Mariska Hargitay.Photo:Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty
Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty
Mariska Hargitayfeels the love after celebrating a milestone birthday.
TheLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitstar turned 60 on Tuesday and reposted tributes from her famous friends, including Kathryn Gallagher,Camryn Manheim,Brooke Shields,Christian Siriano,Lindsey Vonn,Ali Wentworthand Delaney Williams, on her Instagram Story.
On Wednesday, however, Hargitay posted a shot with a cake expressing her gratitude for her birthday wishes.
“No words to express the sheer magic ✨and the outpouring of love over these last few days,” the actress wrote on Instagram. “So deeply grateful for everyone in my life#KindAndGenerous#ThisReallyTakesTheCake”
Jamie Lee Curtiscommented, “I want a piece.”
Mariksa Hargitay.Mariska Hargitay/Instagram
Mariska Hargitay/Instagram
Hargitay shareda similar shot on Tuesdaywith a message thanking her followers and friends for “making my birthday wishes come true!”
“#FeelngTheLove and is that the prettiest cake or what?💕💕💕,” themom of threecaptioned the picture. “#BestDayEver I’m still recovering from all the love bombing💕💕💕💕💕.”
Courteney Cox,Garret Dillahunt,Debra Messing,Tatum O’NealandHolly Robinson Peetealso commented with birthday wishes.
“What a light you are gorgeous girl,” Cox, 59, wrote.
The Mindy Projectalum Dillahunt, also 59, felt grateful to have celebrated with Hargitay.
“Such a beautiful party,” he wrote. “So honored to have been there. And you have the same birthday as my father!”
Hargitay captioned anotherInstagram pictureon Tuesday that her “day was filled with crazy love.”
Earlier this month, Hargitay told PEOPLE she felt “so excited” about turning 60.
“I’m proud of it,” she said. “I’m stronger than I’ve ever been.”
The milestone comes asLaw and Order: SVUturns 25.
“I didn’t get cast [onSVU]until I was 35 and then the show kept going as I aged,” Hargitay said. “At 45, we’d been on for ten years and I just met my husband [Peter Hermann]. The man of my dreams. I got married at 40. I hadAugust[her eldest son] at 42. So it was like defying all the odds."
So when it came to turning 60, she added, “The age thing was never something I was scared of.”
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Law & Order: SVUairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
