ASHLEY OLSEN - OLSEN TWIN 'SIGNS UP FOR ACTING LESSONS'

Teen screen star ASHLEY OLSEN is using university to expand her acting knowledge too - she has signed up for drama classes. Olsen, 18, has been acting with twin sister MARY-KATE since she was a baby and they have both accumulated fortunes totalling $300 million (GBP157.8 million) from TV and movie careers.

But Ashley, currently studying at New York University, accepts she still has much to learn.

A source tells STAR magazine, "(She) has secretly been attending a drama class two days a week at the prestigious William Esper Studio on New York's West Side.

The class, which costs $295 (GBP155) a month, teaches the Meisner Acting Technique, which centres around students' exploration of spontaneity and improvisation."