Elizabeth Olsen
Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. 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 was acclaimed and nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award. Olsen received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and graduated from New York University two years later.
Elizabeth Olsen
Olsen gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, appearing in the superhero films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), as well as the miniseries WandaVision (2021) and the second season of What If...? (2023). Her performance in WandaVision garnered her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Outside of her work with Marvel, Olsen starred in the monster film Godzilla (2014), the mystery film Wind River (2017), and the dramedy Ingrid Goes West (2017). She executive produced and starred as a widow in the drama series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), earning a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award. Olsen has since portrayed Candy Montgomery in the miniseries Love & Death (2023), for which she was nominated for another Golden Globe Award.
Early life and education[edit]
Elizabeth Chase Olsen[1] was born on February 16, 1989, in Sherman Oaks, California.[2][3] Her mother, Jarnie, is a former dancer, while her father, Dave, is a real estate agent.[4][5] She is the younger sister of twin fashion designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who became successful television and film actresses as children. Olsen also has an older brother, a younger half-brother, and a younger half-sister.[5] Her parents divorced in 1996.[6] Olsen began acting when she was four years old,[7] 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.[8][9][10] As a child, she took acting classes and spent time at musical theatre camp.[8] Olsen nearly quit pursuing acting in 2004 due to the media attention toward Mary-Kate's eating disorder.[11] She went to Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California.[12] Olsen attended New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts, during which she took classes at Atlantic Theater Company and spent a semester at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia.[5] She attained understudy roles in the 2008 off-Broadway production of the play Dust and the 2009 Broadway production of the play Impressionism, which led to her securing an agent.[5][8] Olsen graduated from NYU in January 2013.[13]
Personal life[edit]
Olsen says she became an atheist at the age of 13 because she believes "religion should be about community and having a place to go in prayer, not something that should determine women's freedoms."[69] She once held a real estate license in New York, which she obtained after first moving there.[70] Olsen is an ambassador for the company Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.[50] She and actor Boyd Holbrook were in a relationship from 2011 to 2014.[71]
Olsen became engaged to musician Robbie Arnett, of the American band Milo Greene, in July 2019 after three years of dating.[72][73] The two secretly eloped.[74] She and Arnett live in Los Angeles.[75] Together, they co-wrote the children's books Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective, released in June 2022, and Hattie Harmony: Opening Night, released in June 2023. Olsen and Arnett's experiences with anxiety inspired the books' creations.[76][77]