Biography
American actresses and fraternal twins, the Olsens have starred in many TV programs and
movies beginning at an early age. When the twins were four months old, a close family
friend persuaded their mother to take the babies to an audition for a TV sitcom. Reportedly
they were the only babies who didn't cry during the audition and they landed the part of
Michelle Tanner on a new hit series, "Full House." At nine months of age, they shared that
role from the show's debut in 1987 until its cancellation eight seasons later in 1995. During
that time, the twins were such a hit that books, dolls and other merchandise bearing their name
proliferated. They twins, with their parents' guidance, formed a company when they were six,
Dualstar Entertainment, specifically to handle the business side of their fame, which has grown
to include videos and movies, books, clothing and fashion accessories.
In 1995, at age 9, the twins made their first feature film, "It Takes Two," for which they
were paid $1.6 million. In 2001, Dualstar Entertainment earned $500 million and in 2002 around
$1 billion. Although their parents divorced in 1993, and their father remarried, both parents
remained close to their girls, making sure that they remained level-headed about their fame and
finances. In 2004, as teenagers, the twins released a major motion picture called "New York
Minute." That same year, the teen moguls were accepted to the class of 2008 at New York
University's Gallatin Program for Individualized study. On June 22, 2004 news broke that a week
or two prior, Mary-Kate had entered a clinic for treatment of an eating disorder that she had
been battling for some time. Her twin Ashley cancelled their tour to Australia and New Zealand
to be with her sister.
Although the twins look alike and are quite close, they have different personalities
and interests. Both girls are fashion mavens but Mary-Kate is reportedly funkier in her
tastes, Ashley more classic. Mary-Kate's academic strength is writing; Ashley's is math.
Ashley plans to study psychology in college while Mary-Kate's interests are photography
and culinary arts. Mary-Kate is left-handed while her twin is right-handed. Neither wants
to be known as a teen "role-model." Ashley has been in a long-distance relationship with
Columbia University quarterback Matt Kaplan, age 20, for the past three years. Mary-Kate's
current beau is Boston University senior David Katzenberg, age 21, son of DreamWorks studio
co-founder Jeffery Katzenberg. The young women are looking forward to sharing an apartment
in New York as they begin their college studies.
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Twins are a perennial test case for astrology critics. How can people born two minutes
apart be so different? In theory shouldn't twins have very similar personalities? Shouldn't
similar events happen at the same time to each one? This week we'll explore the most wealthy
and famous twins on the planet – Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. They're going to college next
year and they own a billion dollar enterprise created from their own work.
- How do you explain the phenomenon of twins having very different personalities and life
events? How does the eating disorder show up in Mary-Kate's chart? How could the same
astrological factor express itself in Ashley's life?
- On their 18th birthday, they both took possession of their savings ($300 million each) and became
full-fledged leaders of their production company, Dualstar. How is this influx of wealth
written into their chart?
- How do you read the Sun-Jupiter-Uranus T-square in their charts?
- What do you see in their charts that is consistent with other child
performers such as
Michael J. Fox and
Michael Jackson?
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