"Stay true to what makes you happy, because that always ends up producing the best result."
~ Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are twin sisters who are successful fashion designers and used to be successful actresses before that. The duo is popularly known as the Olsen twins.
Olsen twins are almost identical in everything -- including their height -- they are known to be petite and tiny.
This is kind of surprising as they are reported to be actually fraternal twins, not identical twins. fraternal twins can be very different from each other -- but that's clearly not the case here.
Anyway, IMDb lists Mary-Kate's height at an impressive 5-feet-2 inch -- the only problem with this listing is that Mary-Kate doesn't even look close to 5'2" -- nor does Ashley looks close to her listing of 5-feet-1 inches.
From what we have seen of them, Ashley certainly looks the taller one, but not by an inch.
Their younger sister Elizabeth Olsen towers over them like a younger sister should never do -- we suppose she is around 5-feet-5 inches tall. Below is our official guess for the twins' height. We aren't putting this lightly -- this number is the result of some deep dive into the sordid world of celebrities' height.
The height of Mary-Kate Olsen is
4'11" or 150 cm
The height of Ashley Olsen is
4'11½" or 151 cm
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| Gwendoline Christie (6'3½"), Mary-kate Olsen, Ashely Olsen, and Charlize Theron (5'10") |
For reference, here is the average human height around the world.
| Country | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5'4" | 4'11" |
| India | 5'5½" | 5'½" |
| Mexico | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| China | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| Japan | 5'7½" | 5'2½" |
| Brazil | 5'8" | 5'3" |
| Russia | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| United States | 5'9¼" | 5'4" |
| United Kingdom | 5'9½" | 5'4¼" |
| Canada | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Australia | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Germany | 5'10½" | 5'5" |
| Sweden | 5'11" | 5'5½" |
| Netherlands | 5'11½" | 5'6" |
Data was collected from official sources wherever possible. A more detailed chart can be found here.
"The way I see it, you have to take every chance you get because there may not be another one. You have to learn from your mistakes because nobody's perfect. You have to laugh, love & live every day as if it's your last."
~ Mary-Kate Olsen