Before these nine actors (including Megan Fox and Michael Cera) hit the big time, they worked with legendary detectives/world travelers/soccer titans Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on a string of flawless, Oscar-worthy projects. Eric McCormack, let’s be real: Your greatest accomplishment is Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, not Will & Grace.
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1 Sara PaxtonGetty Images
She starred in the recent film Cheap Thrills (2013) and made appearances in How to Get Away with Murder and Stalker. She’s also rumored to be joining the cast of Gotham as Bette Kane. (Though this hasn’t been confirmed.) Plus, who could forget her gruesome role in The Last House on the Left (2009)? [/item -
2 Sara PaxtonDualstar
But before that, Paxton played Patty in You’re Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley’s Christmas Party (1997). [/item -
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He’s best known for playing Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz in Sons of Anarchy, which ended last December. Rossi is currently filming When the Bough Breaks (2016), alongside Regina Hall and Morris Chestnut. [/item -
4 Theo RossiWarner Bros./Dualstar
But do you remember when he competed with the Olsen twins in The Challenge (2003)? One of MK and Ash’s most underrated films, tbh. [/item -
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Spencer makes a living sexing it up alongside Lady Gaga’s fiancé Taylor Kinney as Lieutenant Matthew Casey in NBC’s Chicago Fire. [/item -
6 Jesse SpencerWarner Bros./Dualstar
However, he once pined after Mary-Kate as Lord James Browning, Jr. in Winning London (2001). “Need a tour guide?” Hell yes, we do. [/item -
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You may remember him as Patrick Verona in the ABC Family 10 Things I Hate About You reboot. Peck recently worked with Anne Heche in the 2013 horror film Nothing Left to Fear. [/item -
8 Ethan PeckWarner Bros./Dualstar
But in 1999, Peck courted a young Mary-Kate in Passport to Paris. (He played Michel.) [/item -
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He won an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award for playing Will Truman in the beloved series Will & Grace. [/item -
10 Eric McCormackWarner Bros./ABC
But early in his career, he played the Olsen twins’ father in Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993). [/item -
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She plays the quick-witted Spencer Hastings in ABC Family’s cult hit Pretty Little Liars. [/item -
12 Troian BellisarioWarner Bros.
But LOL when she was the Olsen’s swimming teammate in Billboard Dad (1998). [/item -
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Nichols currently plays Spencer Monroe in The Walking Dead. Plus, he starred in HBO’s John from Cincinnati and portrayed Julian Baker in One Tree Hill. [/item -
14 Austin NicholsWarner Bros./Dualstar
But his second film role ever was Griffen Grayson in Holiday in the Sun (2001), the king of Olsen movies. [/item -
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Cera is one of Hollywood’s favorite actors, starring in flicks like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Superbad (2007), and Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008). [/item -
16 Michael CeraWarner Bros.
His greatest role, however, is Taylor in Switching Goals (1999). [/item -
17 Megan FoxGetty Images
The sex symbol’s recent credits include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and This is 40 (2012). [/item -
18 Megan FoxWarner Bros./Dualstar
But her first EvEr~* documented acting role was queen biotch Brianna in Holiday in the Sun (2001). Flawless. [/item