After their meeting in the ’90s, actors Mariska Hargitay and Hilary Swank grew closer by supporting each other through their challenges. When the “Freedom Writers” actor divorced her first husband, Chad Lowe, in 2006, she told Ladies’ Home Journal that Hargitay was truly there for her during that turbulence. Swank also shared that she stays at the “Law & Order: SVU” star’s New York abode whenever she’s in the area working on a project.
“Mariska has helped me through life-changing times but also helped me find the moments of celebration,” she told the publication in 2009. “She’s a real girl’s girl. She’s not threatened by strong women, and that’s rare in this business.”
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After the storm comes the rainbow, and Swank found her rainbow in entrepreneur Philip Schneider, who she met through their mutual friend. The couple fell in love and Schneider popped the question in front of a waterfall (swoon) after over a year of dating in 2016. When the couple tied the knot in a beautiful forest wedding, captured by Vogue in 2018, Hargitay stood by Swank’s side at the altar as her beloved maid of honor. Back when the “SVU” actor married her husband in 2005, Hargitay’s spread with InStyle Weddings captured Swank in attendance, as well. These two exemplify the meaning of BFF — best friends forever, indeed.
