Early life

Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kim Schmid, is from Vietnam but of Chinese decent, and her father, Winston Munn, is of English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Her mother was a Vietnamese refugee and fled to Oklahoma after the Vietnam War, in 1975. After college, her mother married Winston. When Munn was two years old, her mother married her second husband, a member of the United States Air Force. Although the family relocated many times, Munn was predominantly raised on Yokota Air Base near Tachikawa in Tokyo, Japan, where her stepfather was stationed. During this time, she appeared in a number of local theater productions and later became a model in the Japanese fashion industry.

Her mother and stepfather divorced, and she moved back to Oklahoma, where she attended Putnam City North High School for her junior and senior years and where she was a contemporary of Hinder bassist Mike Rodden, future Oklahoma state senator David Holt and author Aaron Goldfarb.

Munn attended the University of Oklahoma, majoring in journalism and minoring in Japanese and dramatic arts.

Career

After graduating, she became an intern at the NBC affiliate in Tulsa, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

In 2004, Munn interned at Fox Sports Net and worked as a sideline reporter for college football and women's basketball. She has gone on to say that she disliked the experience, explaining "I was trying to be something I wasn't, and that made me really uncomfortable on live TV."

Soon after she moved to Los Angeles, Munn was cast in a small role in the straight to video horror film Scarecrow Gone Wild. She appeared in rock band Zebrahead's video for their song "Hello Tomorrow" as the love interest of the lead singer Justin Mauriello.

Munn also appeared in National Lampoon's Strip Poker, which was filmed at the Hedonism II nudist resort in Negril, Jamaica, with Kato Kaelin. The films aired on DirecTV and InDemand Pay Per View.

In late 2005, Munn began her role as Mily Acuna, a teen surfer, over two seasons of the TV drama Beyond the Break on The N network. She enjoys surfing and continues to practice the sport. She originally auditioned for the part of Kai, but the producers wanted a "local girl". She also appeared in the film The Road to Canyon Lake.

In 2006, Munn moved on to the G4 network, where she began co-hosting Attack of the Show! with Kevin Pereira on April 10. She replaced departing host Sarah Lane. The network, devoted to the world of video games and the video game 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, Munn 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!, Munn 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. Munn left Attack of the Show! in December 2010 and was replaced by Candace Bailey.

Munn appeared in the Rob Schneider film Big Stan (2007). She played Schneider's character's receptionist Maria. Munn had a significant role in the horror film Insanitarium in which she played a nurse at an insane 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 in the upcoming television series Perfect Couples. The half-hour romantic comedy premiered on January 20, 2011. The show was cancelled 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 hiring prompted criticism from Irin Carmon of Jezebel, who questioned Munn's credentials and accused the show's production of sexism in hiring Munn, whom Carmon characterized as a sex symbol. Carmon saw Munn's hiring as a perpetuation of the show production office's history as a male-dominated atmosphere marginalizing and alienating to women. A group of thirty-two female Daily Show production staff members condemned Carmon's piece as inaccurate and misinformed, as did Munn herself in an interview, in which she stated that Carmon's assertion was an insult both to her and to the rest of the Daily Show staff. She went on to appear in 16 more episodes as a correspondent, with TV Guide naming as 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 in NBC's 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 played Sloan Sabbith on HBO's The Newsroom. She also appeared as Angie, Nick's stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in season 2 of FOX's New Girl.

Munn served as a correspondent in "True Colors", the May 12, 2014 episode of the Showtime documentary TV 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 informercial for the product. The commercials show Munn experiencing acne herself. Since January 2015, she has been the voice of the character Phoebe Callisto in the Disney Junior animated series Miles from Tomorrowland.

In print

Munn has booked modeling campaigns for Nike, Pepsi, and Neutrogena. She 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. In February 2007, she appeared as "Babe of the Month" in a non-nude pictorial in Playboy magazine. She discusses this shoot in her book Suck it, Wonder Woman.

Munn also appeared in the July/August 2007 issue of Men's Health. In September 2007, she was featured in the Italian Vanity Fair for their "Hot Young Hollywood" Issue. Munn appeared in the Winter/Spring 2009 issue of Men's Health Living. She was featured as the cover girl for the July/August 2009 issue of Playboy, and later on the cover of the January 2010 and February 2011 U.S.Maxim. Munn appears on the cover of FHM Magazine's January 2012 issue. She was voted #2 by readers on Maxim's list of their 2012 Hot 100.

