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Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, and businesswoman. She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint alongside her fraternal twin sister Ashley Olsen. Olsen pursued acting independently as an adult until 2012. She is the older sister of actress Elizabeth Olsen.
Mary-Kate was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Jarnette "Jarnie", a personal manager, and David "Dave" Olsen, a real estate developer and mortgage banker. Along with her twin, Ashley, she has an older brother, Trent, a younger sister, Elizabeth Olsen, and two half siblings from her father's second marriage. Olsen's parents divorced in 1996.
Along with Ashley, Olsen was cast at the age of nine months to share the role of Michelle Tanner on the ABC sitcom Full House. The Olsen twins portrayed Michelle throughout the series' 1987-95 run. In the early 1990s, she and Ashley established a company, Dualstar, which produced a long string of TV movies and direct-to-video releases featuring the girls. The Olsens continued to release direct-to-video films up to the early 2000s, along with starring in the 1995 feature film It Takes Two. In 1997, the Olsen twins guest starred in an episode of Sister, Sister, alongside rival twin actresses Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry. After Full House, the sisters starred in two other sitcoms (Two of a Kind and So Little Time) and an animated series (Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!). The former lasted one season while the latter ran for two seasons. These ventures, combined with an array of licensing deals for their names and likenesses, made Olsen wealthy at a young age. In 2004, Olsen's wealth was estimated at $137 million.
Olsen and her sister became co-presidents of Dualstar upon their eighteenth birthday. Olsen's first solo acting appearance was in the movie Factory Girl, released in December 2006. Olsen's one short scene was ultimately cut from theatrical release, but was included on the film's DVD. In 2007, the sisters said that if they became involved in movies together again it would be as producers. Olsen had a recurring role on Weeds . In 2008, she appeared in The Wackness. At the Sundance Film Festival, Academy Award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley, her co-star' praised her. In 2008 Olsen also made a guest appearance on the ABC comedy Samantha Who? as a self-destructive girl that Samantha tries to help. Olsen appeared in the motion picture adaption of the Alex Flinn novel Beastly. Beastly was Mary-Kate's final acting project.
In March 2012, both Mary-Kate and Ashley indicated their interest to retire as actresses in order to focus on their careers in fashion. Mary-Kate and Ashley felt that their futures were in fashion, and not in acting. They discussed wanting to open a store as one of their future fashion-based endeavors.
In 2015 it was announced that John Stamos signed on with Netflix to produce and co-star in Fuller House, a spin-off Full House that would reunite the original cast members for a 13-episode series. Mary-Kate and Ashley originally announced in May 2015 that they will not reprise their role as Michelle Tanner.
Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the Olsen twins' video library in 2015.
In 1993, following Mary-Kate and Ashley's success on Full House, a limited liability company, Dualstar was created to produce Mary-Kate and Ashley-branded products.
In 2004, both Mary-Kate and Ashley took control of Dualstar, becoming joint-CEOs and presidents of the company, which at the time had its merchandise being carried in over 3,000 stores in America and 5,300 stores worldwide.
Mary-Kate and her twin Ashley's success has been marked by their inclusion on every Forbes The Celebrity 100 list since 2002. In 2007 Forbes ranked the twins jointly as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated combined net worth of $100 million.
Following a high volume of public interest in their fashion choices, the sisters began work in collaboration on a string of fashion lines available to the public. Starting as young girls, the Olsen twins started a clothing line in Wal-Mart stores across America for girls ages 4 to 14 as well as a beauty line called "Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real fashion for real girls". In 2004 they made news by signing a pledge to allow all the workers that sew their line of clothing in Bangladesh full maternity leave. The National Labor Committee, which organized the pledge, later praised the twins for their commitment to worker rights.
In 2006, in an attempt to gain credibility in the fashion industry after their association with Wal-Mart tarnished their reputations, they were tapped as the faces of the upscale fashion line Badgley Mischka.
