90’s kids think of the Olsen twins very fondly as Mary-Kate and Ashley starred in several movies and were the sisters that everyone wished they could have. Once everyone learned that MK and Ashley had an older sister and she’s a really great actress, it was time to find out more about her.
Everyone has watched Elizabeth Olsen grow up and now the actress is 31 years old and she has been in every possible type of movie, from blockbusters to comedy to horror to indies. Once Elizabeth Olsen was cast as Scarlet Witch in the MCU, her star started to rise even more and people became even more curious about her. Just how much is Elizabeth Olsen worth? Let’s take a look.
She’s Got A $9 Million Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Elizabeth Olsen’s net worth is $9 million. While some actors are discovered at the mall during their high school years or they get cast in their first big role without any previous acting experience, Olsen has quite the background. She went to Campbell High School which is very well-respected, and she studied at the Atlantic Theater Company and the Tisch School of the Arts.
Olsen and her family are close and so it’s interesting to compare her net worth to that of her famous siblings. According to Cheat Sheet, Ashley and Mary-Kate have a net worth of $400 million, which is definitely quite a bit higher.
Her First Few Roles
Elizabeth Olsen has had many roles that have gotten her critical attention. In 2011, she starred in the horror movie Silent House and the comedy Peace, Love and Misunderstanding. She also played the part of Zibby in Liberal Arts which also starred writer and director Josh Radnor.
But Olsen’s big break came from her main role in the 2011 independent film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Written and directed by Sean Durkin, the film tells the tale of a young girl who has escaped from a terrible cult.
In an interview with Collider, Olsen shared that she was looking forward to regular moviegoers getting the chance to see the film. She said, “I’m really excited to have a general audience see it, and not just people who go to festivals and journalists, and people who are true film lovers. I’m really excited to hear what they think about it. What I think is so fascinating about this film is that it’s a new cinematic experience. It’s a new way of telling a story. It’s something that we’re not used to.” She mentioned her dad as someone who would expect a perfect ending, but she hoped that he would enjoy how interesting and different the film is.
Playing Scarlet Witch
In 2013, news broke that Elizabeth Olsen would play Scarlet Witch, and she told Business Insider that she was looking forward to acting alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who she starred in Godzilla in with. She said, “It’s also fun because even though in “Godzilla” we play a husband and wife, we didn’t have a lot of scenes together … I’m so excited to get to work with each other more … like actually work with each other.”
Olsen has said that her co-stars in the Marvel movies have made more than her: in an interview with The Telegraph, she said, “I don’t always get paid equally, but then I also haven’t had multiple [award] nominations. I don’t know how much weight I carry, I don’t know how to value myself.”
Olsen was paid $1.5 million to play Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Infinity War and $2.5 million for the same role in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Her Other Big Roles
It’s easy to see how Elizabeth Olsen has a $9 million net worth when considering the many roles that she has taken on since her first one in 2011.
She played Elle Brody in 2014’s Godzilla and in 2017, she was in Wind River and Ingrid Goes West. She will reprise her role of Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which is expected to be released in 2022.
Throughout her career, Elizabeth Olsen has always had the attitude that she wants to work hard and not be super famous. As she told Harper’s Bazaar, “I didn’t know anything outside being famous, so it was never weird to me – that’s just what it was. It was always very clear that acting was a job; I never had this twinkly fantasy of people taking photographs of me. It was a job and work and there are different ways of drawing attention to yourself that you don’t want.”
