By the age of twelve, the girls had starred in home videos, feature films, multi-media entertainment and another TV series, Two of a Kind. Under the name Dualstar Entertainment, they produced several straight-to-video movies, a line of musical detective videos entitled The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley, and the enormously successful You’re Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's party tapes. They have also introduced a series of companion books to accompany the videos. In 1993, Our First Video went to the top of the Billboard video music chart, and was followed shortly by I Am The Cute One and Brother for Sale. The twins made their big screen debut in 1995 in It Takes Two.
In addition to acting, the Olsens have become a huge force in girl marketing. Products bearing their names, including computer games, dolls, and an enormously popular clothing line for Wal-Mart, are estimated to generate about $1 billion in retail sales alone per year.
Mary-Kate and Ashley announced plans to attend New York University in the fall of 2004. That same year, the released their second feature film, New York Minute,and became full owners of Dualstar after they bought the minority shares of the company.The next year, the sisters began appearing together in the Badgley Mischka ad campaign. They also made their foray into the world of high-end fashion by launching a line of their own called The Row. In 2007, they announced another line of more contemporary clothing, Elizabeth and James, which is named after their brother and sister.
Two years later, in 2007, Forbes magazine ranked Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment. Their estimated net worth sits at nearly $100 million.
In October of 2008, the twins released the book Influence, a work introducing readers to the artists and designers who have influenced the Olsens over the last decade. Released through a division of the Penguin Young Readers Group, the work features figures such as Christian Louboutin, Lauren Hutton and Bob Colacello. It became an instant best seller, and the twins are currently wrapping up a promotional tour for the book.
After her split from long-time beau Matt Kaplan, Ashley Olsen has been romantically linked to several big names including actor/singer Jared Leto and cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Ashley Olsen (full name Ashley sex appeal Fuller Olsen) was born on June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California. She is an American actress, best known as half of the acting duo Mary-Kate and Ashley alongside her fraternal twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen.
Biography and Career :She has a twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen and they began their acting career in 1987 when they were chosen to play the role of Michelle Tanner on a new TV series, "Full House" (1987/I).
"Full House" TV show became a hit with books, dolls, and other merchandise being sold to promote it, and during the years the show was on the air, the Olsen twins had a TVQ (popularity rating) second only to Bill Cosby.
Ashley Olsen and her twi
n sister continued to share the role through the show's end in 1995. During the years of "Full House" (1987/I) they teamed up with Robert Thorne and created Dualstar, their production company. Soon they had recorded an album titled Brother For Sale and a music video called Our First Video (1993) (V). In the years that followed they starred in three straight to video movies, To Grandmother's House We Go (1992) (TV), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) (TV), and How the West Was Fun (1994) (TV).
In 1995 they made their big screen debut in It Takes Two (1995) and in the next few years they continued to make videos in their series.
In 1998 they returned to TV in the short-lived series, "Two of a Kind" (1998).
They made a few more TV movies, appeared on many talk shows, and began work on a new TV series titled "So Little Time" (2001).
Trivia :
- They also created their own video series called The Adventures of Mary-Kate and You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's.
- Enjoys shopping, going to the movies, listening to rock music (Counting Crows), cheerleading and Tae Bo with her sister.
- Hobbies include dancing and tennis.
- At age 6, she and Mary-Kate became the youngest producers in history.
- Her favorite subject is Math.
- Her favorite city is Paris.
- Height : 5'3"/160 cm.