# Jodie Sweetin
**Jodie Sweetin** (born 1982) is an American actress, author, and television personality best known for playing Stephanie Tanner, the middle Tanner daughter, on the ABC sitcom *Full House* from 1987 to 1995 and again in the Netflix sequel *Fuller House* from 2016 to 2020.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842332/bio/) She is also known for her 2009 memoir *unSweetined*, which describes her addiction and recovery after the end of the original series, and for her advocacy on addiction recovery.[3](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/unSweetined/Jodie-Sweetin/9781439152690) • [4](https://remembermethursday.org/luminaries/jodie-sweetin/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982, Los Angeles, California; adopted by Sam, a handyman, and Janice, a wedding coordinator[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) |
| Signature role | Stephanie Tanner on *Full House* (1987–1995), cast at age 5 and played until 13; catchphrase "How rude!"[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) • [5](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/full-house-star-reveals-how-much-she-makes-from-show-30-years-later/) |
| Sequel series | *Fuller House* (Netflix, 2016–2020); the only cast member to appear in every episode of both series[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842332/bio/) • [6](https://time.com/6214822/reboot-hulu-nostalgia-family-sitcom/) |
| Memoir | *unSweetined* (2009), an account of child stardom, addiction, and recovery[3](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/unSweetined/Jodie-Sweetin/9781439152690) |
| Education | Los Alamitos High School (1999); study of liberal arts at Chapman University[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) • [7](https://abc.com/cast/c48f7e8a-20bf-4ff6-9b24-7b4a0c612455) |
| Awards | Five Young Artist Award nominations for *Full House* (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993); won in 1990[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) |
| Podcast | *How Rude, Tanneritos*, a rewatch podcast co-hosted with *Full House* co-star Andrea Barber[9](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/full-house-mary-kate-ashley-olsen-filming-b2876010.html) |
## Early life and start in acting
Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin was born in Los Angeles in 1982 and adopted by Sam and Janice Sweetin.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) Her mother noticed she loved performing, and at three and a half years old she began appearing in print ads and commercials; by age four she had booked commercials for Sizzler and [Oscar Mayer](https://www.edgepedia.org/oscar-mayer).[7](https://abc.com/cast/c48f7e8a-20bf-4ff6-9b24-7b4a0c612455) • [8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) After several national commercials, she was cast in a guest spot on the series *Valerie* in 1987, playing Pamela, the niece of Mrs. Poole.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) • [8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php)
Her performance caught the attention of producers Thomas Miller and Robert Boyett, who were assembling the sitcom *Full House*, and she was cast as Stephanie Tanner.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin)
## Full House
*Full House* centered on San Francisco sportscaster Danny Tanner ([Bob Saget](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-saget)), a widower raising three daughters with help from his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis ([John Stamos](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-stamos)) and best friend Joey Gladstone ([Dave Coulier](https://www.edgepedia.org/dave-coulier)). Sweetin played the middle daughter, Stephanie, between D.J. (Candace Cameron Bure) and Michelle (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen).[10](https://d23.com/were-going-to-walt-disney-world-full-house/) She began the role at age 5 and played Stephanie until she was 13, when the show was canceled in 1995 after eight seasons.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) • [5](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/full-house-star-reveals-how-much-she-makes-from-show-30-years-later/)
"How rude!", Stephanie's catchphrase, became one of the show's signature lines and is still requested by fans decades later.[1](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin) Sweetin received five [Young Artist Award](https://www.edgepedia.org/young-artist-award) nominations for the role between 1988 and 1993 and won the Outstanding Young Comedienne award in 1990.[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php)
