Kaitlin Olson
Actor
- Born
- August 18, 1975 (age 51) · Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
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
Finding Dory
June 16, 2016
The Heat
June 27, 2013
Vacation
July 28, 2015
Coyote Ugly
July 30, 2000
Leap Year
January 8, 2010
Escape from Planet Earth
February 14, 2013
Champions
March 9, 2023
Incoming
August 22, 2024
Arizona
August 24, 2018
It's a Wonderful Binge
December 9, 2022
Marine Life Interviews
November 15, 2016
Weather Girl
July 10, 2009
Acting18
- 2025PaleyLive: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 20th Anniversary Celebration! as Self
- 2024Incoming as Ms. Nielsen
- 2023Champions as Alex
- 2022It's a Wonderful Binge as Mayor Spengler
- 2018Arizona as Vicki
- 2016Marine Life Interviews as Destiny (voice)
- 2016Finding Dory as Destiny (voice)
- 2015Vacation as Arizona Cop
- 2013The Heat as Tatiana
- 2013Escape from Planet Earth