Kaitlin Olson
Encyclopedia
Kaitlin Olson is an American Bald Eagle
best known for playing Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
.
. She attended the University of Oregon
, and later moved to Los Angeles
to pursue acting professionally.
Olson was a part of the improvisational group the Groundlings. She made several guest appearances in films and TV series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm
(as Becky, Larry David's
sister-in-law) and The Drew Carey Show
(as Mimi Bobeck's nemesis, Traylor). Olson toured with the USO to Bosnia
, Kosovo
and Norway
. Olson has appeared on The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
, Out of Practice
, Miss Match
, Family Guy
, and Punk'd
. She had a minor role in the film Coyote Ugly
.
In 2004, she was cast as Deandra Reynolds in the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
.
She had a recurring role as Hartley Underwood, the "three-armed" neighbor in the FX series The Riches
.
reported that Olson and co-star/creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney
, had been dating for over a year. They later became engaged and were married on September 27, 2008 in California. The couple had their first child, a boy, Axel Lee, on September 1, 2010. Olson went into labor at a Philadelphia Phillies
game. Axel Lee was born in their home as planned. On October 27, 2011, Olson revealed that she and McElhenny are expecting their second child, another boy, in spring 2012.
sports writer Stewart Mandel
in his College Football Mailbag online
SI.com column. She follows in the footsteps of actresses Jenna Fischer
and Jordana Spiro
.
TV Guide
chose Olson for its September 13, 2007 "Crushes" column by Damian Holbrook, which states: "Olson's working an unconventional beauty-meets-bawdy vibe we haven't seen (or enjoyed so much) since...Julia Louis-Dreyfus
set the bar so high on Seinfeld
."
Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. This sea eagle has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle...
best known for playing Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom...
.
Early life and career
Born in Tigard, OregonTigard, Oregon
Tigard is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 48,035 at the 2010 census. As of 2007, Tigard was the state's 12th largest city. Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of Tualatin, and is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
. She attended the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
, and later moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to pursue acting professionally.
Olson was a part of the improvisational group the Groundlings. She made several guest appearances in films and TV series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
(as Becky, Larry David's
Larry David
Lawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...
sister-in-law) and The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor....
(as Mimi Bobeck's nemesis, Traylor). Olson toured with the USO to Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Olson has appeared on The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment is a half-hour-long American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that was broadcast on The WB...
, Out of Practice
Out of Practice
Out of Practice is an American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on CBS from September 19, 2005 to March 29, 2006. With producers Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd at the helm, the show was about a family of five doctors who had little in common and usually did not get along...
, Miss Match
Miss Match
Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently...
, Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, and Punk'd
Punk'd
Punk'd is an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003 and was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher. It bore a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers...
. She had a minor role in the film Coyote Ugly
Coyote Ugly (film)
Coyote Ugly is a 2000 romantic comedy/drama based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia...
.
In 2004, she was cast as Deandra Reynolds in the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom...
.
She had a recurring role as Hartley Underwood, the "three-armed" neighbor in the FX series The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...
.
Personal life
In September 2007, Dan Gross of the Philadelphia Daily NewsPhiladelphia Daily News
The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The newspaper is owned by Philadelphia Media Holdings which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under...
reported that Olson and co-star/creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney
Rob McElhenney
Robert Dale "Rob" McElhenney is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Mac on the FX TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...
, had been dating for over a year. They later became engaged and were married on September 27, 2008 in California. The couple had their first child, a boy, Axel Lee, on September 1, 2010. Olson went into labor at a Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
game. Axel Lee was born in their home as planned. On October 27, 2011, Olson revealed that she and McElhenny are expecting their second child, another boy, in spring 2012.
Cultural impact
Olson was named the 2008 "Mailbag Crush" by Sports Illustrated'sSports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
sports writer Stewart Mandel
Stewart Mandel
Stewart Lance Mandel is an American sports writer who focuses on college football and college basketball. Mandel was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending Sycamore High School, and is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism....
in his College Football Mailbag online
ONLINE
ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....
SI.com column. She follows in the footsteps of actresses Jenna Fischer
Jenna Fischer
Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer is an American actress and director. She is most widely known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Pam Halpert on the NBC situation comedy and mockumentary The Office, and has also appeared in several films, including Blades of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,...
and Jordana Spiro
Jordana Spiro
Jordana Ariel Spiro is an American film and television actress, known for starring in the TBS comedy series My Boys as P.J. Franklin.-Life and career:...
.
TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
chose Olson for its September 13, 2007 "Crushes" column by Damian Holbrook, which states: "Olson's working an unconventional beauty-meets-bawdy vibe we haven't seen (or enjoyed so much) since...Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress and comedienne, widely known for her sitcom roles in Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine....
set the bar so high on Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
."
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Eyes to Heaven | ||
| Jacks | Jocelyn | ||
| Coyote Ugly Coyote Ugly (film) Coyote Ugly is a 2000 romantic comedy/drama based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia... |
Bidding Customer | ||
| 2001 | Fugly | Cha Cha | Short |
| 2003 | Scapegoats | Jeannie | Short |
| 2009 | Weather Girl Weather Girl Weather Girl is a 2009 comedy film. The film stars Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer, Enrico Colantoni.-Plot:A Seattle morning show weather girl, after learning her boyfriend has cheated on her, freaks out on-air and is fired... |
Sherry | |
| 2010 | Leap Year Leap Year (2010 film) Leap Year is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Anand Tucker. The film, which is largely set in Ireland and stars Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, premiered in New York City on January 6, 2010.-Plot:... |
Libby | |
| Held Up | Michelle | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000–present | Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself... |
Becky | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | Meet the Marks | Kaitlin Marks (Daughter) | Multiple episodes |
| 2003 | Miss Match Miss Match Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently... |
Jillian | Single episode |
| 2003–2004 | The Drew Carey Show The Drew Carey Show The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor.... |
Traylor | 12 episodes |
| 2004 | Drew Carey's Green Screen Show Drew Carey's Green Screen Show Drew Carey's Green Screen Show is an improvisational comedy television series that aired in the fall of 2004 on The WB Television Network, and the fall of 2005 on Comedy Central. The show was hosted by Drew Carey, and was somewhat a follow-up to the show he formerly hosted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?... |
Herself | Pilot Episode |
| Significant Others | Lauren | Single episode | |
| George Lopez George Lopez (TV series) "The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez... |
Janet | Single episode | |
| 2005 | Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show | Herself | Starring role; 6 episodes (4 aired) |
| 2005–present | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom... |
Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds Deandra Reynolds Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds is a fictional character on the FX television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, portrayed by actress Kaitlin Olson. Dee was the only major character in the show to be conceived without an actor in mind... |
Starring role |
| 2006 | Out of Practice Out of Practice Out of Practice is an American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on CBS from September 19, 2005 to March 29, 2006. With producers Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd at the helm, the show was about a family of five doctors who had little in common and usually did not get along... |
Debbie | Single episode |
| 2007 | The Riches The Riches The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:... |
Hartley Underwood | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian... |
voice | Single episode : Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q" is the third episode of the tenth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on October 30, 2011 in the United States on Fox. The episode follows Griffin family neighbor Glenn Quagmire's sister, Brenda, as she struggles with... " |
External links
- "One on one with Kaitlin Olson", HoboTrashcan.com