With death fakes about celebrities flying around everywhere, it is almost very difficult to know the truth about which celebrity is alive and well unless they speak for themselves or at least let the public see them. Ashley Olsen has been in the news lately after a report of her death.
The established fashion designer and businesswoman are also known for her active roles in several TV series. She is best known for her acting and other lucrative businesses with her twin sister Mary-Kate, with whom she not only achieved fame but also growing prosperity thanks to her keen business sense. Read on to find out everything you need to know about Ashley Olsen.
Ashley Olsen Biography
Ashley Olsen, born on June 13, 1986, in Sherman Oaks, California, is an American fashion-conscious and former actress who began her acting career barely a year after birth at the side of her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen. She is the daughter of a mortgage banker and real estate developer David Olsen and his wife Jarnette, who is a personal manager of German, French and Italian descent. Ashley alone belongs to the Norwegian ancestors.
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She attended Campbell Hall School, which is located in Los Angeles. After graduating, she moved to the Gallatin School of Individualized Study-an an interdisciplinary college within New York University.
Ashley debuted as a baby actress with her sister in the American TV sitcom Full House, which was broadcast from 1987 to 1995 and her success in the series earned her further television roles on shows such as Our Lips Are Sealed, Winning London and New York Minute, where she appeared as ‘Abby Parker’, ‘Riley’ and ‘Jane Ryan’ respectively.
In addition to her acting career, Ashley has a heart for the business. Several products, including dolls, computer games, and clothing lines for Wal-Mart, carry her and her sister’s name, but it was her love of the fashion world that led her to start fashion lines with her sister. They both founded Wal-Mart stores that spread across America and made over a hundred thousand dollars. The clothing line is sold to girls aged 4-14. Ashley also owns a cosmetics line called Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real fashion for real girls. In 2004, she became president of Dualstar, which has over 3000 stores across America and even more worldwide.
Is Ashley Olsen Dead?
Ashley’s fans were heartbroken when the news of Ashley Olsen was found dead in Italy”. The news came in 2016 after CNN reported on the American citizen Ashely Olsen, who was murdered by an undocumented migrant. There was a sigh of relief, however, when it was made clear that the death news was not about Ashley Olsen, whom we know, but about a young American woman with the same first and last name as hers. So Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen’s twin sister, is alive and well. She lives happily with her family.
Meet Her Younger Sister
As we mentioned earlier, Ashley has younger and older siblings. Besides her twin sister, she has an older brother Trent and a younger sister Elizabeth. She also has two half-siblings – Taylor and Jake, who were born to her father from his second marriage.
Ashley’s twin sister Mary-Kate is a fashion designer, businesswoman, author, and former actress/producer. Mary, who is the older of the two, went to the same school and pursued the same career as her younger twin, and as most will do, she also shares her business interests with Ashley. High-end fashion, known as The Row, is a product of her business idea. Other similar clothing lines they have together are Elizabeth and James, StyleMint, and Olsenboye. The success of these clothing lines is a clear testament to their strong business IQ, hard work, and passion for a different class of fashion.
With a net worth of over $100 million, Forbes couldn’t help but mention her as the 11th richest woman in the entertainment world in 2007. By April 2017, the twins are expected to have an estimated net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Moreso, the Olsen twins won the CFDA Fashion Awards (Council Of Fashion Designers of America) in 2012 and Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2015. Mary-Kate and Ashley recently plan to integrate Italian shoes into their business. The twins work as directors for an Italian shoe collection, Superga. Mary-Kate is married to a French banker and half-brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Is She Dating Anyone? Who is Her Husband or Boyfriend?
Ashley has had a lot of relationships with men as famous as her. She probably dated more men than her twin sister. It also seems that she prefers to date men older than her, but she hasn’t got one for a husband yet. Her first relationship was with a man named Matt Kaplan (with whom she dated from 2001 to 2004) and between 2004 and 2005 she met the American restaurant owner Scott Sartiano.
In 2005 Ashley dated the singer/songwriter and director Jared Leto. In the same year, there was a rumor that she had a relationship with Greg Chait, and their relationship lasted for about two years from 2005 to 2007, the same year she met cyclist Lance Armstrong and they fell in love. Ashley Osen dated the American actor Justin Bartha between 2008 and 2011. In 2012 she had a relationship with Johnny Depp and in 2014 she turned her attention to another star, Bennett Miller, and together they shared romantic feelings and gained public attention, but despite all this, they had to break up with Ashley by entering into a relationship with the then 50-year-old Richard Sachs. After her breakup with financial artist Beau, Ashley got involved with a mysterious man whom she met in November 2017.
Height And Weight
Ashley Olsen is 1.55m or 5 ft tall. Her slim body weighs about 52 kg or 115 pounds, while her waist, hips, and bra size are 24 inches, 35 inches, 34A, respectively.