As adults, the Olsen twins have devoted much of their attention to the world of fashion. They head a couture fashion label, "The Row," as well as "Elizabeth and James", "Olsenboye", and "StyleMint" retail collections. Mary-Kate's sometimes controversial fashion choices have often found her on both the best and worst dressed fashion lists, particularly for her decision to wear fur. Mary-Kate and Ashley designed an Olsenboye Change Purse in 2011 and donated the money to "Pennies From Heaven".
In 2011, Mary-Kate and Ashley teamed up with TOMS Shoes to design footwear for kids without shoes in more than 20 countries worldwide. Mary-Kate and Ashley are now the creative directors for Superga. Mary-Kate and Ashley released an Elizabeth and James perfume in Spring 2013. They won the top prize at the 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards. StyleMint is now available in the UK.
In October 2012, Mary-Kate and Ashley won the WSJ magazine Innovator of The Year Award.
Mary Kate was nominated for Council Of Fashion Designers in 2015.
In 2008, the Olsen twins co-authored Influence, a book featuring interviews with fashion designers that have inspired the twins' fashion lines.
Olsen has dated David Katzenberg, son of DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg; photographer Maxwell Snow; and artist Nate Lowman.
In May 2012, Olsen began a relationship with Olivier Sarkozy, half brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In March 2014, photos were published showing Olsen wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring. Olsen and Sarkozy were married on November 27, 2015 at a private residence in New York City.
In 2014, Olsen competed in the Hamptons Horse Show. In 2013, her horse Marvelous competed in and won the 38th Hampton Classic Horse Show.
In mid-2004, Olsen announced she had entered treatment for anorexia nervosa. A Got Milk? ad featuring the twins was pulled following the announcement. On November 20, 2007, she was hospitalized for a reported kidney infection.
Mary-Kate was a close friend of late actor Heath Ledger. After discovering Ledger unconscious in his bed in January 2008, his masseuse called Olsen twice before contacting police. Olsen sent a private security guard to the scene.
Responding to a claim by an anonymous law enforcement official that she would not speak to federal investigators without a promise of legal immunity, Olsen's attorney Michael C. Miller said, "We have provided the government with relevant information including facts in the chronology of events surrounding Mr. Ledger's death and the fact that Ms. Olsen does not know the source of the drugs Mr. Ledger consumed".- Actress
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Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American fashion designer, producer, author, businesswoman and former actress. She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen. She is also the older sister of actress Elizabeth Olsen.
Ashley was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Jarnette "Jarnie", a personal manager, and David "Dave" Olsen, a real estate developer and mortgage banker. She and her twin Mary-Kate have an older brother, Trent Olsen, a younger sister, actress Elizabeth Olsen, and younger half-siblings Taylor and Jake from their father's second marriage after their parents divorced in 1996. Ashley and her siblings and half-siblings have Norwegian ancestry on their father's side.
Olsen began her career at nine months old, when she and Mary-Kate were hired to share the role of Michelle Tanner on the popular television series Full House in 1987. Following the end of Full House, Olsen released a string of successful straight-to-video movies and became a popular figure in the preteen market during the late 1990s and early 2000s. She became a household name, with her likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies, and posters, among others. There were fashion dolls of her made by Mattel from 2000 to 2005. She starred in the video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley, the ABC show Two of a Kind, and ABC Family's So Little Time. She and her sister were jointly ranked number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars. In 2004, the twins appeared in the theatrical light-hearted romantic comedy, New York Minute. In 2007, when Mary-Kate and Ashley were 21 they said that if they got involved in movies together again it would be as producers. When asked about acting again in 2009 Ashley said, "Never say never." In 2009 Olsen contemplated returning to acting. She changed her mind and in 2012 the sisters decided to quit acting permanently and focus on fashion. In October 2013, Olsen appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Nickelodeon acquired the rights to Mary-Kate and Ashley's video library in 2015.
In 2015, it was announced that John Stamos had signed on with Netflix to produce and co-star in Fuller House, a spin-off Full House that would reunite the original cast members. Mary-Kate and Ashley originally announced in May that they would not reprise their role as Michelle Tanner, however in July, according to Netfix's Ted Sarandos, the Olsen twins were "teetering" on an agreement to join the series.
