biography of Olivia Munn

Lisa Olivia Munn : 

(born July 3, 1980) is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series Attack of the Show! (2006–2010) before appearing as a recurring correspondent on the Comedy Central late night series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011.

On television, she has taken dramatic roles acting in both the Aaron Sorkin HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014) and the Jonathan Tropper Apple TV+ dark comedy crime series Your Friends and Neighbors (2025). On film, she has taken leading roles in The Predator (2018), Buddy Games (2019), Love Wedding Repeat (2020), and Violet (2021) with supporting roles in Big Stan (2007), Date Night (2010), Magic Mike (2012), Deliver Us from Evil (2014), Mortdecai (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Ride Along 2 (2016). She portrayed Psylocke in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and voiced a role in The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017).

She married comedian John Mulaney in 2024 with whom she has two children. She is a vocal advocate for women's rights and has used her platform to speak out against anti-Asian harassment. She was named one of Time magazine’s Women of the Year for 2025.

Lisa Olivia Munn was born on July 3, 1980, in Oklahoma City, United States,  to Kimberly Schmid and Winston Munn.  Her father is of German, Irish, and English ancestry. Her 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. Munn has two brothers and two sisters.

When Munn was two years old, her parents divorced and her mother married a member of the United States Air Force. The family relocated to Utah, where they resided until 1986.^[9] Munn's stepfather was then transferred to Yokota Air Base near Tachikawa in Tokyo, Japan, where she spent her formative years.^[10][11] She has recalled how her stepfather was "verbally abusive" and demeaning: 

When [he] would be screaming his head off in the living room, I would hustle everybody into my room and launch into imitations of teachers or do scenes from movies. And that would take their minds off of the hell that was happening down the hall. 

When Munn was 16, her mother divorced her stepfather and moved with the children back to Oklahoma City. Munn attended Putnam City North High School for her junior and senior years then attended the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a B.A. in journalism with a minor in Japanese and dramatic arts. 

Munn worked as an intern at NBC affiliate KJRH-TV in Tulsa^[19] before relocating to Los Angeles. In 2004, she interned at Fox Sports Networks and worked as a sideline reporter for college football and women's basketball. She said that she disliked the experience: "I was trying to be something I wasn't, and that made me really uncomfortable on live TV."^[11] She soon moved to Los Angeles, where she was cast in a small role in the direct-to-video horror film Scarecrow Gone Wild. She appeared in rock band Zebrahead's music video for their song "Hello Tomorrow" as the love interest of lead singer Justin Mauriello.^[20] She also appeared in National Lampoon's Strip Poker, filmed at Hedonism II, a naturist resort in Negril, Jamaica, with Kato Kaelin. The films aired on DirecTV and In Demand pay-per-view.

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.  She originally auditioned for the role of Kai Kealoha, but the producers wanted a "local girl".  She also appeared in the film The Road to Canyon Lake.

In 2006, Munn won a contest put out to the public to find a replacement for departing co-host Kevin Rose on the popular G4 network program Attack of the Show! She then began co-hosting with Kevin Pereira on April 10. She replaced temporary co-host Sarah Lane. The network, devoted to the world of video games and the video games lifestyle, was at first hesitant to hire Munn. Although she admits video games were her "weak point", she was confident in her technical knowledge.  On the show, she was featured with journalist Anna David in a segment called "In Your Pants", which deals with sex and relationship questions from viewers. While working on Attack of the Show!, she hosted Formula D, a now defunct program about American drift racing, and an online podcast called Around the Net, formerly known as The Daily Nut, for G4. She left Attack of the Show! in December 2010 and was replaced by Candace Bailey.  She appeared in the Rob Schneider film Big Stan (2007), where she played Schneider's character's receptionist Maria.^[11] She had a significant role in the horror film Insanitarium, where she played a nurse at an asylum. 

She had roles in the films Date Night (2010) and Iron Man 2 (2010). Robert Downey Jr. praised Munn for her improvisation skills and led the crew in a round of applause.  Munn hosted Microsoft's Bing-a-thon, an advertisement on Hulu for the Microsoft search-engine Bing, on June 8, 2009, alongside Jason Sudeikis.  Munn appeared in ABC Family's Greek, portraying Cappie's love interest, Lana. In May 2010, NBC announced that Munn would star on the television series Perfect Couples. The half-hour romantic comedy premiered on January 20, 2011.  The series was canceled before it completed its first season run. 

On June 3, 2010, Munn debuted in her new role as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Her credentials were questioned by Irin Carmon of the website Jezebel, who suggested that Munn was better known as a sex symbol than as a comedian. Carmon's column was denounced by Munn and the Daily Show's female writers, producers, and correspondents, 32 of whom posted a rebuttal on the show's website in which they asserted that the description of the Daily Show office given by the Jezebel piece was not accurate.  She went on to appear in 16 more episodes as a correspondent from June 2010 to September 2011, 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.  Her last episode as a correspondent aired September 2, 2011. She returned for a brief segment in host Jon Stewart's final show on August 6, 2015.

In 2010, Munn guest-starred on NBC's comedy-drama Chuck as a CIA agent. In 2011, Munn appeared in the comedy film I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) as Momo. In 2012, Munn had a leading role in The Babymakers, a minor role in Freeloaders, and appeared in Magic Mike, directed by Steven Soderbergh. She also appeared as Angie, Nick's stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in season two of FOX's sitcom New Girl. 

Munn gained prominence in a lead role in Aaron Sorkin's drama series The Newsroom on HBO. In the series, she played Sloan Sabbith, an economist who worked on the show's fictional news network, ACN, alongside lead anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels). The series ran for three seasons from 2012 to 2015. Since then, Munn and her costar Thomas Sadoski have discussed with Sorkin their desire for the show to return. 

