Meet Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann's 3 Kids: August, Amaya, and Andrew

Hargitay and Hermann formally adopted their daughter Amaya on April 7, 2011. For the couple, adoption was always on the table. "Having lost my mom at a young age, I then grew up with my stepmom, and I have half siblings, and so I know that families can be built in all sorts of different ways, that there isn't just one way to create a family and that it isn't just about biology," Hargitay said in a 2019 interview with People.

It seems the "SVU" star and her daughter have a pretty close bond as they attended one of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows together back in May, as well as the concert film's premiere on Oct. 11.