She has described the contrast between her childhood and that of the Olsen twins, who began filming movies and music during breaks from the show. Sweetin got breaks when *Full House* was not in production, and her father kept working, so her earnings were not the family's primary income; the twins, she said, "worked all the time and they didn't get the chance to just be normal kids in the way that I did."[11](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-olsen-twins-didnt-get-normal-kids-full-house-jodie-sweetin) On her podcast with Andrea Barber, she recalled that early in the series [Mary-Kate Olsen](https://www.edgepedia.org/mary-kate-olsen) did not like being on set while Ashley was more easygoing about it.[9](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/full-house-mary-kate-ashley-olsen-filming-b2876010.html)
## After Full House: addiction and recovery
When *Full House* ended, Sweetin was 13 and, by her own account, felt lost; she has described it as "sort of like a midlife crisis at age 13."[12](https://abcnews.com/2020/story?id=2670401&page=1) She had only two acting credits for the rest of the 1990s, on *Brotherly Love* and *Party of Five*, and graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 1999 before enrolling at [Chapman University](https://www.edgepedia.org/chapman-university) in [Orange, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/orange-california).[13](https://www.eonline.com/news/843710/a-complete-history-of-jodie-sweetin-inside-the-unbelievable-journey-the-actress-has-been-on-since-the-end-of-full-house)
In the years after the show she became addicted to alcohol and drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine, entering rehab and 12-step programs through her late teens and twenties.[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) • [13](https://www.eonline.com/news/843710/a-complete-history-of-jodie-sweetin-inside-the-unbelievable-journey-the-actress-has-been-on-since-the-end-of-full-house) After treatment she became a public speaker on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, traveling to share her story with young adults.[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) In 2009 she published the memoir *unSweetined*, which describes the double life she led as a child star and the cycle of abuse and recovery that continued even while she wrote the book.[3](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/unSweetined/Jodie-Sweetin/9781439152690) She has since worked in drug and alcohol treatment and describes recovery advocacy as a central part of her public life.[14](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/questions-withjodie-sweetin-8422/) • [4](https://remembermethursday.org/luminaries/jodie-sweetin/)
## Return to television
Sweetin reprised Stephanie Tanner in *Fuller House*, the Netflix sequel announced in 2015 and running from 2016 to 2020, in which [Stephanie](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephanie), D.J., and Kimmy Gibbler share a home and help raise D.J.'s three boys.[15](https://time.com/3832252/jodie-sweetin-full-house-netflix-spinoff/) • [16](https://qr.netflix.com/cv/title/80051137) She is the only cast member to appear in every episode of both *Full House* and *Fuller House*.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842332/bio/)
Her later work has been steady across television movies, reality competition, and podcasting. She competed on season 22 of *Dancing with the Stars* with professional partner [Keo Motsepe](https://www.edgepedia.org/keo-motsepe),[7](https://abc.com/cast/c48f7e8a-20bf-4ff6-9b24-7b4a0c612455) starred in Hallmark projects including *The Jane Mysteries* and *A Cozy Christmas Inn*,[17](https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/fall-into-love/jodie-sweetin) led the Lifetime thriller *Dateless to Dangerous: My Son's Secret Life*,[18](https://www.whattowatch.com/news/dateless-to-dangerous-my-sons-secret-life-premieres-on-lifetime) and co-hosts the parenting podcast *Never Thought I'd Say This*, in its fifth season.[17](https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/fall-into-love/jodie-sweetin) In September 2026 she starred in *Finding Hope*, a vertical microseries on the vertTV app written and directed by her former *Fuller House* co-star [Marla Sokoloff](https://www.edgepedia.org/marla-sokoloff), alongside John Brotherton and [Richard Karn](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-karn).[19](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jodie-sweetin-john-brotherton-and-marla-sokoloff-star-in-verttv-original-series-finding-hope-premiering-today-september-22-302885045.html)
