Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were born in  Sherman Oaks, California (June 13, 1986) to David Olsen (b. 1953) and Jarnette (Jarnie) Fuller (b. 1954). In 1987, the twins started their acting careers on the television series Full House. They were hired at the age of six months and filming began when they were nine months old. The show was widely popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Both sisters played the same character, Michelle Tanner, taking turns during the tapings to do so, in order to comply with strict child labor laws regarding child actors. For the first year, Ashley would cry when she was brought on set to do a scene, so Mary-Kate had more screen time in the first season.

Because the producers did not want viewers to know that Michelle was played by twins, the sisters were originally credited as “Mary Kate Ashley Olsen“, but in the last season and most of season one, they were credited as separate people. During the eight year run, Mary-Kate and Ashley made several direct-to-video movies, in addition to Full House, such as To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992).

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Career

Shortly after the end of Full House, theybegan heavily merchandising their image. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen established a company called Dualstar in 1993 and their brand has been sold in more than 3,000 stores in the United States and over 5,300 stores worldwide.  Because of this, they have been on the Forbes’ “The Celebrity 100 list” since 2002, and in 2007, Forbes ranked them, collectively, as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated net worth of $100 million.

Mary-Kate and Ashley were popular figures in the preteen market during the late ’90s and early 2000s. Their names became a cottage industry, with their likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies and posters. There were even Mary-Kate and Ashley fashion dolls made by Mattel from 2000–2005.

They starred in the video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley and You’re Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley’s…, the ABC show Two of a Kind, and ABC Family’s So Little Time. However, So Little Time was panned by critics and disappointed fans. Despite this, they were ranked number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars. They also appear in a few direct-to-video movies about twins visiting places in Europe; Passport to Paris, Winning London, and When in Rome.

In May 2004, they were part of a Got Milk? campaignand dual-hosted Saturday Night Live^[7] (which show caused them to miss their prom).In June, the Got Milk? campaign was pulled following Mary-Kate’s disclosure that she was being treated for an eating disorder.

Their most recent theatrical venture was in the light-hearted romantic comedy, New York Minute, also starring Eugene Levy. The film was expected to launch the girls into more serious adult roles, but was a box office flop.

Mary-Kate’s first acting appearance without Ashley was in the movie Factory Girl, released in December 2006. Mary-Kate was originally in several scenes, but only appeared in the background in the finished film. Mary-Kate was also a recurring guest role in the third season of the Showtime series Weedsand she is also in the 2008 independent film The Wackness starring Ben Kingsley, with whom she shares a passionate kiss.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen celebrate birthday today

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Happy birthday girls!! Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the twin pair who have been acting since they were in diapers, celebrate their 25th birthday today.

Originally sharing the role of Michelle Tanner in the TV series Full House, the Olsen twins now have moved on to the world of fashion, starting their own clothing line for girls between the ages of 4 and 14.

Mary-Kate, the younger (by 1 minute) of the star duo, has often been the subject of negative media-hype, but the most recent rumor that is floating around the tabloid information highway has the 25 year old romantically linked with rapper Kanye West.

According to reports, the unlikely pair (Olsen and West) were sighted smooching at Kanye’s 34th birthday bash in NYC in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Could this be a sweet romance or is Kanye West attempting to draw attention to himself as he has so successfully done in the past? For now, we will chalk this one up as speculation, as no official pictures of the happy couple have surfaced.