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. 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 they teamed up with Robert Thorne and created Dualstar, their production Company. Soon they had recorded an album titled Brother For Sale and a music video called Our First Video. In the years that followed they starred in three straight to video movies, To Grandmother's House We Go, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, and How the West Was Fun. 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 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. 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. 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.
Twin sister of Ashley Olsen. When she was young, she and Ashley used to call their Full House co-stars by their characters' names so they wouldn't mess them up during taping. Older sister of Elizabeth Olsen In real life she and Ashley are very close to John Stamos, who played their uncle Jesse on Full House. Enjoys shopping, going to the movies, listening to rock music (ie., Counting Crows), cheerleading and Tae Bo with her sister. Has two horses, CD and Star, and has won several prizes with them. She and Ashley both had to wear fake teeth during the later years of Full House because their teeth began to look different. At age 6, she and Ashley became the youngest producers in history. Has a bi-monthly magazine called Mary-Kate and Ashley Magazine Has a line of clothing with sister Ashley that is sold at Wal-Mart Enjoys yoga and horseback riding. In 1993 she and Ashley were supposed to play young Eves (Teena and Cindy) on The X-Files, but were eventually replaced by the Krievins twins (Erika Krievins and Sabrina Krievins) from the nearby of Vancouver. The reason were very strict child labor laws. Ranked #61 in FHM's '100 Sexiest Women' poll of 2003 On their 17th birthday (June 13, 2003), the US's Cable News Network (CNN) announced not only their birthday but the twins' total financial worth - $150,000,000 for each. The same news source predicted the twins may be billionaires by the time they're 21. During the earlier seasons of Full House, the producers did not want it known that Michelle was played by twins, so Mary-Kate and Ashley were credited as Mary Kate Ashley Olsen. She and her sister became the youngest self-made millionaires in American history before they were 10 years old. Has a cousin named Christine Her favorite subjects in school are English and creative writing Voted the 20th most wanted young star for the new year by Access Hollywood and The-N networks. Her sister Ashley wasn't part of the honor. Her favorite band is Dave Matthews Wears a size 6.5 shoe. She is younger than Ashley by about 2 minutes She has reportedly entered a program for treatment of an eating disorder. [June 22, 2004] Her favorite movie from 1986 is Labyrinth. Her favorite party song is Rock Your Body. At 17, she and her twin sister Ashley were rated 2003's 2nd hottest teen female stars. She and Ashley both missed their high school prom to host Saturday Night Live. The cast made it up to them by giving them a fake prom when they did their monologue. Younger sister of Trent Olsen. She donated many signed head-shots to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004. Born at 10:28 am PDT. Ranked #3 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars" with sister Ashley Parents are David & Jarnette (divorced) Has a stepsister, Taylor & a stepbrother, Jake Likes small specialty shops in Soho, South Beach, and Los Angeles. Majors in Cuisine at New York University. Named #32 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005) Her film 'New York Minute' earned only $5.96 million during its opening weekend. This was the lowest amount ever earned for any film opening in over 3,000 theaters. During the filming of Full House, she acted out the comedic scenes while Ashley took on the more serious ones. While making the film To Grandmother's House We Go in Canada, she rode her first horse and becomes a devoted equestrian! She and her sister Ashley were both ranked #6 in E's 50 cutest child stars all grown-up.(2005) Mentioned in the song High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup.