Mariska Hargitay Reveals Reason for Collapsed Lung

Mariska Hargitay Back to Work After Injury

Mariska Hargitay reveals what caused her to be hospitalized earlier this year with a partially collapsed lung.

"I've been doing my own stunts on the show for 10 years. I fell wrong, basically. I collapsed my lung doing a stunt," she told People.com while at a dinner in Manhattan for the American Ballet Theater on Monday.

Previously, the "SVU" star had not commented on her condition, which landed her in the hospital twice. Her reps would only say that she was being treated and would be back on set when she recovered.

After her second hospital stay in March, Mariska says she is fully recovered. "I'm 100 percent," she told added. "I'm back to my old self."

Published 5/19/09 by