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Mary Kate Olsen at the New Yorkers for Children Gala benefiting children in foster care
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Twins Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen at the CFDAs in New York, June 4, 2007
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Mary Kate Olsen and Sir Ben Kingsley from the film 'The Wackness' at the Bon Appetit magazine luncheon
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Mary Kate Olsen shows her support for the benefit
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Mary Kate Olsen goes from brown to blonde
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Mary-Kate Olsen, in black & white
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Mary-Kate Olsen gives a wry smile

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October 28, 2008

Mary-Kate Olsen To Play ‘Troubled Bad Seed’ On ‘Samantha Who’

Mary-Kate Olsen is coming back to primetime with a guest spot on Christina Applegate’s “Samantha Who,” and the actress will get in touch with her dark side in the name of comedy.

In the episode, Mary-Kate plays a troubled young woman that Samantha meets while doing community service following an arrest, Access Hollywood has learned.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, aka the Olsen Twins, are perhaps the best-known twins on the planet --and they’re also maybe the richest. They launched their acting careers well before they could even walk, when they were cast at less than a year old to share the part of Michelle Tanner on the hit comedy “Full House.” They were cast for the same role so they could share the part in order to comply with super-strict child acting labor laws.

They recorded their first album, “Brother for Sale,” at just 6 years old. By the time they were 18, they had taken charge of their billion-dollar empire and were on their way to even more impressive heights. Now in their early twenties the twins have moved to become more independent and pursue their own interests. They remain some of the wealthiest young celebrities in Hollywood.

Name: Mary-Kate Olsen
Birthdate: June 13, 1986
Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California

fun facts

The Olsen twins were originally credited in “Full House” as one person - “Mary-Kate Ashley Olsen.”
Ashley is two minutes older than Mary-Kate.
The Olsen twins started their acting careers at less than a year old in the sitcom “Full House.”
While filming “Full House,” Mary-Kate took the comedic scenes while Ashley took the more serious segments.

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