Mariska Hargitay: MET Ball 2010

Mariska Hargitay smiles for photographers at the MET Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 3) in New York City.

The 46-year-old Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress wore a strapless Vera Wang dress.

The Costume Institute Gala Benefit celebrates the opening of the “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity” exhibition. The event is hosted by Patrick Robinson of The Gap, co-hosted by Vogue editor Anna Wintour and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.