Everywhere you look is the Olsens! Marie-Kate And Ashley Olson got their start as child actresses before taking the fashion world by storm.
The sisters took turns playing the role of Michelle Tanner in Full house from 1987 to 1995. While gaining fans on the beloved sitcom, the fraternal twins began appearing in their own films, including Double, double, toil and difficulty And How the West Was Fun.
As their audience grew, so did their careers, with roles in It takes two, Passport to Paris, lips are sealed, A holiday in the sun And So little time. Their last joint film, New York minutedebuted in 2004.
Mary-Kate and Ashley eventually retired from acting to pursue fashion design. They founded The Row in 2006 and Elizabeth and James in 2007, simultaneously stepping back from the spotlight to gain more privacy.
The siblings rarely make public appearances or give interviews, but they made an exception in 2018 when they opened up to WSJ. Magazine on their partnership.
“I’ve been learning to communicate for 32 years,” Ashley explained at the time, comparing their bond to “a marriage and a partnership. We had ups and downs. »
While she added that the two “do everything together,” Mary-Kate replied, “We came out of the womb doing this.”
Ashley also revealed why the couple chose to let their work speak for itself. “We are not product sellers,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s because of how we grew up – we just don’t like to talk about ourselves or talk about what we do. … That’s not really our approach.
Mary-Kate, for her part, married Olivier Sarkozy in November 2015, allowing him to settle into a quiet personal life. “I think we are lucky. [Working hard] comes naturally to us. We don’t need so much time to sit and think and reflect,” she told Net-a-Porter’s The Edit of herself and Ashley in 2017. “But then, I have a husband, two stepchildren and a life; I have to go home and cook dinner. I go horseback riding on weekends. You find the thing that helps you relax, and if you don’t have it, you have to look for it. Or you burn out and are no longer productive.
News from the Bestial the star’s split with the banker broke in May 2020. We Weekly exclusively reported at the time that Mary-Kate had an “ironclad prenup” to protect “her business interests and fortune.” The exes finalized their divorce in January 2021.
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From TV to the red carpet, scroll through the gallery below to see photos of the twins over the years.