In 2004, both Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen became co-presidents of their company Dualstar (created in 1993 following the success of Full House), the brand currently selling in over 3,000 stores in America and 5,300 stores worldwide. Their success has been marked on Forbes' The Celebrity 100 list since 2002. In 2007, Forbes ranked the twins as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated combined net worth of $300 million.
Following a high volume of public interest in their fashion choices, both worked in collaboration on a string of fashion lines available to the public. They started a clothing line in Wal-Mart stores across America for girls ages 4 to 14 as well as a beauty line called Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real Fashion for Real Girls.
In 2004, they made news by signing a pledge to allow all the workers that sew their line of clothing in Bangladesh full maternity leave. The National Labor Committee, which organized the pledge, later praised the twins for their commitment to worker rights.
The idea for The Row started as a personal project in 2005 when Ashley Olsen challenged herself to create a perfect T-shirt. She tested the design on a variety of women of all body shapes and ages in an attempt to find a "commonality in fit and attitude."
By 2006, the sisters had created a 7-piece collection that included the T-shirt, a pair of cotton sateen leggings, and a cashmere wool tank dress. Barneys New York bought the entire first collection. The brand has expanded to include ready-to-wear, resort, handbags, sunglasses, and shoes.
In 2006, they were tapped as the faces of the upscale fashion line Badgley Mischka. As adults, the Olsens have devoted much of their attention to the world of fashion. They head a couture fashion label, The Row, as well as the Elizabeth and James, Olsenboye, and StyleMint retail collections. Ashley Olsen has appeared on best-dressed lists. The Olsens designed an Olsenboye Change Purse in 2011 and donated the money to "Pennies From Heaven".
In 2011, the Olsen sisters teamed up with TOMS Shoes to design footwear for kids without shoes in more than 20 countries worldwide. Mary-Kate and Ashley are now the creative directors for the Italian brand Superga. The Olsens released an Elizabeth and James perfume in early 2013. StyleMint is now available in the UK.
In October 2012, Ashley and Mary-Kate won the WSJ magazine Innovator of The Year Award.
Ashley and Mary-Kate won the top prize at the 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards.
Ashley with her twin was nominated for Council Of Fashion Designers in 2015.
In 2008, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen wrote Influence, a book featuring interviews with fashion designers that have inspired the Olsens' fashion lines.
In 2005, Olsen filed a $40 million lawsuit against tabloid magazine National Enquirer for depicting her as being involved in a drug scandal. Her case was dismissed by a federal court in Los Angeles in November of the same year.
In May 2004, Olsen and high school sweetheart Matt Kaplan split up after three years of dating. In May 2008, Olsen began dating fellow actor Justin Bartha. They split up in March 2011 after almost three years of dating.
As of January 2014, Olsen has been dating film director Bennett Miller.- Actress
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Becky Rosso was born on 6 July 1994 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Legally Blondes (2009), The Suite Life on Deck (2008) and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005).- Actress
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Milly Rosso was born on 6 July 1994 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Legally Blondes (2009), The Suite Life on Deck (2008) and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005).- Actor
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Sprouse was born August 4, 1992, in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse. Dylan and his younger identical twin Cole Sprouse were raised in their parents' Long Beach, California. He has acted from the age of six months, initially with Cole, and continues to do so out of his new home base of NYC after receiving his bachelors degree from NYU. Along with acting, Dylan owns a meadery and bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, serving as the master brewer of the business.- Actor
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Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse, and was raised with his older identical twin Dylan Sprouse in Long Beach, in their parents' native California. Cole began his acting career alongside Dylan at the tender age of six months. From 1993 to 1998 the twins shared the role of Patrick Kelly on ABC's hit series Grace Under Fire (1993), soon booking Julian in Adam Sandler's box office hit, Big Daddy (2000). That same month, their second feature film, The Astronaut's Wife (1999), starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron, was also released. Cole appeared without his brother on the NBC series Friends (1994), portraying Ross's son Ben Gellar; in the fall of 2003, the brothers again shared a lead role: Jeremiah in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004). After that, Cole began starring alongside his twin in their own half-hour sitcom on the Disney Channel, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005). After wrapping his sixth year of this program, Cole chose to attend NYU and remain absent from entertainment until he finished his college education in 2015, graduating with honors. The graduate soon booked the role of Jughead on Riverdale (2017), becoming a fan favorite, and then starred as Will Newman in the box office hit Five Feet Apart (2019), which was one of the highest-grossing non-genre teen movies of the 2010s.- Actress
