Elizabeth Olsen is an American actress, best known for her role as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), debuting in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Born on February 16, 1989, in Sherman Oaks, California, she is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who are also famous in the entertainment industry. Elizabeth’s early acting career included roles in smaller films, but she gained significant recognition for her breakout performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
She has since starred in a variety of projects, including Godzilla (2014), Wind River (2017), and the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), which earned her critical acclaim and several award nominations. Elizabeth is known for her versatility in both indie and blockbuster films, balancing big-budget roles with more intimate, dramatic performances.
EXCLUSIVE: Seven Sisters, the FX drama pilot with a stacked cast led by Elizabeth Olsen, has received a series order. The project, from writer Will Arbery, director Sean Durkin and producer Garrett Basch, also stars newly minted Emmy winner Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Odessa Young (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere), Succession‘s Zoë Winters and J. Smith-Cameron, Meredith Hagner (Bad Monkey), New Amsterdam‘s Ryan Eggold, ER alum Anthony Edwards as well as Bridget Brown, Carolyn Kettig and Philip Ettinger.
Seven Sisters, from FX Productions, follows a large, tight-knit family that begins to unravel when one sister, Adrienne (Olsen), starts communicating with a voice no one else can hear, forcing them to confront long-buried secrets.
Olsen, Milioti, Hagner, Young, Winters, Brown and Kettig play the titular sisters; Ettinger plays their brother; Edwards and Smith-Cameron portray the octet’s parents; Eggold plays Adrienne’s husband.
Seven Sisters is executive produced by Arbery, who wrote the pilot; Durkin, who directed it; and Garrett Basch. The pilot reunited Olsen and Durkin a decade and a half after the award-winning 2011 movie Martha Marcy May Marlene, written and directed by Durkin in his feature directorial debut, which starred Olsen in her feature debut.
This marks Basch’s fifth series for FX, where his company Dive has a longstanding first-look deal, following Devs, Reservation Dogs, What We Do in the Shadows and The Lowdown. He also is executive producing FX’s comedy pilot Very Young Frankenstein.
“We’ve been on the lookout for a compelling family drama, and when Will Arbery and Garrett Basch brought us Seven Sisters, we found one that felt uniquely FX,” said Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “It lives in the deep relatable dynamics of adult siblings and their parents but does so in a way that’s bold and original with an unexpected twist. This group of incredibly gifted actors brings this family’s secrets to life in a way that will draw audiences in and keep them guessing until the very end.”
Seven Sisters was one of two drama pilots greenlighted by FX in March. The other, a Snowfall spinoff starring the original series’ Gail Bean and Isaiah John, was picked up to series last month.
Elizabeth Olsen is an American actress, best known for her role as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), debuting in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Born on February 16, 1989, in Sherman Oaks, California, she is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who are also famous in the entertainment industry. Elizabeth’s early acting career included roles in smaller films, but she gained significant recognition for her breakout performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
She has since starred in a variety of projects, including Godzilla (2014), Wind River (2017), and the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), which earned her critical acclaim and several award nominations. Elizabeth is known for her versatility in both indie and blockbuster films, balancing big-budget roles with more intimate, dramatic performances.