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When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.

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Elizabeth Olsen
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: February 16
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