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Tia Mowry was born on 6 July 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister, Sister (1994), The Hot Chick (2002) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Cory Hardrict.- Actress
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Tamera Darvette Mowry was born on July 6, 1978, two minutes before her twin sister, Tia Mowry, in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, to Darlene Mowry and Tim Mowry, who was serving in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth and later became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police Department, when the family moved to California. Her mother worked as a security guard and managed Tamera and Tia's acting careers. When the girls were 16, they discovered tremendous success with their hit TV series, Sister, Sister (1994), about twins who are separated at birth who learn of each other and come back together in their teen years which became a huge hit. After "Sister, Sister" ended in 1999, she was in many movies and shows such as Seventeen Again (2000), The Hot Chick (2002), Twitches (2005) and Double Wedding (2010). On May 15, 2011, she married her boyfriend of six years, Adam Housley, in Napa Valley, and the couple has two children.- Actor
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Facundo Lombard was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is world-renowned actor, dancer and director. He gained international recognition for playing the Santiago Twins, alongside his twin brother, Martin Lombard, in Disney's "Step Up" movies franchise.
Facundo Lombard started dancing at the age of 7, inspired by Michael Jackson. He made his debut at the age of 13 on Argentina's most popular TV show Rhythm Of The Night.
His passions have led to dedicated time to study acting and filmmaking as well as classical music.
Facundo and Martin, also known as the Lombard Twins, met James Brown during a concert and were called up to the stage to dance. In awe of their talent, Mr. Brown dubbed them "The Soul Boys".
At the age of 21, they moved to New York City to pursue a career in theater and film.
They have done several more performances with James Brown and Mambo King Tito Puente, and participated in a music video with Whitney Houston and George Michael.
Over the course of their career, Facundo and Martin, have been featured in Vogue Magazine and in ad campaigns for Versus/Versace photographed by Steven Meisel. They have also appeared on the cover of several other dance magazines.
They have created "Dreamers" their first full length show entirely written, directed, produced and composed by the Lombard Twins themselves. Other productions include the dance concert "Lombard Plays Piazzolla" with its world premiere at New York City Center and on NBC's Rosie O'Donnell "Rosie Live" show.
Several of the films they wrote, produced, directed, and starred in including "Infancia 34", "Free Expression", "Sublevados", "Chant Et Fugue", "Escualo" and "Persecuta" have been screened in prestigious film festivals worldwide including Woodstock Film Festival, Dances With Films, and LA Shorts Fest.
They also appeared in the films "Los Marziano", "To Redemption" and the promotional trailer of "Men In Black 3" alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
The Lombard Twins developed "Free Expression" - A distinctive dance form that focuses on individual emotion and expression. It transcends traditions and attitudes of many established dance techniques of today.
Facundo reside with his brother in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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Martin Lombard was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is world-renowned actor, dancer and director. He gained international recognition for playing the Santiago Twins, alongside his twin brother, Facundo Lombard, in Disney's "Step Up" movies franchise.
Martin Lombard started dancing at the age of 7, inspired by Michael Jackson. He made his debut at the age of 13 on Argentina's most popular TV show Rhythm Of The Night.
His passions have led to dedicated time to study acting and filmmaking as well as classical music.
Martin and Facundo, also known as the Lombard Twins, met James Brown during a concert and were called up to the stage to dance. In awe of their talent, Mr. Brown dubbed them "The Soul Boys".
At the age of 21, they moved to New York City to pursue a career in theater and film.
They have done several more performances with James Brown and Mambo King Tito Puente, and participated in a music video with Whitney Houston and George Michael.
Over the course of their career, Martin and Facundo, have been featured in Vogue Magazine and in ad campaigns for Versus/Versace photographed by Steven Meisel. They have also appeared on the cover of several other dance magazines.
