Elizabeth Olsen

About Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Chase Olsen is an American actress. She had her debut film role in the thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011, for which she was acclaimed and nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award. Olsen received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and graduated from New York University two years later.

Olsen gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, appearing in the superhero films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), as well as the miniseries WandaVision (2021) and the second season of What If...? (2023). Her performance in WandaVision garnered her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Outside of her work with Marvel, Olsen starred in the monster film Godzilla (2014), the mystery film Wind River (2017), and the dramedy Ingrid Goes West (2017). She executive produced and starred as a widow in the drama series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), earning a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award. Olsen has since portrayed Candy Montgomery in the miniseries Love & Death (2023), for which she was nominated for another Golden Globe Award.

Olsen is of French, German, Italian, and Norwegian descent. She is the younger sister of fellow actress the Olsen Twins (Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen).