Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay, star of Law & Order: SUV, has assured fans she's back on top form after her recent health problems, insisting she's feeling "so much better".

The 44-year-old actress was hospitalised in March (09) suffering from a partially collapsed lung, but she returned to the set of the crime drama just days later.

And Hargitay is confident her medical issues are firmly behind her.

She tells E! News, "(I'm) so much better. I've turned the corner and I'm feeling great. Really great."

The actress sustained the injury from sledge-riding but returned to work just days later. However after experiencing pain on set she was taken back to hospital.

The actress joined Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999 as Det. Olivia Benson, a role for which she has picked up an Emmy and Golden globe, and she has gone on to become one of the highest paid television actresses.


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