Mary-Kate Olsen facts
- Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, producer and fashion designer.
- Mary-Kate is two minutes younger than her fraternal twin, Ashley.
- Mary-Kate Olsen made her career debut in 1987 alongside her twin sister Ashley in the television series Full House.
- Founded in 1993, the production company Dualstar was created to produce and merchandise films and TV shows starring Mary-Kate and Ashley, becoming an extremely profitable enterprise. Mary-Kate became joint CEO of Dualstar in 2004, securing her position in the Forbes celebrity rich list.
- Mary-Kate is obsessed with Starbucks and gets iced and hot non-fat soy vanilla lattes.
- Since 2006, Mary-Kate has been pursuing acting roles independent of her sister and the "Mary-Kate and Ashley" tag.
- Mary-Kate and Ashley are on TV an average of 35 times a week.
- Mary-Kate Olsen is left-handed.
- When Mary-Kate and Ashley appeared on TRL, Mary-Kate said if she could have another celebrity sister it would be Rachel Bilson.
- In 2003, Olsen started dating David Katzenberg, they broke up in 2004.
- Following the death of Heath Ledger in early 2008 Mary-Kate Olsen received worldwide press attention speculating her connection to the case, however she was never interviewed by investigating officers.
- Mary-Kate's height is 5'1".
- Though her fashion choices have become somewhat popular, Olsen has been publicly criticized for wearing and promoting fur.
- Mary-Kate has the same birthday as Ally Sheedy, Tim Allen and Malcolm McDowell.
- Olsen dated Maxwell Snow, the younger brother of the late New York based artist Dash Snow, from September 2006 until the summer of 2007. In 2008 Olsen started dating Nate Lowman.
- Her top choice for dinner would be bruschetta, Caesar salad, and angel-hair pasta.
- In mid-2004, Olsen announced she had entered treatment for an eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. On November 20, 2007 she was hospitalized for a reported kidney infection.
