Kaitlin Willow Olson is an American actress. She began her career in The Sunday Company at the Groundlings, an improvisational theatre and school in Los Angeles, California.
How did Kaitlin Olson break her back?
While it didn’t happen on set, Kaitlin Olson broke her back after a neighbor held her over his head, and accidentally dropped her, and she kept filming scenes through the pain. This included the scene where Dee gets waterboarded during “The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis.”
Kaitlin Olson has suffered for her art in the TV comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. One episode landed her in the hospital in 2013. Another time, she broke her back during a hiatus. The fourth season of the show had to adapt to Olson’s limited mobility.
Olson and co-stars Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney welcomed reporters to the set during season 4 when they were filming “The Nightman Cometh.” In between takes, Olson spoke about her injury and how it changed her role in the season a little.