12 Best Elizabeth Olsen Movies and Roles

'What is grief, if not love persevering?' In this innovative miniseries, Olsen traveled through decades of classic sitcom styles to expose Wanda Maximoff's unprocessed trauma. Her eerie transformation from blissful '50s housewife to tormented Scarlet Witch earned her worldwide praise and an Emmy nomination.

Sam Raimi gave Olsen carte blanche to dive headfirst into horror. As a tormented mother willing to tear open the entire multiverse to be reunited with her sons, she becomes a terrifying, ruthless force of nature. Olsen effortlessly steals every scene from title hero Benedict Cumberbatch.

As a rookie FBI agent, Banner is sent to a freezing reservation in Wyoming to investigate the brutal murder of a young Native American woman. Together with Jeremy Renner, she braves merciless elements and isolationist hostility. Her vulnerability and courage during the nerve-racking shootouts cut to the soul.

Her stunning film debut immediately put her on the map as a top talent. As a young woman who narrowly escapes a sinister cult and seeks refuge with her sister, Olsen plays the paralyzing paranoia and confusion between present and memory with oppressive, restrained intensity.

In the monumental climax of the battle against Thanos, Olsen carries the heaviest emotional sacrifice of all. Her despair when forced to destroy the Mind Stone in the forehead of her beloved Vision while holding Thanos back with one hand is guaranteed to give you goosebumps.

In this acclaimed drama, three estranged sisters shut themselves in a small New York apartment to keep vigil at their dying father's bedside. Olsen plays Christina, the sensitive, yoga-practicing mother who desperately tries to keep the peace between her bickering sisters (Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne).

A razor-sharp satire of the hollow world of social media. Olsen plays seemingly perfect Instagram influencer Taylor Sloane with deceptive warmth. Her carefully staged photos of avocado toast and Joshua Tree attract a dangerous stalker (Aubrey Plaza).

After a tragic accident in Lagos, Wanda becomes the center of an international debate over superhero oversight. Olsen beautifully shows the inner struggle of a young woman afraid of her own awesome powers but refusing to be locked up.

In Gareth Edwards' reinterpretation of the iconic monster, Olsen plays a nurse in San Francisco trying to protect her young son as gigantic monsters destroy the city. She brings a much-needed human scale and panic to the large-scale spectacle.

Her debut in the Marvel universe as the vengeful Sokovian orphan who invades the Avengers' minds with dark hallucinations. Her physical hand movements and telekinetic attacks immediately gave the character a unique style.

In this true-crime miniseries, Olsen plays a seemingly respectable Texas housewife whose affair with a neighbor ultimately leads to a notorious axe killing, for which she was acquitted on grounds of self-defense. Olsen's ability to combine denial with domestic charm is chillingly good.

In Spike Lee's American remake of the South Korean revenge classic, Olsen plays an empathetic nurse who helps the tormented Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin) in his search for the truth, unaware of the devastating secret that connects them.