Kaitlin Olson
American actress, comedian, and producer celebrated for her long-running role as Sweet Dee on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Kaitlin Olson - Personal Information
- Name: Kaitlin Olson
- Date of Birth: August 18, 1975
- Place of Birth: Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Kaitlin Olson's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- PaleyLive: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 20th Anniversary Celebration! (2025) as Self
- High Potential (TV - 2024) as Morgan Gillory
- Incoming (2024) as Ms. Nielsen
- Agent Elvis (TV - 2023) as CeCe Ryder (voice)
- Champions (2023) as Alex
- It's a Wonderful Binge (2022) as Mayor Spengler
- Welcome to Wrexham (TV - 2022) as Self
- Abbott Elementary (TV - 2021) as Dee
- Hacks (TV - 2021) as DJ
- Space Force (TV - 2020) as Edison Jaymes
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