Kaitlin Olson
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Heat
as Tatiana 2013
Vacation
as Arizona Cop 2015
Coyote Ugly
as Bidding Customer 2000
Leap Year
as Libby 2010
Escape from Planet Earth
as 3D Movie Girl (voice) 2013
Champions
as Alex 2023
Incoming
as Ms. Nielsen 2024
Arizona
as Vicki 2018
It's a Wonderful Binge
as Mayor Spengler 2022
Marine Life Interviews
as Destiny (voice) 2016
Weather Girl
as Sherry 2009
Held Up
as Rocky 2 2010
A Very Sunny Christmas
as Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds 2009
The Nightman Cometh: Live
as Dee Reynolds 2009
A Tribute to Ryan Dunn
as Self 2011