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Kaitlin Olson Biography

Birth Place:

Tigard, Oregon, United States

Profession

Actor

Fast Facts

Fractured her skull in a bicycle accident at age 12 and required reconstructive surgery
After college, joined the L
A
improvisational-comedy troupe the Groundlings, and was eventually promoted to its elite Sunday Company
Made her TV debut in the short-lived Fox improv show Meet the Marks in 2002
Was a regular on Fox's Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show; was a semiregular on Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drew Carey Show and The Riches
Performed for U
S
troops in Bosnia, Kosovo and Norway on a USO tour with Drew Carey and cast members from Whose Line Is It Anyway? Was selected Sports Illustrated magazine's 2008 Celebrity Mailbag Crush
Her theatrical movie Weather Girl (costarring Mark Harmon) won Best Film award at the 2009 Vail (CO) Film Festival