Kaitlin Olson

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Kaitlin Olson is an American actress known for her role in the program ‘It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

Aug 18, 1975

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: August 18, 1975
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: University Of Oregon, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
  • City/State: Oregon
  • Spouses: Rob McElhenney (m. 2008)
  • Known as: Kaitlin Willow McElhenney
  • Childrens: Axel Lee McElhenney, Leo Grey McElhenney

Kaitlin Olson born at

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Birth Place

Kaitlin Willow Olson was born on August 18, 1975, in Portland, Oregon, USA, and was raised on a farm. Her father Donald Olson was a publisher who worked for the Portland Tribune. Olson attended Tigard High School located in Oregon. She then studied at the University of Oregon and graduated from there with a B.S. in Theater arts in the year 1997.

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Personal Life

Coming to the actress’ love life, she got married to actor Rob McElhenney on September 27, 2008. The couple had their first child, Axel Lee, on September 1, 2010. Their second child, a boy who was named Leo Grey McElhenney, was born in April 2012.

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Personal Life

Kaitlin Olson began her career as a member of the improvisational group, The Groundlings. She then appeared in the flick ‘Coyote Ugly’ in 2000. The same year, she had a recurring role in the drama series ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. After this, she did the short film titled ‘Fugly’. The actress then had a recurring role as Traylor in ‘The Drew Carey Show’.

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Career

In 2003, she acted in the short film ‘Scapegoats’. Two years later, she stared playing the role of Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds in ‘It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia’. After this, Olson starred in the drama ‘The Riches’ and the movie ‘Weather Girl’. In the year 2010, she played Libby and Rocky 2 in the films ‘Leap Year’ and ‘Held Up’ respectively.

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Two years later, the American beauty voiced the character of Carol / Danielle in the series ‘Unsupervised’. She also lent her voice to the character of Ethel in ‘Brickleberry’ that year. Soon after this, Olson did the flick ‘The Heat’. She then was cast in the movie ‘Vacation’ in 2015. The following year, the actress worked as a voice artist for the movie ‘Finding Dory’ as well as the drama series ‘The Simpsons’. Shortly after, she joined the cast of the series ‘The Mick’.

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