Olivia Munn
Bust
36
Waist
25
Hip
35
Eyes
Hazel
Hair
Dark Brown
Shoes
7
Height
5 Feet, 4 Inches

Net worth $15 Million

Birthday
July 3, 1980
Birthplace
Birth Sign

About

Olivia Munn is the kind of performer who never stays in one lane for long. Viewers first recognized her playful energy on G4’s tech‑culture show “Attack of the Show!”, then saw her pivot into satire on “The Daily Show.” Since then she has juggled blockbuster films like “X‑Men: Apocalypse,” HBO’s newsroom drama “The Newsroom,” and, most recently, the 2025 Apple TV+ dark comedy “Your Friends & Neighbors.” Off-screen, she has emerged equally in sight for activism—advocating for animal welfare, anti-Asian-hate campaigns, and, following her 2024 Luminal B breast-cancer diagnosis, women’s health and early-screening advocacy. Her openness in relating the rougher aspects of that experience has seen her awarded a Women’s Cancer Research Fund Courage Award and appear on lists like Time’s Women of the Year.

Before Fame

Lisa Olivia Munn was born on July 3, 1980, in Oklahoma City. Her mother, Kim Schmid, fled Vietnam as a refugee in 1975, and her father, Winston Munn, has roots in Germany, Ireland, and England. Because her step‑dad served in the U.S. Air Force, childhood was nomadic: Utah, then Japan’s Yokota Air Base, where teenage Olivia picked up Japanese and a taste for martial arts. Back in Oklahoma, she finished at Putnam City North High and headed to the University of Oklahoma for a journalism degree (Japanese and dramatic arts minors). An internship at a local TV station and a brief sideline‑reporting stint for Fox Sports confirmed two things: she loved cameras, but she preferred entertainment to stats. Moving to Los Angeles, she hustled through bit parts until winning a fan‑search contest that made her co‑host of “Attack of the Show!” on April 10, 2006—the gig that put her on pop‑culture radar.

Trivia

  • Black‑belt bona fides: Every kid in the Munn household trained in taekwondo until earning a black belt; Olivia kept going and still shows off kicks on talk shows.
  • Languages on tap: Years in Tokyo left her conversational in Japanese, and she often sprinkles phrases into interviews for laughs.
  • Page‑turner: Her 2010 essay collection, Suck It, Wonder Woman, mixes geek culture stories with sharp humour—proof she can wield a pen as confidently as a katana.
  • Console collector: Hosting a video‑game show wasn’t just a paycheck; she genuinely collects retro consoles and once confessed she still beats friends at Street Fighter II.
  • Vocal advocate: Long before speaking about cancer, she fronted PETA campaigns, helped free an ailing circus elephant, and teamed with Ken Jeong for a 2021 #StopAsianHate PSA.

Family Life

Family remains Olivia’s anchor. She and comedian John Mulaney began dating in 2021 and welcomed son Malcolm Hiệp that November. After navigating postpartum anxiety and the shock of her cancer diagnosis, the couple expanded their household again when daughter Méi June arrived via surrogate in September 2024. Mulaney, whom she wed in July 2025, has been candid about researching every surgery and waiting bedside with framed photos of their kids so they’d be the first thing she saw upon waking. Meanwhile, Olivia credits her Vietnamese‑Chinese mom for resilience, joking that Kim still reminds her to take ginger tea whenever she’s run‑down.

Associated With

Munn’s career is dotted with high‑profile collaborators: she sparred alongside Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy in X‑Men: Apocalypse, exchanged rapid‑fire dialogue with Jeff Daniels under Aaron Sorkin’s pen in The Newsroom, and, in 2025, plays opposite Jon Hamm in Your Friends & Neighbors. Earlier, she traded quips with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Outside of acting, she teamed with Ken Jeong for anti‑Asian‑hate advocacy and often appears on podcasts hosted by fellow gamer‑turned‑comedian Chris Hardwick. In her personal sphere, husband John Mulaney credits her for fresh joke material, while she credits him for late‑night diaper runs—proof that collaboration isn’t limited to set life.

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