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Ashley Olsen
File:Ashley Olsen Influence.jpg
Ashley Olsen at her book signing in 2008.
Born
Ashley Fuller Olsen
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, fashion model, fashion designer
Years active1987 —
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)[citation needed]
AwardsYoung Artist Award
Best Young Actor/Actress - Under Five Years of Age
Full House (1989)
Outstanding Performance by an Actress Under Nine Years of Age
Full House (1990)
Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Under Ten
Full House (1992)
Best Youth Actress in a TV Mini-Series, M.O.W. or Special
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1994)
Kid's Choice Award
Favourite Movie Actress
It Takes Two (1995)
Favorite TV Actress
Two of a Kind (1998)
DVD Exclusive Awards
Franchise Performers Award (2003)
Websitehttp://www.mary-kateandashley.com

Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, producer, executive producer, fashion designer and fashion model. She has had a successful acting career beginning at a very young age, in roles with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen.[1]

Career

Working as a twin

Ashley Olsen began her career at the age of nine months, when she and her sister Mary-Kate were hired to share the role of Michelle Tanner on the popular television series Full House in 1987. To comply with strict child labor laws regarding child actors, Ashley and Mary-Kate took turns during taping of the show. Both girls were credited as "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen" in an attempt to deter audiences from coming to the realization that the girls were in fact twins playing the role of Michelle Tanner.

Following Full House, Ashley released a string of successful straight-to-video movies and became a popular figure in the preteen market during the late '90s and early 2000s. Her name became a cottage industry, with her likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies and posters. There were even fashion dolls of her made by Mattel from 2000-2005.

She starred in the video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley, the ABC show Two of a Kind, and ABC Family's So Little Time. They was ranked number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars.

In 2004, Ashley appeared alongside her twin sister in the theatrical light-hearted romantic comedy, New York Minute, also starring Eugene Levy.

Both Mary-Kate and Ashley work on their fashion line called Elizabeth and James, which is named after their brother and sister.

In 2008, Mary-Kate and Ashley released a book titled "Influence", which contained interviews with many creative and influential people including Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson, Diane von Furstenberg and many more. The book received positive reviews not only by critics but also by fans of the twins.

CEO

Main article: Dualstar

In 2004, both Ashley and Mary-Kate became CEO of their company Dualstar (created in 1993 following the success on Full House), the brand currently selling in over 3,000 stores in America and 5,300 stores world-wide. Their success has been marked on Forbes The Celebrity 100 list since 2002, and in 2007 Forbes ranked the twins as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated net worth of $100 million.[2]

Fashion designer

Ashley Olsen in 2006.

Following a high volume of public interest in their fashion choices, both work in collaboration on a string of fashion lines available to the public.

Starting as young girls, they have a clothing line in Wal-Mart stores across America for girls ages 4-14 as well as a beauty line called "Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real fashion for real girls". In 2004 they made news by signing a pledge to allow all the workers that sew their line of clothing in Bangladesh full maternity leave. The National Labor Committee, which organized the pledge, later praised the twins for their commitment to worker rights. The director of the organization, Charles Kernaghan, is quoted as saying, "The Olsen twins have done the right thing. Now it is up to Wal-Mart to either support Mary-Kate and Ashley’s commitment to women’s rights, or tragically to shut them down."[3] However their collaboration with Wal-Mart tarnished their fashionable reputations amongst the fashion industry until they were tapped as the faces of upscale fashion line Badgley Mischka in 2006, in an attempt to gain credibility in the fashion industry after their association with Wal-Mart.[4]

In a more matured fashion project, Ashley and her sister have released The Row, a high-end fashion line inspired by London's Savile Row, the line a direct reflection of their own popular personal style. The line features shirts and tank tops selling for hundreds of dollars each. The clothing is sold at high-end retailers such as Barneys, Maxfield, Harvey Nichols, Brown's, and others around the world.

Ashley and Mary-Kate continued their expansion in the fashion industry with the Fall '07 launch of Elizabeth & James, their contemporary collection inspired by many of their unique vintage finds and pieces in their personal wardrobes.

Public image

Though her fashion choices have become somewhat popular, Olsen has not been without criticism for her wearing and promotion of fur.[5] In 2006, she was included on PETA's 2006 Worst Dressed list for wearing fur and is often a target of their anti-fur campaigning.

Personal life

Seeking to establish independent identities for herself and her twin sister, Ashley has asked the public and the media to refer to them not as "the Olsen twins" but as Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen respectively.

Ashley dated a Columbia University quarterback, Matt Kaplan, from February 2001 - May 2004.[6] Since then, she has been romanticaly linked to restaurateur Scott Sartiano (September 2004 - June 2005),[7] actor/singer Jared Leto (July 2005),[8] businessman Greg Chait (July 2005 - January 2007),[9] cyclist Lance Armstrong (October 2007),[10] and actor Justin Bartha (May 2008 - present).[11]

In 2005, Ashley filed a $40 million lawsuit against tabloid magazine National Enquirer for printing a headline reading "Ashley Olsen Caught In Drug Scandal," with a story accompanied [12]

Filmography

Further information: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen § Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Rich Girls: The Olsen Twins". Retrieved 2008-04-06. Fraternal twins Mary-Kate and Ashley had been splitting a role on the television network sitcom "Full House" since they were 9 months old and in diapers
  2. ^ Goldman, Lea and Kiri Blakeley. "In Pictures: The Richest 20 Women In Entertainment". forbes.com. 17 January 2007.
  3. ^ Grossberg, Josh. Mary-Kate, Ashley: No Sweat. E! Online. 9 December 2004.
  4. ^ Hall, Sarah. Olsen Twins Strike a Pose. E! ONline. February 15, 2006.
  5. ^ "PETA Sends Olsens a Birthday Gift". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) The New York Observer
  6. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,633121,00.html
  7. ^ http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/9-8-2004-59054.asp
  8. ^ http://www.usmagazine.com/ashley_olsen_and_jared_leto_make_out
  9. ^ http://gossip.commongate.com/post/Ashley_Olsen_splits_with_boyfriend
  10. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20156021,00.html
  11. ^ http://www.hollyscoop.com/ashley-olsen/ashley-olsen-and-justin-bartha-still-going-strong_17828.aspx
  12. ^ Amter, Charlie and Sarah Hall. Ashley Olsen's Tab Turn. February 16, 2005.
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