We just discovered a new, fun fact about Troian Bellisario — she used to be BFFs with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen!

The 25-year-old actress opened up to Seventeen mag about growing up with famous child actors, being a guys type of girl and how Shay Mitchell always look like a walking hair ad. Check it:

On being best friends with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: “When I was five years old, my best friends were Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen because we lived across the street from each other. I just knew them as the girls across the street. And I remember the first time I was playing with them and something happened and I realized these aren’t normal kids. They’re treated differently.”

Read more: here

View pictures from Troian's Jeff Olson Photo Shoot here

With Beastly's release approaching she's nominated to appear on the March cover of Portrait Magazine! Vanessa and Alex are also nominated so there's a chance too that they might get combined for a cover feature, in which case their votes in the poll would be combined to determine a winner.

The poll is on the right hand side of the homepage at www.portraitmagazine.net