Mary-Kate Olsen

Age: 18

Born: June 13th, 1986; Sherman Oaks, California
(she was born on Friday the 13th at 8:26a.m., two minutes after her sister)

Zodiac sign: Gemini

Chinese sign: Tiger

Currently lives:
Encino, CA in the San Fernando Valley with her father

Sherman Oaks with her mother


Soon will live in New York on the Hudson River in a $3.5 million apartment, Morton Square in Greenwich Village in Manhattan


Mary-Kate and her sister purchased their first house in Bel-Air, Ca. The 1970's style house was bought for 3.7 million and has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a pool and a spa and is 4000 sq. feet. They plan to stay in the house when they are on break from NYU.


Nickname: MK, given to her by David Katzenberg

Height: 5'2
Eyes:green
Hair:brunette
Left handed

Parents:
David Olsen and Jarnette Fuller Olsen

(Divorced in 95' when MK was 9)

Stepmother: McKenzie Olsen


Siblings: Trent,20 (May 6th, 1984) sophomore at UCLA

Lizzie,15 (February 16, 1989)sophomore at Campbell Hall

Step-siblings: Taylor,7 second grade

Jake,6 first grade


Boyfriend: David Katzenberg, 21

son of Jeffery Katzenberg, Dreamworks cofounder
Mary-Kate and David met at a mutal friend's house in 03'

Ex-boyfriend: Max Winkler, son of actor Henry Winkler


Did you know?: Mary-Kate introduced Ashley to her ex Matt Kaplan

Pets: Jack, a black Chihuahua mix

Jarnie owns a German Shepherd named Jessica and a miniature schnauzer named Bismarck
Dave owns a half chow half German shepherd, Tiger, which was a stray dog they rescued, and a cocker spaniel named Mikey
They also have another dog named Lucy(pict. here with Ashley)


In the past years they've had one that died and another they had to give away, unfortunatley

Horse: Goldie (show name: All That Glitters)


Once owned two horses named CD and Star
Mary-Kate was on the Equestrian Team at Campbell Hall

These are her three horses. I'm guessing that Goldie is the one on the end.

For Christmas 1998, Mary-Kate wanted to sell her pony, which she had outgrown, to get a horse

She spent a lot of time with Camilla,(below) who is too frail to ride, while at Cirque Lodge.


She also rode a white mare named Rio while in rehab

Vehicle: $75,000 green Range Rover

Graduated high school from: Campbell Hall, a private school in North Hollywood,CA
She attended since the 8th grade. Before that, she was home schooled

Subject: Creative Writing, English, (Math is her least favorite)

College: The Gallatin School of Individualized Study, a small innovative college within New York University, gives students the opportunity to design a program of study tailored to their own needs and interests

Hopes to study: Culinary arts, further her interests in photography, directing, foreign language

Favorite food: Sushi(shrimp tempura roll, tuna sashimi), bruschetta, ceasar salad, angel hair pasta, frozen yogurt with granola topping

Drinks: Iced coffee, Diet Coke, Alice's Tea Cup

Fav. restaurants in CA:

Hamasaku, a sushi restaurant in West Hollywood
likes to order the yellowfin and spicy tuna handrolls

Sushi Roku in Hollywood

Urth Caffe in Los Angeles

Elixir, a tea place
loves the Liquid Yoga, " a chill-at-will tonic"

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

In New York: Japenese restaurant Nobu ("the best sushi in town," she says)

Serendipity 3, a legendary ice cream emporium
likes the frozen hot chocolate

Hobbies/likes: Horseback riding, yoga (they go to "Maha Yoga" in Brentwood, just 20 minutes or so from their house),
cooking("I make sushi and bruschetta and oatmeal-raisin cookies", says Mary-Kate. "I don't mean to brag, but they're really good."), shopping, hanging out with friends, going to sports games(basketball)

Favorite color: Red

Favorite team: LA Lakers

Music/bands: 70's rock(BeeGees, ABBA, Blondie),old Micheal Jackson, Joss Stone, Velvet Revolver, Wax Poetic, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ben Harper, The Postal Service, U2, John Mayer, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Norah Jones

Favorite Movie: Love Actually, Lost in Translation

Summer flicked she enjoyed: Spider Man 2
Flicks she's seen this summer: Napoleon Dynamite, The Notebook, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Favorite Actresses/Actors: Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Kirsten Dunst, Bill Murray, Rachel Bilson, many more

T.V. shows: Friends, Newlyweds, Will and Grace, America's Next Top Model

Books: "Unseen Warhol" by John O'Connor and Benjamin Liu, Oliver Twist, The Great Gatsby

Celebrity crush: Andy Roddick

Pet Peeve: when people eat bananas and make that squishy noise

First kiss: on a street corner while trick-or-treating at 14

Would rather not: talk on her cellphone(which is blue and silver with a glow worm sticker)

Must have accessories: Lip gloss, sandals, Ipod

Style: Laid-back, vintage, comfortable

Favorite designers: Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Anna Sui

Favorite stores: Fred Segal, Barneys New York, Planet Funk

Clothing: ripped jeans, vintage T-shirts, cashmere sweaters, oversized sunglasses, newsboys caps, tons of accessories, beads, bracelets, large earrings, etc.

Rare fact: MK has said she only wears two pairs of jeans
A pair of Levis
A pair that she wore in a movie but are now altered and faded

Hand bags: Large, slouchy vintage bags;clutches for events

Fav lip balm: Cherry Chapstick, Chanel lipgloss

Business woman:

Mary-Kate and her sister are copresidents of Dualstar and have legal access to $150 million dollars. EACH!

Youngest co-executive producer of a production company at the age of six

How she got into the biz.: Jarnette's friend represented a Burbank casting agency that was looking for twins. So she sent a photo, and soon she got a call from the Full House folks to bring the girls to audition for the role of Michelle. They were the only one's who didn't cry so they got the job. Plus,infants only work about twenty minutes at a time, so twins give you forty minutes.

Manager/Lawyer/Co.President of Dualstar: Robert Thorne

He was hired when the girls were four by thier father, and he quickly upped their weekly pay from $4,000 to $25,000 an episode. By the last season, they were getting $80,000 per episode. He came up with the idea to create their own company in which they would serve as executive producers

Her father,Dave Olsen is a commerical real estate developer/mortage broker who sits on Dualstar's board

Personal Assitant/Sr.Exec. Vice President: Jill Zimmerman


Stylist/Sr.Ex. Vice President: Judy Swartz



Spokesman: Michael Pagnotta


Dualstar Writer: Tonya Hurley


Personal Tutor: Rhonda Sherman


(Another tutor was Sandy McNeil)

Acting Coach: Barbara Daoust


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