
Kaitlin Olson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1975-08-18 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
Kaitlin Olson
Biography
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).
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.
Acting
(2024)
Incoming
as Ms. Nielsen
(2023)
Champions
as Alex
(2022)
It's a Wonderful Binge
as Mayor Spengler
(2018)
Arizona
as Vicki
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Destiny (voice)
(2016)
Marine Life Interviews
as Destiny (voice)
(2015)
Vacation
as Arizona Cop
(2013)
The Heat
as Tatiana
(2012)
Escape from Planet Earth
as 3D Movie Girl (voice)
(2011)
A Tribute to Ryan Dunn
as Self
(2010)
Leap Year
as Libby
(2010)
Held Up
as Rocky 2
(2009)
Weather Girl
as Sherry
(2009)
A Very Sunny Christmas
as Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds
(2009)
The Nightman Cometh: Live
as Dee Reynolds
(2000)
Coyote Ugly
as Bidding Customer
(2000)