Mary-Kate Olsen: biography, filmography and personal life

Mary-Kate began her acting career in the late 80's with her twin sister. But the more mature she became, the more zealously she defended the right to be treated as a separate person. This has a certain effect on the behavior and health of the girl. Let's try to figure out what happened to her all these years.

early years

Mary-Kate was born on June 13, 1986 in Los Angeles. Her father was a banker, and his mother was a manager.

It is not known what caused the parents to give their 9-month-old children to act in the "Full House" project, but they did it. Mary-Kate and her sister Ashley alternately played the role of the same character - Michel Tanner.

Producers of the series invited the same role of twin sisters, so as not to have problems with the law, because a working day for children in America should be strictly limited. In the project, Olsen was shot until 1995. So, actually, the acting career of Ashley and Mary-Kate began.

The film brought to the little ones first fees and first fans. The father-banker was impressed by the success of his daughters, so he founded Dualstar for them. The firm was exclusively engaged in the affairs of the sisters Olsen, created from their name a fashion brand. The company not only financed screen projects with the participation of Mary-Kate and Ashley, but also oversaw the issuance of personal collections of clothing, as well as cosmetics from the sisters Olsen.

Dualstar exists in our days. Thanks to her sisters have repeatedly been on the list of the richest celebrities of Forbes.

First success

Mary-Kate, along with her sister, were mega-popular in the 90's. Several films with their participation became cult. For example, in 1995, the comedy "Two: I and My Shadow" appeared on the screens.

The essence of the film was that an exemplary girl from a good family happened to meet someone similar to herself, like two drops of water, a homeless orphan. The girls unite their efforts to upset the wedding of Alice's father and bring her stepmother to the surface.

In 1998, twins appeared in the comedy "Papa from the poster". The plot of this picture echoes the script of the previous film, only this time two sisters try to arrange the personal life of their father: Emily and Tess place an ad with a photo of the pope on a huge city billboard. By the end of the picture, the sisters still find a worthy pretender to the role of wife for Maxwell Tyler.

In the same year, the production company planned a series with the participation of the sisters Olsen. In the project, their heroines carry identical names: Mary-Kate and Ashley. According to the plot, the girls lost their mother, and their father puzzles over how to bring up two girls.

Also the girls starred in the pictures "Defeating London", "Passport to Paris", "Once Upon a time in Rome" and "Moments of New York".

Independent projects

Mary-Kate more than her sister, suffered from the fact that the public did not view her as a separate person. Therefore, since 2006, the girl began to dye her hair in a darker color than Ashley's, and to emphasize her personality with the help of make-up smokey-eyes.

In the movie, Mary-Kate also tried to get a separate status. First, she starred in the episode of the picture "I seduced Andy Warhol." A year later, twins agreed to play on the Showtime show "Shoals", despite the fact that the role was not her main.

In 2008, the American screen saw the drama "Madness" with Ben Kingsley ("Gandhi") and Famke Janssen ("The X-Men"). But here the character Mary-Kate the director pushed back to the background.

However, these screen failures had no effect on the welfare of Mary-Kate: when she was 18 she began to manage her own production company together with her sister, and also seriously started modeling clothes.

Scandalous facts

Olsen Mary-Kate in 2004 admitted that she had anorexia nervosa and was undergoing an appropriate course of treatment. A little later, Olsen was diagnosed with a kidney infection. Apparently, too early start of a career has slightly compromised the health of twins, since Ashley, too, can not boast of excellent health: recently she was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

Given the restless nature of Mary-Kate, journalists have repeatedly tried to attribute to her the use of drugs. The actress was a close friend of the deceased antidepressant Heath Ledger. In this regard, she took testimony from the police.

Personal life

Olsen Mary-Kate met with many famous Americans. In 2002, journalists first began to write about the girl's novels in connection with her relationship with a certain Max Winkler. But this friendship did not last long: in 2004 Olsen managed to change two more boyfriends.

The most serious relationship with Mary-Kate was with the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarhos, for which the girl left the university. However, Stavros was taken away by the heart of Paris Hilton.

It can not be said that Mary was very upset - soon she found herself a couple more worthy. It's about the brother of former French President Sarkozy, for whom Mary-Kate married in 2015. The actress is much older than her, but is a wealthy man: Olivier Sarkozy owns a bank in New York.