Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Elizabeth Olsen

Olsen is now a member of the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the youngest Olsen sister's breakout role was in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), a thriller that follows a young woman suffering from mental illness after escaping the clutches of an abusive cult in the Catskill Mountains. The performance landed Olsen a number of nominations and put her Hollywood career into motion.

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