- She and her sister became the youngest self-made millionaires in American history before they were 10 years old.
- At age 6, she and Mary-Kate became the youngest producers in history.
- When she was young, she and Mary-Kate used to call their Full House (1987) co-stars by their characters names so they would not mess them up during taping.
- Abandoned her acting career to pursue her dream of fashion designing full-time on May 13, 2009.
- In real life, she and Mary-Kate are very close to John Stamos, who played their uncle Jesse on Full House (1987).
- As of May 2015, this has been reported that she is battling Lyme Disease.
- Ashley is taller than her twin sister Mary-Kate by one inch.
- On their 17th birthday (June 13, 2003), the U.S.'s Cable News Network (CNN) announced not only their birthday but the twins' total financial worth -- $150,000,000 for EACH. The same news source predicted the twins may be billionaires by the time they're 21.
- During the earlier seasons of Full House (1987), the producers did not want this known that Michelle was played by twins, so Mary-Kate and Ashley were credited as Mary Kate Ashley Olsen.
- She and her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen, are the only regulars of Full House (1987) not to appear on its revival Fuller House (2016).
- Older sister of Elizabeth Olsen. Younger sister of Trent Olsen. Has a younger half-sister, Taylor Olsen, and a younger half-brother, Jake Olsen.
- In 1993, she and Mary-Kate were supposed to play young Eves (Teena and Cindy) on The X-Files (1993), but were eventually replaced by the Krievins twins (Erika Krievins and Sabrina Krievins) from the nearby city of Vancouver. The reason was very strict child labor laws.
- She is of Danish and Norwegian descent.
- Ashley is older than her twin sister Mary-Kate by about two minutes.
- She donated many signed head-shots to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
- Ashley and Mary-Kate decided to quit acting and focus on their fashion careers. (March 2012)
- She and Mary-Kate both had to wear fake teeth during the later years of Full House (1987) because their baby teeth were falling out. However, the director made an exception when the girls lost their two front teeth.
- As a child she took ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop dance lessons.
- To prepare for her role in It Takes Two (1995), Ashley had to listen to a tape with an English accent and repeat after it over and over again. She also went with her dialogue coach to Tiffany's and an art gallery for brunch. They watched how the people ate there and also learned how to sit up properly like the "rich" ladies.
- On February 14, 2005, she filed a $20M libel suit against the "National Inquirer" for alleging her involvement in a drug scandal.
- Was in a relationship with Justin Bartha [2009-2011].
- In 2004, her wealth was estimated to be $137 million.
- Her film New York Minute (2004) earned only $5.96 million during its opening weekend. This was the lowest amount ever earned for any film opening in over 3,000 theaters.
- Ashley and Mary-Kate currently manage four clothing lines called "The Row", "Elizabeth and James", "Olsenboye" and "StyleMint".
- Ordered to pay $140,000 to former interns for unpaid wages in Manhattan Federal Court.[March 2017].
- She helped in raising 2,206 toys for the Less Fortunate Kids as part of the 2005 Toy Mountain Campaign with Kids Talent Agent Rocky Stone. (December 2005)
- Had a bi-monthly magazine called "Mary-Kate and Ashley Magazine" that only ran for three issues.
- During 8th grade, the only class she and her sister, Mary-Kate Olsen had together was French and it was their first year taking a foreign language.
- She and her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 29, 2004.
- Her hobbies include a great deal of sports, like dancing, golf and tennis.
- With her sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, attended school with Briana Evigan.
- Hardly ever fights with her sister Mary-Kate Olsen , but the times they fight is usually over clothes.
- Owns Dualstar Entertainment Group with her sister Mary Kate.
- She and her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, began their schooling at the Christian Nursery School in Los Angeles, California in 1989.
- She and her sister originally had their ears pierced when they were ten, but the piercings became infected and they had to remove the earrings and let the holes in their ears heal up. They then waited until they were sixteen before having them pierced again.
- At age 17, she and her twin sister Mary-Kate were rated 2003's second hottest teen female stars.
- Had a line of clothing with sister Mary-Kate that was sold at Wal-Mart until 2006.
- Enjoys shopping, going to the movies, listening to rock music (i.e. Counting Crows), cheer leading and Tae Bo with her sister.
- Ranked #3 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars" with sister Mary Kate.
- She and her sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, dedicated the Holland-America Line cruise ship, the "MS Zaandam". (May 2000)
- She and Mary-Kate Olsen were Teen Ambassadors for the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer.
- Was cast as "Christie" in The Informers (2008) but dropped out at the last minute for undisclosed reasons. She was replaced by Amber Heard.
- She and her sister Mary-Kate were both ranked #6 in E's 50 most cutest child stars all grown up (2005).
- She and Mary-Kate Olsen attended Aaron Carter's 13th birthday party. In addition, the singer said that if he was to pick any famous girl to date, it would be Mary-Kate Olsen.
- She and Mary-Kate Olsen were once dubbed Holland America Teen Admirals.
- Went to the same school as Ethan Peck, who had played her sister Mary-Kate Olsen's boyfriend in Passport to Paris (1999).
- Ranked #37 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list. (She was listed alone, her sister Mary-Kate did not appear anywhere on the list).
- Parents are David Olsen and Jarnette Olsen (divorced).
- Has one child, son Otto Eisner (b. 2023) with husband Louis Eisner.
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