Kaitlin Olson
16 movies · 22 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 18, 1975 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Also known as
- Kaitlin Willow Olson McElhenney · Kaitlin Willow 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.
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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.
Known for
Kaitlin Olson: movies and TV shows
Acting (38)
- 2024
- 2024 Incoming
as Ms. Nielsen
- 2023
- 2023 Champions
as Alex
- 2022 It's a Wonderful Binge
as Mayor Spengler
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2018 Arizona
as Vicki
- 2017
- 2016 Marine Life Interviews
as Destiny (voice)
- 2016 Finding Dory
as Destiny (voice)
- 2015 Vacation
as Arizona Cop
- 2013 The Heat
as Tatiana
- 2013 Escape from Planet Earth
as 3D Movie Girl (voice)
- 2012
- 2012 Unsupervised · TV
as Carol / Danielle (voice) / Danielle (voice) / Carol (voice) / (voice) · 8 episodes
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Held Up
as Rocky 2
- 2010 Leap Year
as Libby
- 2009 A Very Sunny Christmas
as Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds
- 2009 The Nightman Cometh: Live
as Dee Reynolds
- 2009 Weather Girl
as Sherry
- 2007
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000
- 2000 Coyote Ugly
as Bidding Customer
- 2000
- 1999
- 1995
- 1989
Behind the camera (1)
- 2024
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 2025
- 2022 Welcome to Wrexham
6 episodes
- 2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
1 episode
- 2017 The F Word
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2011
- 2010 Conan
2 episodes
- 2003 Punk'd
2 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 1997 The View
1 episode