At the age of seventeen, MARY-KATE OLSEN (Roxy Ryan) and ASHLEY OLSEN (Jane Ryan) are the most popular teen actresses and producers in the world, heading up a global fashion and entertainment empire. Credited as the youngest producers in Hollywood ever at age 6, they have been compared by the media to such powerhouse entertainers and businesswomen as Oprah Winfrey and Jodie Foster.  In a special issue devoted to Mary-Kate and Ashley, The Hollywood Reporter named them The Most Powerful Young Women in Hollywood .

First known for sharing the role of “Michelle Tanner” on the ABC-TV hit television series Full House from nine months old to nine years old, Mary-Kate and Ashley have literally grown up in public.  Their success as performers now extends to home videos and DVDs, books, a magazine, CDs, fashion dolls, videogames, apparel, fragrances, cosmetics, domestics and lifestyle products from the mary-kateandashley brand, with hundreds of millions of items sold.  With the upcoming release of their feature movie New York Minute this May, Mary-Kate and Ashley return to the big screen as actresses and producers, and open up a new chapter in their stellar and unprecedented careers.

Mary-Kate and Ashley were born June 13, 1986.  They are seniors in high school preparing to attend college this Fall.  They live in Los Angeles with their brothers and sisters.

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EUGENE LEVY (Max Lomax) is perhaps best known as the go-with-the-flow dad in the classic comedies American Pie, American Pie 2 and American Wedding. He has also co-starred in Christopher Guest's Best in Show, Waiting For Guffman and A Mighty Wind, sharing writing credits on all three films. His other film credits include Dumb & Dumberer, Like Mike, Almost Heroes, Father of the Bride 2, Multiplicity and Once Upon a Crime. More recently, Levy was seen in the hit film, Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

The veteran actor began his career as both an actor and a writer on the acclaimed comedy series SCTV, on which he starred for eight seasons, portraying a gallery of memorable characters, including Earl Camembert, Bobby Bittman, Alex Trebel and Stan Schmenge. Other television credits include Hiller and Diller, Mad About You, The Drew Carey Show, Billy Crystal's Don't Get Me Started, Bride of Boogedy, The Last Polka, The Enigma of Bobby Bittman (which he also wrote and directed), Maniac Mansion (which he produced), and Showtime's Sodbusters (which he co-wrote and directed). He recently starred in Fox Television's series, Greg the Bunny

JARED PADALECKI (Trey), best known for his role as Rory's (Alexis Bledel) boyfriend Dean on the television drama Gilmore Girls, will soon be seen starring opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York Minute. He stars as a laid back bohemian who, after having his hotel room broken into by the girls, becomes their accidental rescuer. In addition, Padalecki stars in Cry Wolf, in which he will play a precocious boarding school student who is drawn into an elaborate "liar's club" hoax involving a serial killer. When the stakes are raised and the lies become personal, the worlds of fiction and reality come crashing together with disastrous ramifications.

Currently, Padalecki is filming Flight of the Phoenix starring opposite Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi. Jared plays a passenger on a cargo plane that goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. Ultimately, they must come up with a plan of survival and a way out.

Recently, Padalecki completed a supporting role in Cheaper by the Dozen - a role that Director Shawn Levey specifically requested him for. Additionally, he can currently be seen starring opposite Kathy Baker and Hallie Kate Eisenberg in the independent baseball movie A Little Inside.

Padalecki so captivated audiences with his recurring role as Dean on Gilmore Girls that he returned the next two seasons as a series regular. During his first hiatus, he spent two months in Australia filming the lead in the television movie Ring of Endless Light based on the novel by Madeline L'Engle.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Padalecki developed an interest in acting in middle school when he began taking drama classes and performing in school plays. During high school, he competed in drama competitions, garnering regional, state and even national awards. He won the 2000 Presidential Scholar Award for the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts in the theater competition that had over 7000 entrants.

It was another national talent search that sent Padalecki on a fateful trip to Hollywood. He auditioned in a local Planet Hollywood and won the chance to be a trophy presenter for the first Teen Choice Awards. The summer before his senior year of high school, Padalecki appeared on the awards show and caught the attention of a talent manager. After graduating high school, he came out to Los Angeles and that summer landed the role on Gilmore Girls. On television, he also recently landed the coveted role of Macgyver for the WB network.

RILEY SMITH (Jim) is a young, rising star who is quickly capturing the attention of both film and television audiences alike.

This year, Smith starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris in Radio, reuniting Riley with director Mike Tollin, who directed him in his first television pilot. Smith's character (Johnny) is the star athlete in the high school whose father tries to turn the town against Cuba's character (Radio.) Smith's character changes his hostile feelings toward Radio and champions him to succeed and win the support of the community.

Smith also made his mark in television this fall in a recurring role on the Fox hit series 24 with Kiefer Sutherland. He starred as "Kyle Singer," who was targeted by Jack Bauer (Sutherland) and C.T.U. for potentially transporting a deadly virus from a terrorist group, threatening the city of Los Angeles with a potential outbreak. Smith starred in the first six episodes of this season.

In previous years, Smith gained popularity with the teen audiences with his starring role in the Disney Channel's Motorcrossed. He also starred in the WB's Raising Dad and ABC's Crossing Gideon. In 1999, Riley starred in the NBC series Freaks and Geeks. He has starred in five primetime network pilots and has guest starred in over a dozen television series.

Riley currently resides in Los Angeles.