Jayne Mansfield was an actress and a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and now her famous daughter, Mariska Hargitay, wants to understand her better.

Mariska Hargitay is finally trying to understand her late mother, the actress, sex symbol and Playboy playmate Jayne Mansfield. And she's taking audiences along for the ride in her film debut, "My Mom Jayne.

Mariska Hargitay was just 3 years old when her mother, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident at the age of 34. Nearly six decades later, the Emmy-winning actress makes her feature directorial debut with the documentary My Mom Jayne,