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Elizabeth Olsen
Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinem…
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Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2014, with her performance in the miniseries WandaVision (2021) earning her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics’ Choice Television Award. Born in Sherman Oaks, California, Olsen began acting at age four alongside her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She had her debut film role in the thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011, for which she received praise. Olsen received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and graduated from New York University two years later. Outside of her work with Marvel, Olsen starred in the monster film Godzilla (2014), the mystery film Wind River (2017), the dramas Ingrid Goes West (2017) and His Three Daughters (2024), the science fiction thriller The Assessment (2025), and the romantic comedy Eternity (2025). She also starred as a widow in the drama series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019) and as Candy Montgomery in the miniseries Love & Death (2023), the latter earning her another Golden Globe Award nomination.
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2027
Panic Carefully
Movie
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2025
Eternity
Movie Joan
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2025
Marvel Zombies
TV show Wanda Maximoff / The Red Queen (voice)
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2025
The Assessment
Movie Mia
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2024
His Three Daughters
Movie Christina
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2023
Love & Death
TV show Candy Montgomery
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2023
MPower
TV show Self
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2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie Self - Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch
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2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch
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2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (archive footage)
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2021
Last Meals
TV show Self
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2021
What If...?
TV show Wanda-Merlin (voice)
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2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV show Self - Wanda Maximoff
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2021
WandaVision
TV show Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
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2021
Marvel Studios Legends
TV show Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie Self
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2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie Self
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2019
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Movie Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Avengers: Endgame
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
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2018
Sorry for Your Loss
TV show Leigh
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2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
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2017
Kodachrome
Movie Zooey Kern
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2017
Ingrid Goes West
Movie Taylor Sloane
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2017
Wind River
Movie Jane Banner
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2016
HarmonQuest
TV show Stirrup
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2016
Captain America: Civil War
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
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2016
I Saw the Light
Movie Audrey Mae Williams
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Sock or Hat?
TV show Self
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2014
Godzilla
Movie Elle Brody
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2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (uncredited)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
In Secret
Movie Thérèse Raquin
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV show Self
