Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen through the years

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Everywhere you look – it’s the Olsens! Maria-Kate And Ashley Olsen started out as child actresses before taking the fashion world by storm.

The sisters took turns starring as Michelle Tanner Full house from 1987 to 1995. While gaining fans on the beloved sitcom, the fraternal twins began appearing in their own movies, including Double, double, toil and trouble And How the West was fun.

As their following grew, so did their careers, with roles in It takes two, Passport to Paris, We keep it a secret, Vacation in the sun And So little time. Their last joint film, New York minutedebuted in 2004.

Mary-Kate and Ashley eventually gave up acting to pursue fashion design. They founded The Row in 2006 and Elizabeth and James in 2007, while at the same time retreating from the spotlight to gain more privacy.

The siblings rarely make public appearances or give interviews, but they made an exception in 2018 when they opened up to WSJ. magazine about their partnership.

“It’s been 32 years learning how to communicate,” Ashley explained at the time, likening their bond to “a marriage and a partnership. We’ve had ups and downs.”

While adding that the two “do everything together,” Mary-Kate chimed in, “We came out of the womb to do that.”

Ashley also revealed why the pair choose to let their work speak for itself. “We’re not product pushers,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s because of the way we grew up – we just don’t like to talk about ourselves or talk about what we do. … It’s not really our approach.”

Mary-Kate, for her part, married Oliver Sarkozy in November 2015, which allowed her to settle into a quiet personal life. “I think we are lucky. [Working hard] comes naturally to us. We don’t need that much time to sit and think and think,” she told Net-a-Porter’s The Edit in 2017 about herself and Ashley. “But then I’ll have a husband, two stepchildren, and a life; I have to go home and cook dinner. On weekends I ride horses. You find the thing that helps you relax, and if you don’t have it, you have to look for it. Or you get burnt out and then you are not productive.”

News from the Beastly star’s divorce from the banker broke in May 2020. Us weekly exclusively reported at the time that Mary-Kate had an “iron-clad marriage contract” to protect “her business interests and fortune.” The exes finalized their divorce in January 2021.

From TV to the red carpet, scroll through the gallery below to see photos of the twins through the years.