Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn (1980-     ) American actress, former model, television personality and author of Vietnamese, German and Irish descent, is best known for her film roles in Big Stan (2007), Date Night (2010), Iron Man 2 (2010), I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) and Deliver Us from Evil (2014).  Born in Oklahoma City, Olivia Munn had been raised primarily in Tokyo, Japan by her mother and stepfather who served in the US military.  It was in Tokyo that Olivia Munn started her career as a fashion model during her teenage years.  Her modeling career would continue on in her later years in the United States appearing in advertisements to promote such products as Nike, Pepsi and Neutrogena.  She graduated from the University of Oklahoma where she majored in journalism and minored in Japanese and dramatic arts.  After a couple of brief stints with internships for an NBC affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma followed by Fox Sports Net, Olivia Munn set her sights on pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles.

After landing several roles for major Hollywood-produced movies, Munn made the shift to television.  From 2006 until 2010, she replaced Sarah Lane as co-host of the popular G4 Network program, Attack of the Show!, working alongside Kevin Pereira.  Before leaving G4 Network on December of 2010, Olivia Munn made her debut on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, which would later on spark a bit of controversy when Irin Carmon, MSNBC national reporter and commentator on feminist issues, publicly criticized the production team of the popular show for being a sexist, male dominated establishment that had hired Munn based on her image as a sex symbol.  Carmon's criticism would be met with a group of 32 female staff members of The Daily Show who would publicly state their opposition, claiming that her opinions were based on misinformation and erroneous.

On May of 2010, Olivia Munn added author to her list of careers when her book, Suck It, Wonder Woman:  The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek, was published.  In her personal life, she had been romantically involved with Swedish actor, Joel Kinnaman, in the past.  As of May, 2014, she has been dating Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers.



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