Mary-Kate Olsen's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) So Little Time Riley Carlson Two of a Kind Mary-Kate B… Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action Special Age…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Beastly 2008 - The Wackness 2006 - Factory Girl 2003 - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 1995 - It Takes Two 1994 - The Little Rascals

BIOGRAPHY:

She and her twin sister, Ashley Olsen, were born June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California to David and Jarnette Olsen. The twins began their acting career in 1987 when they were chosen to play the role of Michelle Tanner on a new television series, "Full House" (1987). The show became a hit with books, dolls, and other merchandise being sold to promote it, and during the years the show was on the air, the Olsen twins had a TVQ (popularity rating) second only to Bill Cosby. The twins continued to share the role through the show's end in 1995. During the years of "Full House" (1987) they teamed up with Robert Thorne (II) and created Dualstar, their production Company. Soon they had recorded an album titled Brother For Sale and a music video called Our First Video (1993) (V). In the years that followed they starred in three straight to video movies, To Grandmother's House We Go (1992) (TV), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) (TV), and How the West Was Fun (1994) (TV). They also created their own video series called The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley, in which they were pint size detectives who would "solve any crime by dinner time." They also have another successful video series, You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's and both video series continue to be popular today. In 1995 they made their big screen debut in It Takes Two (1995) and in the next few years they continued to make videos in their series. In 1998 they returned to television in the short-lived series, "Two of a Kind" (1998). They made a few more tv movies, appeared on many talk shows, and began to work on a new tv series titled "So Little Time" (2001). They currently live in California with their mom, older brother Trent and younger sister Lizzie. They visit their dad, stepmom, Mackenzie and step siblings, Taylor and Jake.


TRIVIA:

• Majors in Cuisine at New York University.
• Wears a size 6.5 shoe.
• In 1993 she and Ashley were supposed to play young Eves (Teena and Cindy) on _"The X Files" (1993)_ (qv), but were eventually replaced by the Krievins twins ('Erika Krievins' (qv) and 'Sabrina Krievins' (qv)) from the nearby of Vancouver. The reason were very strict child labor laws.
• Younger sister of 'Trent Olsen (I)' (qv).
• Close friend of 'Heath Ledger' (qv).
• Likes small specialty shops in Soho, South Beach, and Los Angeles.
• Is very close to her older cousin Christine.
• Twin sister of 'Ashley Olsen' (qv).