Kaitlin Olson

Acting

Kaitlin Olson

Born 1975-08-18 · Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

Acting credits

Finding Dory poster
7.0

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

Finding Dory

2016

The Heat poster
6.6

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

The Heat

2013

Coyote Ugly poster
6.3

Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.

Coyote Ugly

2000

Incoming poster
6.3

Their first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.

Incoming

2024

Vacation poster
6.3

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

Vacation

2015

Escape from Planet Earth poster
5.8

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

Escape from Planet Earth

2013

Leap Year poster
6.9

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.

Leap Year

2010

Champions poster
6.7

A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.

Champions

2023

It's a Wonderful Binge poster
4.9

Like the original film, the sequel is set in a near future where all drinking and drugs are banned except for on one glorious day known as The Binge. This year, that day happens to miraculously land on Christmas.

It's a Wonderful Binge

2022

Weather Girl poster
5.6

Succumbing to the stresses of her personal and professional lives, Sylvia, a Seattle morning show weather forecaster, has a meltdown live on-air. Now, unemployed, lacking career prospects, and with a mess of a romantic life, she moves in with her little brother. She must learn how to cope with being 35-years-old and unfortunately famous for melting down on live television.

Weather Girl

2009

The Nightman Cometh: Live poster
9.4

The Nightman Cometh, the fictional rock opera from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is brought to life at The Troubadour nightclub in April 2009, written by broadway star Charlie Kelly.

The Nightman Cometh: Live

2009

Arizona poster
5.5

Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.

Arizona

2018

Marine Life Interviews poster
6.2

Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.

Marine Life Interviews

2016

Held Up poster
4.3

A disgruntled and bored bank teller named Ray finally gets his wish for some excitement when the branch is held up by two teams of crazy robbers disguised as Rocky I, Rocky II, Batman and Robin. As the robbery unfolds, the hostages fall victim to a comedic version of the Stockholm Syndrome and begin sympathizing with their dimwitted captors, which leads to an extended siege as Ray pursues a romantic relationship with one of the robbers.

Held Up

2010

A Very Sunny Christmas poster
7.9

Dennis and Dee decide to teach Frank a lesson "A Christmas Carol"-style, and Mac and Charlie learn some shocking things about their childhood Christmas traditions.

A Very Sunny Christmas

2009

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NR

This seminar celebrates "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," the long-running FX comedy series that is celebrating its 20th anniversary and the premiere of its 17th season.

PaleyLive: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 20th Anniversary Celebration!

2025

A Tribute to Ryan Dunn poster
8.4

Ryan Dunn's friends and family pay tribute to the 'Jackass' star with a look back at his extraordinary life. Join the gang as they come together to share stories and bid a final farewell to both Ryan Dunn and Zac Hartwell.

A Tribute to Ryan Dunn

2011

Eyes to Heaven poster
9.0

Disturbing and expressionistic images tell the tale of one man's terrifing struggle against the demons that stimulate his creative impulses.

Eyes to Heaven

2000