48 Facts About Olivia Munn

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Olivia Munn appeared as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011.

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Olivia Munn is known for her three-season-long portrayal of Sloan Sabbith in Aaron Sorkin's HBO political drama series The Newsroom.

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Olivia Munn starred in the supernatural horror film Deliver Us from Evil, the comedy Mortdecai, and X-Men: Apocalypse as Psylocke.

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Olivia Munn was born on July 3,1980, in Oklahoma City to Kimberly Schmid and Winston Olivia Munn.

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Olivia Munn's father is of German, Irish, and English ancestry.

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Olivia Munn's mother, who is a Vietnamese woman of Chinese ancestry, arrived as a refugee in the United States in 1975 following the Vietnam War and settled in Oklahoma, where she met Munn's father.

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Olivia Munn has a younger brother, John, a physicist; an older brother, James, a custom motorcycle shop owner; and two older sisters, Annie and Sara, the latter of whom is a lawyer.

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When Olivia Munn was two years old, her parents divorced and her mother married a member of the United States Air Force.

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Olivia Munn's stepfather was then transferred to Yokota Air Base near Tachikawa in Tokyo, Japan, where she spent her formative years.

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Olivia Munn has said that her stepfather was "verbally abusive" and demeaning.

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When Olivia Munn was 16, her mother divorced her stepfather and moved with the children back to Oklahoma City.

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Olivia Munn worked as an intern at the NBC affiliate in Tulsa before relocating to Los Angeles.

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Olivia Munn appeared in rock band Zebrahead's music video for their song "Hello Tomorrow" as the love interest of lead singer Justin Mauriello.

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Olivia Munn appeared in National Lampoon's Strip Poker, filmed at Hedonism II, a naturist resort in Negril, Jamaica, with Kato Kaelin.

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In late 2005, Munn began her role as teen surfer Mily Acuna over two seasons of the television drama Beyond the Break, which aired during Noggin's teen block, The N She enjoys surfing and continues to practice the sport.

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Olivia Munn originally auditioned for the role of Kai Kealoha, but the producers wanted a "local girl".

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Olivia Munn appeared in the film The Road to Canyon Lake.

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Olivia Munn appeared in the Rob Schneider film Big Stan, where she played Schneider's character's receptionist Maria.

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Olivia Munn had a significant role in the horror film Insanitarium, where she played a nurse at an asylum.

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Olivia Munn had roles in the films Date Night and Iron Man 2.

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Olivia Munn hosted Microsoft's Bing-a-thon, an advertisement on Hulu for the Microsoft search-engine Bing, on June 8,2009, alongside Jason Sudeikis.

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Olivia Munn appeared in ABC Family's Greek, portraying Cappie's love interest, Lana.

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On June 3,2010, Olivia Munn debuted in her new role as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.

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Olivia Munn went on to appear in 16 more episodes as a correspondent, with TV Guide naming her signature segment "Tiger Mothering," in which she mocked the high expectations of Chinese mothers, in part by interviewing her own mother.

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Olivia Munn returned for a brief segment in host Jon Stewart's final show on August 6,2015.

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In 2010, Olivia Munn guest-starred on NBC's comedy-drama Chuck as a CIA agent.

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In 2011, Olivia Munn appeared in the comedy film I Don't Know How She Does It as Momo.

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In 2012, Olivia Munn had a leading role in The Babymakers, a minor role in Freeloaders, and appeared in Magic Mike, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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Olivia Munn appeared as Angie, Nick's stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in season two of FOX's sitcom New Girl.

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Olivia Munn gained prominence in a lead role in Aaron Sorkin's drama series The Newsroom on HBO.

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Olivia Munn played a correspondent in "True Colors," the May 12,2014 episode of the Showtime documentary series Years of Living Dangerously in which she interviewed Washington State Governor Jay Inslee about his efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in his home state.

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Olivia Munn had a starring role in the television series Six as a CIA operative and appeared on Season 13 of America's Got Talent as a guest judge in the season's second Judge Cuts episode.

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Olivia Munn starred as a biologist in the 2018 science fiction horror film The Predator, the fourth installment in the Predator franchise.

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Olivia Munn subsequently had a lead role in the Netflix-released romantic comedy film Love Wedding Repeat, a remake of the French feature Plan de Table.

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Olivia Munn has appeared in advertising campaigns for Nike, Pepsi and Neutrogena.

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Olivia Munn appeared on the Fall 2006 cover of Foam magazine in September, in Men's Edge magazine in August, and was featured in a pictorial in Complex in November 2006, where she later became a columnist.

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Olivia Munn discusses this shoot in her book Suck it, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek.

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Olivia Munn appears on the cover of the January 2012 issue of FHM magazine.

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Olivia Munn's book Suck It, Wonder Woman was released on July 6,2010.

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Olivia Munn was a spokesperson for the campaign by filming a PSA regarding the challenge, and sat on the panel of judges that evaluated the entries.

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Olivia Munn helped PETA with a campaign that ultimately freed an ill elephant from a touring circus.

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Olivia Munn posed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign in April 2010, and again in January 2012.

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In February 2013, Olivia Munn fronted a PETA release of new footage showing cruelty to animals in Chinese fur farms.

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Olivia Munn appears in the 2021 short film Save Ralph, a film by Humane Society International about animal testing.

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Olivia Munn has used her platform to speak out against anti-Asian sentiments, harassment, and assaults following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Olivia Munn has supported the Me Too and Time's Up movements with both personal efforts and public statements.

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Olivia Munn was in a relationship with NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers from 2014 to 2017.

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Olivia Munn began dating comedian John Mulaney in 2021, and they announced that Munn was pregnant in September 2021.