Olivia Munn

Some Lesser Known Facts About Olivia Munn

• Olivia Munn grew up in the US.

  

• When she was 2 years old, her parents got divorced. Her mother then married a member of the United States Air Force. Her family then shifted to Utah. Later, her stepfather was transferred to Japan.

• She once shared that her stepfather was verbally abusive towards her.

• After graduating, she did an internship with a news channel in Tulsa.

• She then moved to Los Angeles and started working for the gaming network G4 as a TV host.

• After her mother and stepfather’s divorce, she moved to Oklahoma City.

• In 2004, she worked as a sideline reporter for the news channel Fox Sports Networks.

• However, she started developing an interest in acting, and in 2004, she appeared in an English video named Scarecrow Gone Wild.

• She has acted in various English films like National Lampoon’s Strip Poker (2004), The Slammin’ Salmon (2009), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), The Predator (2018), Violet (2021), and The Gateway (2021).

  

• Some of her English TV series are Beyond the Break (2006), Perfect Couples (2010), Six (2018), The Rook (2019), and Your Friends and Neighbors (2025).

  

• She has hosted a few TV shows like Attack of the Show! (2006) and 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards (2018).

• Olivia was featured as a ‘Babe of the Month’ for Playboy magazine in 2007.

• In 2008, she participated in the English reality TV show Sasuke.

• In the same year, she worked as a writer for the English videos Attack of the Whoa! and Olivia Munn Presented by TheDailyLowdown.com.

• She authored a book titled Suck It, Wonder Woman in 2010.

  

• She has been actively involved in various social welfare activities. In 2011, she worked for Dosomething.org’s Green Your School Challenge. She was also the spokesperson of the organisation. She has worked for various campaigns of PETA.

  

• Apart from films, she has also dubbed for a few English TV shows such as Robot Chicken (2011), The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2013), Miles from Tomorrowland (2015), and Hit-Monkey (2021).

  

• In 2012, she was voted #2 in the Hot 100 Women list by the readers of Maxim.

• She has dubbed for a few English films like The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) and America: The Motion Picture (2021).

• In November 2017, she supported the #MeToo Movement and shared her experience. She accused the English film director Brett Ratner of repeated sexual harassment.

• She has appeared in a few English music videos like Benny Blanco & Juice WRLD: Graduation (2019) and Imagine Dragons: Cutthroat (2021).

  

• In 2021, she acted in the English short film Save Ralph.

• She has been featured in ad campaigns for various brands like Nike, Pepsi, and Neutrogena.

• She has worked as a columnist for the Complex magazine.

• She has been featured on the cover of various magazines like Men’s Health, People, Italian Vanity Fair, Playboy, and FHM.

  

• Olivia has raised her voice against anti-Asian sentiments, harassment, and assaults.

• She was also a part of a roundtable discussion to Stop AAPI.

• In March 2024, she shared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023. She said that she had four surgeries for the same.

• In 2025, she was named Time Woman of the Year.

  

• She is a trained taekwondo player and has a black belt in the sport.

• Olivia is an avid animal lover and owns a few pet dogs named Chance and Frankie.

  

• In her leisure time, she enjoys travelling, surfing, and hanging out with her family.