Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen (b. 1986)
Then:
Michelle Tanner, Full House; under-age multi-media titans.
Now:
Of-age multi-media titans; sometime-college students; fulltime tabloid fodder.
FYI:
Reportedly worth a collective $300 million, circa 2003.
Cofounders of Dualstar Media Group.
Media empire includes, or has included: straight-to-video children's movies; video games; Wal-Mart clothing and makeup lines; a consumer magazine, Mary-Kate and Ashley; dolls; toothpaste.
Jointly enrolled at New York University in Fall 2004. Majors undeclared.
Jointly moved into a $7.3 million dorm room-slash-converted penthouse for NYU stay.
Made their theatrical starring debut in 2004's New York Minute, a box-office dud.
As a solo act, Mary-Kate did a six-week stint in rehab in 2004. The official story: Eating disorder.
Are fraternal, not identical, twins.
Ashley is the older twin, by two minutes.
Links:
OFFICIAL SITE
Full House Forever
IMDb.com credits (Mary-Kate Olsen)
IMDb.com credits (Ashley Olsen)
Copyright 1997-2005 Former Child Star Central
|