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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.
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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.
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Saturday Night Live
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Entertainment Tonight
Full House
What If...?
Marvel Studios Legends
The Late Late Show with James Corden
MPower
Marvel Studios Assembled
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
Kill Your Darlings
Red Lights
Marvel Zombies
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
His Three Daughters
Flesh of the Gods
Godzilla
Very Good Girls
Liberal Arts
Oldboy
VisionQuest
Wind River
Ingrid Goes West
In Secret
Eternity
Love & Death
The Assessment
WandaVision
Sorry For Your Loss
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Production Credits
His Three Daughters
Sorry For Your Loss
WandaVision
Eternity
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