Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen

Birthday: 13 June, 1986

Birth city: Sherman Oaks, California, USA

Height: 5' 2 (157 cm)

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) are twin American actresses who have appeared in television and films since the age of 3 months. Despite their near-identical looks, the pair are actually fraternal rather than identical twins.

They started their acting careers on the television series Full House. The show was widely popular during the late 80s and early 90s, and both sisters played one character, Michelle Tanner, taking turns during the recordings to do so, in order to comply with child labor laws regarding child actors. Because the producers did not want viewers to know that Michelle was played by twins, the sisters were credited as "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen".

Shortly after the end of Full House, they returned to the entertainment industry, riding the momentum of their role on Full House by heavily merchandising their image. Taking the world of pre-teens and children by storm, their names have become an industry that makes them over 160 million dollars each a year, with their likeness seen in movies, posters, magazines, clothes, and even video games like Mary Kate and Ashley's Magical Mystery Mall.

As of 2004 the Olsen twins are popular figures in today's pre-teen market, following along the lines of such Hollywood child stars as Shirley Temple, Ron Howard and Macaulay Culkin among others.

They starred in The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley and the ABC show Two of a Kind (now rerun on ABC Family), as well as ABC Family's So Little Time, essentially a white Sister, Sister.

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Filmography
Theatrical:
- The Little Rascals (1994)
- It Takes Two (1995) - The only film in which they don't play sisters.
- New York Minute (2004)

Made for TV: To Grandmother's House We Go (1995), Billboard Dad (1998), Passport To Paris (1999),
Switching Goals (1999), Our Lips Are Sealed (2000), Holiday in the Sun (2001), Winning London (2001), Getting There (2002), When In Rome (2002), The Challenge (2003)

They also have a new book series named Mary-Kate And Ashley In Action, where they are portrayed as secret spies, and has since been made into an animated series.

On May 15, 2004, the girls co-hosted the season finale of Saturday Night Live.

The film New York Minute was released to critical and commercial failure and ultimately became a box office bomb.

[Source: http://www.wikipedia.com]