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What are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s combined net worth?
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen popularly known as The Olsen Twins have a combined net worth of $500 million. Despite not having had significant roles in films or television for more than 20 years, the Olsen twins are two of the wealthiest women in the entertainment industry.
Childhood
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen who are fraternal twins were born on July 13, 1986, in Sherman Oaks California. They have a younger sister named Elizabeth Olsen and an elder brother who is also an actor.
The parents of the twins, Dave Olsen and Jarnette Jones, separated in 1995. From their father’s second marriage, the twins also have two other half-siblings. The Olsen Twins notably visited NYU in 2004 and appeared to have mostly blended in as other undergraduate students.
Career As An Actress
When they were six months old, they started their acting career when they were cast as Michelle Tanner in the ABC series Full House.
They started shooting when they were just nine months old, and the twins took turns portraying Michelle in order to abide by the restrictions governing the maximum amount of time a child performer may work.
From 1987 to 1995, Full House aired, reaching a peak Nielsen Ratings position of 20. The twins started making appearances as distinct characters in television and video games while they were still in Full House.
Following the conclusion of Full House, The Olsens made their feature film debut in 1995 as the lead in It Takes Two. Their parents were portrayed by Steve Guttenberg and Kirstie Alley.
They debuted a second video series that year called You’re Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley’s, and they continued to add new videos to the series up until 2000.
Additionally, The Olsen Twins made appearances as guests on episodes of All My Children, Sister, Sister, Two of a Kind, So Little Time, and 7th Heaven. They appeared as guest voices in an episode of The Simpsons at the beginning of 2004.
In 2015, it was revealed that John Stamos has signed up with Netflix to produce and co-star in Fuller House, a spin-off of Full House that would bring back the original cast. In May of that year, Mary-Kate and Ashley declared that they had no interest in playing Michelle Tanner again.
Ashley claimed she wouldn’t feel at ease in front of the camera after a 12-year sabbatical, while MK claimed the timing was off when they formally denied the invitation in June. Mary-Kate and Ashley’s Fun Group was a well-established fan club that existed up until 2000.
Each subscription came with a copy of the twins’ fan club magazine, Our Funzine, and fans would pay to obtain MK and Ashley’s memorabilia and photographs. Up until 1998, the opening of each MK and Ashley film featured a promotion for the club.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the twins had enormous popularity among preteens. Their names and likenesses appeared on so many things that it would be difficult to even list a few. The twins took over as co-presidents of Dualstar when they turned 18 years old. Since 2002, the Forbes list of the 100 most famous people has included the Olsen twins.
Career As A Fashionist
One aspect of their brand is the licensing of their image to a variety of official Olsen Twins products, including books, posters, clothing, and other items. Their ready-to-wear apparel line, Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real fashion for real girls, is only available at Walmart locations in North America.
The twins gained notoriety in 2004 when they agreed to grant all Bangladeshi garment workers who sew their brand of apparel a full eight weeks of maternity leave. The Olsen twins received accolades for their dedication to worker rights from the National Labor Committee.
Growing up, the sisters gained notoriety for their boho-chic look, which was made popular in Britain by stars like Kate Moss and Sienna Miller. The twins were chosen in 2006 to represent the elitist clothing brand Badgley Mischka.
Barneys and other luxury boutiques carry The Row clothing collection from the Olsen twins. The Olsen Twins, named after their elder brother and younger sister, respectively, established a modern sportswear collection under The Row called Elizabeth and James.
J.C. Penney, they have also debuted the Olsenboye women’s clothing collection. In addition, the twins debuted the StyleMint t-shirt collection. In 2008, the sisters released Influence, an autobiography of famous fashion industry figures.
The twins introduced a fresh clothing collection in Oslo, Norway, in August 2013.
Awards And Nominations
The Olsen Twins have received two Kids Choice Awards and four Young Artist Awards together. In 2004, they also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Wall Street Journal magazine’s Innovator of the Year Award was given to MK and Ashley in October 2012.
The influence was published by The Olsen Twins in 2008. In 2012 and 2015, the Council of Fashion Designers of America recognized them as Womenswear Designer of the Year. The CFDA also honored Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with the title of Accessories Designer of the Year in 2014.
Relationships
The Olsen Twins are famed for keeping their romantic connections private. Louis Eisner, an artist, and Ashley have been secretly dating for several years.
Mary-Kate dated David Katzenberg, who is the son of DreamWorks co-founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, Max Snow, and Nate Lowman.
In May 2012, MK began dating Nicolas Sarkozy’s half-brother Olivier Sarkozy. In November 2015, Olsen and Sarzoky were wed. Midway through 2004, Mary-Kate began receiving anorexia therapy.
As a close friend of Heath Ledger, Mary-Kate was even the first person his massage therapist called when they found Ledger unresponsive in his bed on January 22, 2008. She dispatched a personal security guard to the area.
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