Ashley Olsen Biography

She and her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen,were born June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California to David andJarnette Olsen.The twins began their acting career in 1987 when theywere chosen to play the role of Michelle Tanner on a new TV series, "Full House"(1987).The show became a hit with books, dolls, and other merchandisebeing 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 Thorneand created Dualstar, their production company.Soon they had recordedan 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 TheAdventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley, in which they were pint sizedetectives who would "solve any crime by dinner time. " They also haveanother successful video series, You're Invited to Mary-Kate andAshley's and both video series continue to be popular today.In 1995they made their big screen debut in It Takes Two(1995) and in the next few years they continued to make videos in theirseries.In 1998 they returned to TV in the short-lived series, "Two of a Kind" (1998).They made a few more TV movies, appeared on many talk shows, and began work on a new TV series titled "So Little Time"(2001).They currently live in California with their mom, older brotherTrent and younger sister Lizzie.They visit their dad, step-mom,Mackenzie and step siblings, Taylor and Jake.