They have created "Dreamers" their first full length show entirely written, directed, produced and composed by the Lombard Twins themselves. Other productions include the dance concert Lombard Plays Piazzolla with its world premiere at New York City Center and on NBC's Rosie O'Donnell "Rosie Live" show.
Several of the films they wrote, produced, directed, and starred in including "Infancia 34", "Free Expression", "Sublevados", "Chant Et Fugue", "Escualo" and "Persecuta" have been screened in prestigious film festivals worldwide including Woodstock Film Festival, Dances With Films, and LA Shorts Fest.
They also appeared in the films "Los Marziano", "To Redemption" and the promotional trailer of "Men In Black 3" alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
The Lombard Twins developed "Free Expression" - A distinctive dance form that focuses on individual emotion and expression. It transcends traditions and attitudes of many established dance techniques of today.
Martin reside with his brother in Los Angeles, California.- Brent Kinsman is a talented actor, who along with his twin brother Shane Kinsman, has made quite a mark in the entertainment industry.
His remarkable story as an actor began when he was "discovered" by a talent agent while attending a Los Angeles Dodger game at the age of 4. With no plans of becoming an actor at the time, he and his twin brother Shane were encouraged to begin auditioning as the agent saw great potential. The family decided to give it a go and the Kinsman twins went on their first audition and landed their first job - a national Tylenol commercial.
Shortly thereafter, he booked his early breakthrough role as a child actor in the 2003 blockbuster feature film family comedy Cheaper By The Dozen and the 2005 sequel Cheaper By the Dozen 2, with he and his brother Shane portraying rambunctious twins "Kyle and Nigel Baker," opposite Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. He also starred, along with Shane, in the first four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning hit ABC TV comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives as "Porter and Preston Scavo," the twin sons of "Lynnette Scavo" (Felicity Huffman) from 2004 - 2008.
In 2008, the twins decided they wanted to take a break from their busy career in acting to focus on family and their education. With a love of sports, Brent excelled in school, as well as football and baseball, graduating from Maranatha High School in Pasadena, CA in 2016. He then enrolled at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, earning a degree in Agricultural Science, graduating in 2020.
Currently, Brent and his brother Shane, are excited to continue their careers in acting and are especially passionate about pursuing projects that exemplify authentic wholesome family values.
In his free time, Brent enjoys working out including lifting weights, training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and yoga. He leads an active lifestyle and loves spending time outdoors. Other interests include playing guitar, fly fishing, snowboarding and motocross. - Shane Kinsman is a talented actor, who along with his twin brother Brent Kinsman, has made quite a mark in the entertainment industry.
His remarkable story as an actor began when he was discovered by a talent agent while attending a Los Angeles Dodger game at the age of 4. With no plans of becoming an actor at the time, he and his twin brother Brent were encouraged to begin auditioning as the agent saw great potential. The family decided to give it a go and the Kinsman twins went on their first audition and landed their first job - a national Tylenol commercial.
Shortly thereafter, he booked his early breakthrough role in the 2003 blockbuster feature film family comedy Cheaper by The Dozen and the 2005 sequel Cheaper By the Dozen 2, with he and his brother Brent portraying rambunctious twins "Kyle and Nigel Baker," opposite Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. He also starred, along with Brent, in the first four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning hit ABC TV comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives as "Porter and Preston Scavo," the twin sons of "Lynnette Scavo" (Felicity Huffman) from 2004 - 2008.
In 2008, the twins decided they wanted to take a break from their busy career in acting to focus on family and school. Shane excelled in school, as well as football and baseball, graduating from Maranatha High School in Pasadena, CA in 2016. He then enrolled at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, earning a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Business with a minor in Entrepreneurship, graduating in 2020.
Shane and his brother Brent, are excited to continue their careers in acting and are especially passionate about pursuing film and television projects that exemplify authentic wholesome family values.
Shane leads an active lifestyle and is a frequent practitioner of weight-lifting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitzu, and yoga. He also pursues other interests including playing guitar, fly fishing, snowboarding and motocross.