She has also spoken about the economics of the franchise. In 2026 she said she had received a residual check for one cent that year, explaining that syndication revenue had disappeared as the show moved to streaming, where residuals are not paid in the same way.[5](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/full-house-star-reveals-how-much-she-makes-from-show-30-years-later/)
## Personal life
Sweetin has two daughters, Zoie, born in 2008, and Beatrix, born in 2010.[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) She married Shaun Holguin in 2002 (divorced 2006), Cody Herpin in 2007 (divorce finalized 2010), and Morty Coyle in 2012, filing for legal separation in 2013.[8](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php) She has been married to clinical social worker Mescal Wasilewski since 2022.[20](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/full-house-cast-where-are-they-now-in-2026-from-the-olsen-twins-to-uncle-jesse-042426774.html)
She describes herself as a vocal progressive activist, supporting causes including women's issues, LGBTQ+ equality, climate action, and support for unhoused populations,[17](https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/fall-into-love/jodie-sweetin) and has spoken publicly about maintaining a friendship with former castmate [Candace Cameron Bure](https://www.edgepedia.org/candace-cameron-bure) despite their political differences.[21](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/90s-star-jodie-sweetin-addresses-hard-relationship-with-maga-sister-candace-cameron-bure/)
## References
1. [Jodie Sweetin, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/jodie-sweetin)
2. [Jodie Sweetin Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842332/bio/)
3. [unSweetined, Official Publisher Page, Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/unSweetined/Jodie-Sweetin/9781439152690)
4. [Jodie Sweetin, Remember Me Thursday](https://remembermethursday.org/luminaries/jodie-sweetin/)
5. ['Full House' Star Reveals How Much She Makes From Show 30 Years Later, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/full-house-star-reveals-how-much-she-makes-from-show-30-years-later/)
6. [Reboot and Our Nostalgia for a Family-Sitcom World That Never Was, TIME](https://time.com/6214822/reboot-hulu-nostalgia-family-sitcom/)
7. [Jodie Sweetin Star Biography, Dancing with the Stars, ABC](https://abc.com/cast/c48f7e8a-20bf-4ff6-9b24-7b4a0c612455)
8. [Jodie Sweetin, Full(er) House Cast](https://www.full-house.org/cast/jodie-sweetin.php)
9. [Full House star reveals which Olsen twin 'did not like' filming the show, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/full-house-mary-kate-ashley-olsen-filming-b2876010.html)
10. ["We're Going to Walt Disney World": Full House, D23](https://d23.com/were-going-to-walt-disney-world-full-house/)
11. [Why The Olsen Twins Didn't Get To Be 'Normal Kids,' According To Full House Co-Star Jodie Sweetin, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-olsen-twins-didnt-get-normal-kids-full-house-jodie-sweetin)
12. [A Child Star's Struggle With Addiction, ABC News](https://abcnews.com/2020/story?id=2670401&page=1)
13. [A Complete History of Jodie Sweetin, E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/843710/a-complete-history-of-jodie-sweetin-inside-the-unbelievable-journey-the-actress-has-been-on-since-the-end-of-full-house)
14. [8 Questions With...Jodie Sweetin, Backstage](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/questions-withjodie-sweetin-8422/)
15. [Jodie Sweetin Is 'Incredibly Grateful' for Full House Netflix Spin-Off, TIME](https://time.com/3832252/jodie-sweetin-full-house-netflix-spinoff/)
16. [Watch Fuller House, Netflix Official Site](https://qr.netflix.com/cv/title/80051137)
17. [Jodie Sweetin, Fall Into Love, Hallmark Channel](https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/fall-into-love/jodie-sweetin)
18. [Jodie Sweetin leads Lifetime's latest thriller Dateless to Dangerous: My Son's Secret Life, WhatToWatch](https://www.whattowatch.com/news/dateless-to-dangerous-my-sons-secret-life-premieres-on-lifetime)
19. [Jodie Sweetin, John Brotherton, and Marla Sokoloff Star in vertTV Original Series 'Finding Hope,' PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jodie-sweetin-john-brotherton-and-marla-sokoloff-star-in-verttv-original-series-finding-hope-premiering-today-september-22-302885045.html)
20. ['Full House' cast: where are they now in 2026, Yahoo/ATT](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/full-house-cast-where-are-they-now-in-2026-from-the-olsen-twins-to-uncle-jesse-042426774.html)
21. ['90s Star Addresses Hard Relationship With MAGA 'Sister', The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/90s-star-jodie-sweetin-addresses-hard-relationship-with-maga-sister-candace-cameron-bure/)
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