Elizabeth Olsen is best known for playing the powerful Scarlet Witch in the mega-popular Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Some people may think that she sort of popped up out of nowhere as a “third Olsen.”
While she didconsidertaking sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s help, she didn’t need it.
She worked hard for many years to become the Hollywood star she is today.
It makes it all the more fun when you feel like what you have to say matters."
It’s time to rectify that.
Here’s the stunning transformation of Elizabeth Olsen.
To Elizabeth though, it was simply life.
“It was just normal.
It was never weird,” she told Danny Pellegrino on his podcast “Everything Iconic.”
We’ll put gum in your hair.'
To me, it was never acting.
It was silly and fun."
Olsen played a few small parts inprojectsthat starred her sisters.
She laughs off those exciting beginnings now.
she joked toThe Guardian.
“And my biggest scene was getting bubblegum out of my hair!”
After that, Olsen briefly tried to get into other projects, most notably “Spy Kids.”
She ended up not getting the part, but it definitely taught her how serious acting could be.
“I didn’t understand why I would ever read something that big.”
Olsen, of course, has landed much bigger roles since that first foray into film.
Maybe she’s learned to speed-read!
Understandably, such experiences made her pretty suspicious of the paparazzi.
“It made me despise those kinds of people, it made me despise gossip magazines.”
Luckily, she’s found a way to get around being recognized.
And I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve heard that before,’ and that was it."
We can only hope she enters an Elizabeth Olsen look-alike contest someday,Charlie Chaplin style.
David and Jarnette Olsendivorcedin February of 1996.
Elizabeth was just 6 years old at the time.
David married his coworker a month later.
“The reality is that the transition has been very smooth.
Everyone sees eye to eye.
The girls are fine,” he toldEntertainment Weekly.
Today, Elizabeth isclosewith both her parents, even having her father visit on set sometimes.
As it turns out, she just preferred being a kid.
“I realized at that point, ‘I really love ballet.
I really love sports.
I really love doing my camps.
It would just take a few years for Elizabeth Olsen to start taking acting seriously.
A drama teacher at her Los Angeles high school helped her find the academic side of it.
She worked on student projects and auditioned for some professional shows.
She was eventually cast in the off-Broadway production “Dust” and the Broadway show “Impressionism.”
“It all just kind of happened,” Olsen said toSFGate.
“I got lucky.
Good place, good time.”
In 2004, her sister Mary-Kate Olsenentered treatmentfor an eating disorder.
The next several years saw the paparazziharassingthe young woman.
Things only got worse when the twins went to New York for school, where they had todrop outearly.
The twins would have towear “grungy” clothingto try and escape the never-ending flash of photographers.
At this point, Elizabeth found the attention abusive.
“And I didn’t want to be a part of it.
Apparently, she used to speak a little Russian, but wasn’t able to keep that skill.
Still, the semester proved very formative for Olsen and her art.
She shared with the local New York City paperThe Village Voice, “[It was] really physical.
I don’t think there’s better theater in the world than in Russia.
…The semester I studied at the Moscow Art Theatre was much more about using your imagination.
I thought a lot about theater in my life when I was there.”
Upon returning to the United States, she’d have more well-rounded skills.
She made a splash at Sundance
The 2011 Sundance Festival was Elizabeth Olsen’s time to shine.
Oh, and she was stilltaking classesat NYU at the time, in case that wasn’t enough.
Critics were surprised by this seemingly sudden arrival, but this had been a long time coming.
‘Came out of nowhere!’
‘And she’s an Olsen sister!’
my dad would be like, ‘Don’t they know you’ve been doing this your whole life?!
These people should be writing that you have been working on this forever!'”
At least they were finally paying attention better late than never!
It was time for the world to know the real Elizabeth Olsen.
“It’s not like everything has changed.
It’s still a struggle, just a different kind of struggle,” she toldNylonat the time.
Now Olsen sees that this part of her career really was a great step forward.
She further discussed how these years were a great learning experience of the Hollywood business.
… in hindsight, I could’ve made smarter choices that could’ve led to a different place.”
However, Emilia Clarke ultimately went on to play the Mother of Dragons.
“I was doing the Khaleesi speech when she comes out of the fire.
It was awful.”
In fact, it’s her go-to audition horror story.
Being the true thespian she is, Olsen was drawn to the character’s emotional struggle.
Of course, this newfound fame gave Olsen a ton of new attention, which disrupted her private lifestyle.
“Every day I think I should delete [her Instagram],” she said.
“I’m trying to treat that aspect of my life as part of the job.
It’s a distraction more than anything.”
Still, she appreciates her fans and lovingly calls the MCU community “magical.”
Olsen and Holbrook moved in together in 2014 and a few months later were engaged.
This was not long after sister Mary-Kate announced her engagement toOlivier Sarkozy.
Anothersourceclaimed that Olsen and Holbrook had been planning to get engaged for quite some time.
Regarding her engagement, Olsen told Marie Claire in a 2014 interview (viaE!
She continued, “It’s just like throwing a party to celebrate life.”
Unfortunately, it was not meant to be.
The two split in January 2015.
Her casting as the Scarlet Witch, a character with Jewish and Roma ethnicity, led to someconcernsof white-washing.
Olsen was surprised by the critiques, but understood where they were coming from.
She added, “I think it’s very important not to fool yourself.
However, as with many of things she does, she kept it on the down low.
“I don’t need to tell people what charity I do,” she said in aVanity Fairinterview.
It’s a really devastating thing in the world.”
“I’ve loved the obsessive attention that is required,” the Marvel star gushed.
Elizabeth Olsen divulged toVarietythat the show, titled “WandaVision,” would be set in the 1950s.
“Paul [Bettany] and I are really excited,” she added.
And they’re even able to throw some playful shade at one another.
For example, Bettany quipped in a BUILD interview, “It was very difficult working with Lizzy.
I felt like I carried her the whole way through.”
And he meant literally, as he physically carried Olsen in scenes.
With Scarlet Witch’s rising status in the MCU, Olsen is being thrust even further into the limelight.
However, Elizabeth was initially concerned about being viewed as a nepotism hire when she began acting herself.
As the “WandaVision” star toldGlamour UK, she was interested in auditioning from the age of 10.
That’s the year she accepted a ring from Milo Greene frontman Robbie Arnett, according toPeoplemagazine.
Congrats, you two!
Olsen and Arnett later married in 2020, as noted byPeople.
Olsen has said she could imagine children in her home.
And for women, it’s a really empowering word."
“We don’t have to follow suit if it doesn’t feel right.
We need to be listening to our gut,” she asserted.
As of this writing, she has 26 acting credits to her name.
In 2018 and 2019, Olsen also executive produced “Sorry for Your Loss.”
She’s also contributed songs to various projects as well.
I felt like I was putting on old shoes."
Olsen is playing the challenging lead role, with Fugit as her husband.
Lily Rabe stars as Betty while Plemons portrays her spouse.
Behind the camera, Nicole Kidman is and TV legend David E. Kelley are executive producing.
It’s unlikely, then, that she’ll consider retiring any time soon.
“A shop with flowers and different artisanal goods, and also food for breakfast and lunch.
