
Kaitlin Olson
Acting
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.
Born: August 18, 1975 · Tigard, Portland, Oregon, USA
Filmography (44)

High Potential
2024

Incoming
2024

Agent Elvis
2023

Champions
2023

It's a Wonderful Binge
2022

Welcome to Wrexham
2022

Abbott Elementary
2021

Hacks
2021

Space Force
2020

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020

Flipped
2020

Arizona
2018

The F Word
2017

The Mick
2017

Marine Life Interviews
2016

Finding Dory
2016

Vacation
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Heat
2013

Escape from Planet Earth
2013

Brickleberry
2012

Unsupervised
2012

A Tribute to Ryan Dunn
2011

New Girl
2011

Bob's Burgers
2011

Conan
2010

Held Up
2010

Leap Year
2010

A Very Sunny Christmas
2009

The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009

Weather Girl
2009

The Riches
2007

Out of Practice
2005

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005

Miss Match
2003

Punk'd
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

George Lopez
2002

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

Coyote Ugly
2000

Family Guy
1999

The View
1997

The Drew Carey Show
1995

The Simpsons
1989
