Actor
Kaitlin Olson
Born August 18, 1975 in Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA16 films
Kaitlin Willow Olson McElhenney (born August 18, 1975) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began her career in The Sunday Company at the Groundlings, an improvisational theatre and school in Los Angeles, California. She had minor roles in several television series before being cast as Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on the long-running FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present).
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Olson starred as Mackenzie "Micky" Murphy in the Fox comedy series The Mick (2017–2018) and as Cricket Melfi in the Quibi comedy series Flipped (2020), which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
She has also appeared in films including Leap Year (2010), The Heat (2013), Vacation (2015), Finding Dory (2016), and Arizona (2018).
She has been married to actor Rob McElhenney, her co-star on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, since 2008.
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First watchFinding Dory20167.0as Destiny (voice)Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?View filmEssential films
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Filmography
16 films as actor- 2024IncomingMs. Nielsen
- 2023ChampionsAlex
- 2022It's a Wonderful BingeMayor Spengler
- 2018ArizonaVicki
- 2016Marine Life InterviewsDestiny (voice)
- 2016Finding DoryDestiny (voice)
- 2015VacationArizona Cop
- 2013The HeatTatiana
- 2013Escape from Planet Earth3D Movie Girl (voice)
- 2010Held UpRocky 2
- 2010Leap YearLibby
- 2009A Very Sunny ChristmasDeandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds
- 2009The Nightman Cometh: LiveDee Reynolds
- 2009Weather GirlSherry
- 2000Coyote UglyBidding Customer
- 2000Eyes to Heaven