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Overcoming Adversity
Actress and advocate OLIVIA MUNN shares her journey of breaking into and succeeding in the entertainment industry, discussing the challenges she faced, sharing her tools for resilience and determination.
Women’s Rights
A profound advocate for women’s rights, OLIVIA MUNN speaks on the importance of promoting gender inequality in the workplace, sharing her roadmap for empowering women in all industries. Munn’s dedication to advocacy is shown in her compelling, motivating conversations on this crucial movement.
Fundraising, Advocacy, and Awareness: Breast Cancer
Acclaimed actress OLIVIA MUNN brings a heartfelt and impactful presence to her talks on her cancer experience. She shares powerful stories of resilience, hope, and the importance of early detection. Munn’s compassion and empathy create a profound connection with audiences, offering inspiration and practical insights on navigating the challenges of a cancer diagnosis, supporting loved ones, and fostering a community of care and strength.
Olivia Munn bravely shares the story of her breast cancer battle
Actress OLIVIA MUNN opened up to Good Morning America recently about her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Publicly speaking on her oophorectomy and partial hysterectomy, double mastectomy, and fertility efforts, Munn is raising critical awareness for women’s health issues. With a brave, inspiring outlook, Munn’s ability to speak on her health journey gives women hope nationwide.
Olivia Munn is an actor, activist and mother who was recently named to 2024’s TIME 100 Most Influential People. Earlier this year Munn posted the story of her ongoing battle with breast cancer, urging women to advocate for early detection by taking a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment test. Her story was read and shared by a global audience and led to countless women being proactive about Breast Cancer detection. The National Cancer Institute said that Munn’s outreach “led to a surge in visits to the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool site.” And the rate of women taking of this formerly little-known test increased 4000%.
Best known for her brilliant work across three seasons of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Olivia Munn also starred in such iconoclastic films as Magic Mike, The Predator, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Office Christmas Party. She began her career as the breakout star of Attack of the Show on the gaming network G4 in 2006. Munn was then hired as the first East Asian Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and appeared on the show for two Emmy-winning seasons.
Olivia Munn was an early and active Silence Breaker in the #MeToo movement. She exposed predatory behavior in Hollywood and championed other victims who came forward to share their stories. For her efforts to shed light on abusers and give voice to victims, Munn was honored by the United Nations Foundation.
After a startling rise in Anti-Asian violence following the COVID-19 pandemic, Munn, who is half Chinese-Vietnamese, tackled the issue on multiple fronts. She became a leader in the #StopAsianHate movement: raising money, filming public service announcements, and coordinating with mayors and police departments throughout the United States. Her social media posts following an attack on an elderly Chinese woman in New York City led directly to the suspect being identified and arrested. She was invited to the White House by President Biden and Vice President Harris to be in attendance when he signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law.
Olivia lives with her husband, comedian John Mulaney, and their two-year-old son. The three of them laugh all day long.
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