Mary-Kate began her acting career in the late 80s with her twin sister. But the older she became, the more zealously she defended the right to be considered as a separate person. This in a certain way affected the girl’s behavior and health. Let's try to figure out what happened to her all these years.
early years
Mary-Kate was born June 13, 1986 in Los Angeles. Her father was a banker and her mother a manager.
It is not known what made the parents give their 9-month-old children to the full house project, but they did. Mary-Kate and her sister Ashley alternately played the role of the same character - Michelle Tanner.
The producers of the series invited the twin sisters to the same role, so as not to have problems with the law, because the working day for children in America should be strictly limited. Olsen starred in the project until 1995. So, in fact, the acting career of Ashley and Mary-Kate began.
The film brought the babies their first fees and first fans. The father-banker was impressed by the successes of his daughters, so he founded the company Dualstar for them. The company was exclusively engaged in the affairs of the Olsen sisters, creating a fashion brand from their name. The company not only financed screen projects with the participation of Mary-Kate and Ashley, but also oversaw the issuance of personalized collections of clothes and cosmetics from the Olsen sisters.
Dualstar exists today. Thanks to her, the sisters more than once fell into the list of the richest celebrities of Forbes.
First success
Mary-Kate and her sister were mega-popular in the 90s. Several films with their participation have become cult. For example, in 1995 the comedy “Two: Me and My Shadow” was released.
The essence of the film was that an exemplary girl from a good family accidentally met a street orphan who looked like herself, like two drops of water. The girls are joining forces to upset Alice’s father’s wedding and bring her stepmother out into the open.
In 1998, the twins appeared in the comedy "Dad with a poster." The plot of this picture echoes the script of the previous film, only this time the two sisters are trying to arrange the personal life of their father: Emily and Tess place an ad with a photograph of dad on a huge city billboard. Towards the end of the picture, the sisters still find a worthy contender for the role of wife for Maxwell Tyler.
In the same year, the production company planned an entire series with the participation of the Olsen sisters. In the project, their heroines bear identical names: Mary-Kate and Ashley. In the story, the girls lost their mother, and their father puzzles over how to raise two girls.
Also, the girls starred in the films “Winning London”, “Passport to Paris”, “Once in Rome” and “Moments of New York”.
Independent Projects
Mary-Kate, more than her sister, suffered from the fact that the public did not consider her as a separate person. Therefore, the girl since 2006 began to dye her hair in a darker color than Ashley's, and emphasize her personality with smokey-eyes makeup.
In the movie, Mary-Kate also tried to get a separate status. First, she starred in an episode of "I Seduced Andy Warhol." A year later, the twin agreed to play in the Showtime channel series “Shoals”, despite the fact that she was far from the main role.
In 2008, the drama Madness appeared on American screens with Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Famke Janssen (X-Men). But here, the character Mary-Kate, the director pushed to the background.
However, these on-screen failures did not affect Mary-Kate's well-being: at the age of 18, she and her sister began managing her own production company, and also seriously engaged in modeling clothes.
Scandalous facts
Olsen Mary-Kate admitted in 2004 that she was sick with anorexia nervosa and was undergoing appropriate treatment. A little later, Olsen revealed a kidney infection. Apparently, the start of her career too early was a little crippling the health of the twins, since Ashley also can not boast of excellent health: she recently revealed Lyme disease.
Given Mary Kate’s restless disposition, reporters have repeatedly tried to attribute the use of drugs to her. The actress was a close friend of Heath Ledger, who died from an overdose of antidepressants. In this regard, the police took her testimony.
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 suitors.
Mary-Kate's most serious relationship was with the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarhos, for whom the girl left the university. However, Stavros was taken away by heartbreaker Paris Hilton.
This is not to say that Mary was very upset - she soon found herself a couple even more worthy. We are talking about the brother of the former French president Sarkozy, whom Mary-Kate married in 2015. The actress's choice is much older than her, but is a wealthy man: Olivier Sarkozy owns a bank in New York.