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. As of June 2014, Munn has been hired as the main promoter of Proactiv acne cleanser products starring in several commercials and one infomercial for the product. The commercials show Munn experiencing acne herself.

She also 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. Munn also starred as a biologist in the 2018 science fiction horror film The Predator, the fourth installment in the Predator franchise. Following the film's release, it was revealed that Munn's co-star, Steven Wilder Striegel, with whom she shared a scene, was a registered sex offender who had preyed on a 14-year-old girl.  Upon learning of this, Munn informed her fellow cast members, and requested that the scene (Striegel's sole appearance in the film) be cut from the film, which 20th Century Fox agreed to. 

Munn subsequently had a lead role in the Netflix-released romantic comedy film Love Wedding Repeat (2020), a remake of the French feature Plan de Table,  and the film The Gateway (2021), about a social worker assigned to the care of the daughter of a single mother (played by Munn) who intervenes when the dad returns from prison and lures them into a life of crime. 

From 2021 to 2024, Munn voiced the supervillainness Akiko Yokohama / Lady Bullseye II in the adult animated series Hit-Monkey. In 2025, she began starring in the Apple TV+ drama series Your Friends and Neighbors alongside Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet.

She was named one of Time’s Women of the Year for 2025. 

Mini bio : 

Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised by her mother and stepfather, a member of the United States Air Force. Although the family departed Oklahoma and resided in many locations, she was mainly raised in Tokyo, Japan. During this time, she appeared in a number of local theater productions and later became a model in the Japanese fashion industry. When the family eventually returned to the United States, Olivia moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. After a few small roles, her career took a very promising turn when she landed the role of Mily Acuna on the Hawaii-lensed TV series Beyond the Break (2006) and the role of Rob Schneider's receptionist in Big Stan (2007). She hosts "The Daily Nut" and the "Formula D" Podcasts on G4.

Trivia : 

• Used to speak Japanese fluently, which she learned from her time in Tokyo, but now she says she requires a tutor to get this back on track.
• She enjoys surfing, which she continues practicing since the television series Beyond the Break (2006). She also has a black belt in taekwondo.
• Competed in a world championship rock, paper, scissor tournament.
• When she was two years old her mother remarried, this time to a member of the US Air Force. Although the family relocated many times, she was predominantly raised in Tokyo, Japan, where the military stationed her stepfather.
• Is also a successful fashion model. Has booked campaigns for Nike, Pepsi, Neutrogena and Hewlett Packard.
• In November 2017 she accused director-producer Brett Ratner of repeatedly sexually harassing her over a period of several years. She has supported the MeToo and Time's Up movements with both personal endeavors and public statements.
• On 8/13/13 she dislocated her right shoulder when the connectors of the indoor swing (in her Prague apartment) she was riding on, became disconnected from the ceiling and the swing crashed to the floor.
• Is the youngest of five children of Winston Barrett Munn and Kimberly Schmid. Her father, whose family is from Arkansas and Oklahoma, is of English, as well as German, Scottish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, ancestry. Her mother, who was raised in Vietnam, is of Chinese ancestry.
• Journalist Irin Carmon condemned her being hired by The Daily Show (1996) as a correspondent. This became the basis for TGS Hates Women (2011).
• Currently resides in New York City and Los Angeles, CA.
• After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, she became an intern at KJRH-TV in Tulsa, OK. She later moved to Los Angeles to begin her professional career as a television host and to pursue an acting career.
• She was featured in FHM magazine's list of '100 Sexiest Women in the World' in 2011 (#52), 2012 (#88) and 2013 (#40); and Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women in 2008 (#99), 2009 (#96), 2010 (#8), 2011 (#2), 2012 (#2), 2013 (#28) and 2016 (#80).
• Her grandfather, Luke Eugene Munn, passed away from cancer, as noted at the end of the 12/12/06 episode of The Daily Show (1996).
• In March 2024 Munn revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer the previous year. She announced that she had four surgeries in the previous ten months, including a double mastectomy. She described the cancer as aggressive and fast moving but was caught with "enough time that I had options".
• Attended the University of Oklahoma, where she received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in journalism with a minor in Japanese dramatic arts.
• In May 2008 she was featured in Esquire magazine's column "Funny Joke from a Beautiful Woman".
• Her sister's birthday is July 1, two days before her July 3 birthday, and they sometimes celebrate both birthdays on July 1.
• Attended and graduated from Putnam North City High School in Oklahoma City.
• Was in a relationship with football quarterback Aaron Rodgers (2014-2017).

With regard to the subject matter in Deliver Us from Evil, Munn has said that "I didn't believe in the supernatural before this movie." However, after viewing footage from the New York City Police Department of alleged real-life exorcisms, she said "I'm a full believer [now]." 

She is a black belt in taekwondo. 

In November 2017, Munn accused film director Brett Ratner of repeated instances of sexual harassment, as well as an instance of sexual assault.   She has supported the Me Too and Time's Up movements with both personal efforts and public statements. 

From 2014 to 2017, Munn was in a relationship with NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers.^[72] In 2021, she began seeing comedian John Mulaney and, in September of that year, the pair announced that Munn was pregnant.  Their son was born on November 24, 2021.^[75][76][77] Their son's middle name, Hiệp, is in honor of Munn's Chinese-Vietnamese heritage Munn and Mulaney married in July 2024 in New York. Their second child, a daughter, was born via surrogate on September 14, 2024. 

In March 2024, Munn revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer the previous year. Munn announced that she had four surgeries in the previous ten months, including a double mastectomy. Munn described the cancer as "aggressive" and "fast moving", but said it was caught with "enough time that I had options". 

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