Munn's book Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek (ISBN 0-312-59105-5) was released on July 6, 2010. In a review for Time Out New York, Olivia Giovetti said that the book offers glimpses into Munn's life, but does not go into depth.

Charity work

In 2011, Munn teamed up with Dosomething.org's Green Your School Challenge. She was a spokesperson for the campaign by filming a PSA regarding the challenge, and sat on the panel of judges that evaluated the entries.

Munn helped PETA with a campaign that ultimately freed a sick elephant from a touring circus. Her blog for The Huffington Post was credited with encouraging fans to contact the USDA on the elephant's behalf. Munn posed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign in April 2010, and again in January 2012. In February 2013, Munn fronted a PETA release of new footage showing cruelty to animals in Chinese fur farms.

Personal life

Munn resides in both Los Angeles and New York City. In regard to her faith and work in Deliver Us from Evil, Munn has stated that "I didn't believe in the supernatural before this movie"; however, the viewing of footage from the New York Police Department of real-life exorcisms changed her mind, and she has stated that "I'm a full believer ."

She speaks Japanese fluently, which she learned when she lived in Tokyo.

Since May 2014, Munn has been dating NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Scarecrow Gone Wild	Girl #1
2004	National Lampoon's Strip Poker	Herself
2005	Road to Canyon Lake, TheThe Road to Canyon Lake	Asian mob girl
2007	Big Stan	Maria
2008	Insanitarium	Nancy
2009	Slammin' Salmon, TheThe Slammin' Salmon	Samara Dubois
2010	Date Night	Claw Hostess
2010	Iron Man 2	Chess Roberts
2010	Jedi Junkies	Herself
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It	Momo Hahn
2012	Magic Mike	Joanna
2012	Babymakers, TheThe Babymakers	Audrey
2012	Freeloaders	Madeline
2014	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
2014	Deliver Us from Evil	Jen Sarchie
2015	Mortdecai	Georgina Krampf
2016	Ride Along 2	Maya Cruz
2016	Zoolander No. 2	Herself
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Elizabeth Braddock / Psylocke
2016	Office Christmas Party	Tracey	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006-2010	Attack of the Show!	Herself	Co-host
2006-2007	Beyond the Break	Mily Acuna	9 episodes
2008-2009	Sasuke	Herself	Competitor; 2 episodes
2009	Greek	Lana	4 episodes
2009	Dave Knoll Finds His Soul	Girl #1	Television film
2010	Accidentally on Purpose	Nicole	Episode: "Face Off"
2010-2011	Daily Show, TheThe Daily Show	Herself	Correspondent
2010	Chuck	Greta	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Anniversary"
2010-2011	Perfect Couples	Leigh	Main role
2011	Robot Chicken	Dr. Liz Wilson (voice)	Episode: "Kramer Vs. Showgirls"
2012-2014	Newsroom, TheThe Newsroom	Sloan Sabbith	Main role
2012	Paulilu Mixtape	Katie	Episode: "Ghost Tits"
2012-2013	New Girl	Angie	3 episodes
2013	The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying Orange	Fudgie (voice)	Episode: "Orange Say Knock You Out"
2013	David Blaine: Real or Magic	Herself	TV special
2015	Miles from Tomorrowland	Captain Phoebe Liang Callisto (voice)	Main role
2015	Repeat After Me	Herself	1 episode
2016	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Olivia Munn vs Kevin Hart

Magazine rankings

Year	Countdown Name	Rank
2008	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2008	#85
2009	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009	#85
2010	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2010	#52
2008	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2008	#99
2009	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2009	#96
2010	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2010	#8
2011	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2011	#2
2012	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2012	#2
2013	Maxim's Hot 100 Women, 2013	#28

Bibliography

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Books

• Munn, Olivia; Montandon, Mac (2010). Suck it, Wonder Woman! : the misadventures of a Hollywood geek. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Critical studies, reviews and biography

• Wolcott, James (Dec 2012). "Dry, with a twist". Spotlight. Vanity Fair 628: 169-171. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

Charities

Olivia Munn supports the following charitable causes: Homeless, Poverty, Animals, Disaster Relief.

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