THE OLSEN TWINS Life, Loss & Surviving Hollywood

DECADES AFTER FINDING FAME ON FULL HOUSE, MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN HAVE REWRITTEN THE STORY OF CHILD STARDOM

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The world watched them grow up on TV's Full House, followed by a series of wildly popular direct-to-video films. By the time they'd turned 10 in the late '90s, the Olsen twins were ubiquitous — and the youngest self-made millionaires in American history. More than 20 years ago, Mary-Kate and Ashley acted in their final project together — the teen comedy New York Minute — before unapologetically stepping back from the spotlight. “We were raised to be discreet people,” Mary-Kate told i-D magazine in a rare interview in 2021.

Now, on the cusp of a milestone birthday — it's hard to believe the twins will turn 40 next year — a source tells