Kaitlin Olson Instagram – Kaitlin Olson has a knack for playing underestimated women.
On her long-running sitcom “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” she’s Dee, perpetually insulted by her pals and coworkers at Paddy’s Pub. She’s been Emmy nominated twice for her guest turn on “Hacks” as DJ Vance, the floundering adult daughter of a self-involved comedian. And now, on her new ABC series “High Potential,” she plays Morgan, a mother with an extraordinarily high IQ who is working as a cleaning lady when recruited by the LAPD for her crime-solving prowess.
During our Zoom interview, I ask Olson about this recurring thread throughout her work.
“If you ask my therapist,” she says with a giggle, “It is 100% because when I was very little, I was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to be an actor,’ and everyone’s like, ‘so cute.’ ”
Her parents were always supportive, but no one else in Tigard, Ore., was. The situation got worse when she was in a bike accident before entering seventh grade. She flipped over the handlebars and landed on her teeth. The recovery required facial reconstruction surgery.
“I spent all of middle school and high school just feeling like I wanted to hide and nobody wanted to talk to me,” she remembers, before correcting herself. “My perception was, ‘No one wants to talk to me.’ I’m sure their perception was, ‘I don’t know what to say to this poor mangled thing.’ ”
@kaitlinolson sat down with The Times. Read more at the link in @latimes_entertainment’s bio.
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