Elizabeth Olsen
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Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, including in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), and the miniseries WandaVision (2021). Her performance in the latter earned her nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Born in Sherman Oaks, California, Olsen began acting at age four alongside her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She had her debut film role in the thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011, for which she received praise. Olsen received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and graduated from New York University two years later.
Outside of her work with Marvel, Olsen starred in the monster film Godzilla (2014), the mystery film Wind River (2017), and the dramas Ingrid Goes West (2017) and His Three Daughters (2024). She also starred as a widow in the drama series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019) and as Candy Montgomery in the miniseries Love & Death (2023), with the latter earning her another nomination for a Golden Globe Award.
Early life
Elizabeth Chase Olsen was born on February 16, 1989, in Sherman Oaks, California. Her mother, Jarnie, is a former dancer, while her father, Dave, is a real estate agent. Their father has Norwegian ancestry, while their mother is of French, German, and Italian ancestry. She is the younger sister of the twin fashion designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who became successful television and film actresses at a young age. Olsen also has an older brother, James "Trent" Olsen (born 1984). Her parents divorced in 1996, and their father remarried that same year. Through him and his second wife, McKenzie, the four siblings have two half-siblings: Courtney and Jake.
Olsen began acting when she was four years old, appearing in Mary-Kate and Ashley's projects, including the 1994 television film How the West Was Fun and the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley. After her sisters' music success with their sophomore album, I Am The Cute One, Lizzie Olsen was signed by their label BMG Kidz in August 1994. Despite being signed to the children's music label, Olsen never recorded any music. As a child, she took ballet lessons and acting classes and spent time at musical theatre camp. For a time, she chose ballet over acting, and at one point, she even considered working as an accountant on Wall Street.
Olsen returned to acting in high school, but almost quit pursuing it in 2004 due to media attention on Mary-Kate's eating disorder. She attended Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California, and then studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. While in college, she took classes at the Atlantic Theater Company and spent a semester at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, where she took her acting more seriously than before. She played understudy roles in the 2008 off-Broadway production of Dust and the 2009 Broadway show Impressionism, which helped her secure an agent. Olsen graduated from NYU in January 2013. Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), and the miniseries WandaVision (2021). Her performance in WandaVision earned her nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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