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star shared snapshots to Instagram from her big day.
January 23 marked Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay's 60th birthday, and she embraced the milestone with pure joy.
She took to her official Instagram page to share pics from the big day. In one photo, she's blowing out candles on a lavishly-decorated cake with frosting roses.
"Thank you for making my birthday wishes come true!✨✨✨✨ #FeelngTheLove and is that the prettiest cake or what?💕💕💕#BestDayEver I’m still recovering from all the love bombing💕💕💕💕💕" she captioned the post, showing gratitude towards her friends and family.
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Then, we catch a glimpse of her grinning from ear to ear while immersed in a pile of balloons.
"Day was filled with crazy love. Thank you friends♥️✨💕💝🎈 #ThingsAreLookingUp #BirthdayGirl #HappyGirl #Ready" she wrote on the post.
"🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 thank you for the magic balloons @ashleybrittmcdermott best car ride home Ever @isabelgillies," she captioned another post of her smiling while peaking out from an array of pink balloons.
Happy birthday, Mariska!
See the fun pictures down later in this post!
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A day earlier, her on-screen son, Ryan Buggle, who plays Noah Benson on SVU, gave her the best birthday shoutout.
"Happy Birthday M!! I love you more than words. You're a masterclass for life, and I think this day should be a national holiday! When people ask me what it's like working with you I pretty much just say that I pinch myself because they should take how great they already think you are and multiply by infinity!" he captioned a post filled with throwback pics of the two on set.
Mariska Hargitay reflects on turning 60
In a recent interview with People, the actress opened up about what achieving the major 60th birthday milestone means to her.
“I’m so excited. I announce it constantly. I’m proud of it. I’m stronger than I’ve ever been,” she told the outlet. The age thing was never something I was scared of. I didn’t get cast until I was 35, and then the show kept going as I aged. At 45, we’d been on for 10 years, and I just met my husband. The man of my dreams. I got married at 40. I had August at 42. So it was like defying all the odds."
She continued, "I won an Emmy and all these major things kept happening. I didn’t take anything for granted. My beautiful children. And then in my 50s, my foundation is on fire, and I’m on a show that matters, and I’m counting my lucky stars. How did I get here? And why does nobody care how old I am?”
