Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 18, 1975
Place of Birth:
Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Incoming | Ms. Nielsen |
| 2023 | Champions | Alex |
| 2022 | It's a Wonderful Binge | Mayor Spengler |
| 2018 | Arizona | Vicki |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Destiny (voice) |
| 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | Destiny (voice) |
| 2015 | Vacation | Arizona Cop |
| 2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | 3D Movie Girl (voice) |
| 2013 | The Heat | Tatiana |
| 2011 | A Tribute to Ryan Dunn | Self |
| 2010 | Leap Year | Libby |
| 2010 | Held Up | Rocky 2 |
| 2009 | A Very Sunny Christmas | Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds |
| 2009 | Weather Girl | Sherry |
| 2009 | The Nightman Cometh: Live | Dee Reynolds |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | Bidding Customer |
| 2000 | Eyes to Heaven |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | High Potential | Morgan Gillory |
| 2023 | Agent Elvis | CeCe Ryder (voice) |
| 2022 | Welcome to Wrexham | Self |
| 2021 | Hacks | DJ |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary | Dee |
| 2020 | Flipped | Cricket Melfi |
| 2020 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Self - Contestant |
| 2020 | Space Force | Edison Jaymes |
| 2017 | The Mick | Mackenzie 'Micky' Murphy |
| 2017 | The F Word | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2012 | Brickleberry | Ethel Anderson (voice) |
| 2012 | Unsupervised | Carol / Danielle (voice) |
| 2012 | Unsupervised | Danielle (voice) |
| 2012 | Unsupervised | Carol (voice) |
| 2012 | Unsupervised | (voice) |
| 2011 | New Girl | Ashley |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Helen (voice) |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2007 | The Riches | |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Deandra 'Dee' Reynolds |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | |
| 2005 | Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Jillian |
| 2003 | Punk'd | Field Agent |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2002 | George Lopez | |
| 2002 | Meet the Marks | |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Cheryl's Sister |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Becky |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Brenda Quagmire (voice) |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Traylor |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Quinn Hopper (voice) |