Mary-Kate Olsen

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Biography

A collective billion-dollar multimedia empire before they were old enough to drive, fraternal twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen proved a testament to the value of savvy marketing and keen business management - to say nothing of being downright adorable babies. The sisters made their collective screen debuts in 1987 as seven-month-old infants on the television series, "Full House" (ABC, 1987-1995). Remarkably, their fame only seemed to increase …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music, Other

Born

June 13, 1986

Career Milestones

1987

Made acting debut at nine months (with twin Ashley) in "Full House"

1992

Released first album, "Brother for Sale"

1992

TV movie debut, "To Grandmother's House We Go"

1993

Formed production company Dualstar Productions in association with ABC

1993

Released first home video, "Mary-Kate and Ashley: Our First Video"

1993

Released second album, "I'm the Cute One"

1995

Feature film debut, "It Takes Two"

1998

Returned to series TV as co-star of the ABC sitcom "Two of a Kind"

1999

Starred in the direct-to-video release "Passport to Paris"

2001

Clothing line debuted at Wal-Mart

2001

In March, debuted "Mary-Kate and Ashley" magazine, targeted at teenage girls

2001

Returned to series TV in the Fox Family Channel sitcom "So Little Time"; earned Daytime Emmy nomination

2002

Released clothing line along with sister Kate for Walmart

2003

Had Cameo role in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"

2004

Co-starred with her sister Ashley in their first major motion picture "New York Minute"

2004

The sisters' home video franchise, Dualstar signed a multi-million-dollar, 10-year distribution deal with Warner Home Video (September)

2006

Appeared briefly in the biopic "Factory Girl," about pop artist Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick

2007

Joined the cast of Showtime's "Weeds" as Tara Lindman, a devout Christian and love interest for Silas (Hunter Parrish)

2008

Appeared in the film "The Wackness" opposite Ben Kingsley

2011

Played a witch in disguise in the film "Beastly," a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast