Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn is an actor, author and activist most recently seen starring as the titular role in Violet, a critically acclaimed indie drama written and directed by Justine Bateman. She also starred in Netflix romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat and crime thriller The Gateway. Her voiceover roles this past year include Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Netflix’s America: The Motion Picture, and short film Save Ralph. Olivia has also been a prominent advocate for change regarding sexual harassment in Hollywood and was honored by the United Nation’s Girl Hero Awards for her activism in 2018.
In 2019, Munn starred in STARZ series The Rook, a supernatural spy thriller set in London and in 20th Century Fox’s The Predator opposite Keegan-Michael Key and Sterling K. Brown. In 2018, Munn appeared in the critically acclaimed second season of HISTORY series SIX, where she played “Gina,” a ruthless and smart CIA operative. In 2017, she voiced the role of “Koko” in The LEGO Ninjago Movie. She also starred in Office Christmas Party alongside Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston, in X-Men: Apocalypse as “Psylocke”, and in Universal's Ride Along 2 with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. From 2012 – 2014, Munn starred as Sloan Sabbith on Aaron Sorkin’s hit HBO political drama The Newsroom, which followed behind-the-scenes events of the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel.
Variety recognized Munn as the “2014 Breakthrough Actress” winner at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards. Her other film credits include Mortdecai, Deliver Us From Evil, Magic Mike and Iron Man 2. She had an arc on FOX’s Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated comedy The New Girl and appeared in the Emmy-winning Showtime environmental documentary series Years of Living Dangerously from James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub.
An Oklahoma native, Munn spent the majority of her childhood in Tokyo, Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. She attended the University of Oklahoma after moving back to the U.S. and relocated to Los Angeles. In 2006, Munn joined G4 network’s popular Attack of the Show! as co-host. She later joined Emmy-winning Comedy Central series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as correspondent in 2010, becoming one of five female cast members to ever appear on the show. Her first book, “Suck it, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek” was also released that year and debuted on The New York Times and Los Angeles Times best sellers lists.