Elizabeth Olsen
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Elizabeth Olsen

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Biography

Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2014, with her performance in the miniseries WandaVision (2021) earning her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics’ Choice Television Award.

Born in Sherman Oaks, California, Olsen began acting at age four alongside her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She had her debut film role in the thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011, for which she received praise. Olsen received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and graduated from New York University two years later.

Outside of her work with Marvel, Olsen starred in the monster film Godzilla (2014), the mystery film Wind River (2017), the dramas Ingrid Goes West (2017) and His Three Daughters (2024), the science fiction thriller The Assessment (2025), and the romantic comedy Eternity (2025). She also starred as a widow in the drama series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019) and as Candy Montgomery in the miniseries Love & Death (2023), the latter earning her another Golden Globe Award nomination.

Films Featuring Elizabeth Olsen

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

20216.9

Martha Marcy May Marlene

20116.6

Very Good Girls

20135.8

Liberal Arts

20126.5

Silent House

20115.4

Red Lights

20126.2

Oldboy

20135.9

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

20115.8

Avengers: Age of Ultron

20157.3

Godzilla

20146.4

His Three Daughters

20246.8

Kill Your Darlings

20137.0

In Secret

20146.1

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

20227.1

Love Child

Love Child

I Saw the Light

20166.2

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

20147.7

Captain America: Civil War

20167.5

Eternity

20257.1

Avengers: Infinity War

20188.2

Wind River

20177.4

Ingrid Goes West

20176.4

The Assessment

20256.8

Kodachrome

20176.8

How the West Was Fun

19945.5

Our First Video

19936.2

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

20227.2

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Mystery Cruise

19958.0

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

20197.1

Avengers: Endgame

20198.2

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of Thorn Mansion

19947.2

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Christmas Caper

19957.0

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the U.S. Space Camp Mission

19967.5

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

20195.7

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

20208.1

Panic Carefully

2027

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Logical i Ranch

19946.8