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Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn at the 2007 Comic-Con in San Diego, California
Born
Lisa Olivia Munn
Other namesLisa Olivia Munn
Occupation(s)host, actress, model
Years active2004—present
Websitehttp://www.oliviamunn.com

Olivia Munn (born July 2, 1982, as Lisa Olivia Munn) is an American actress, model and television personality.

She began her career being credited as Lisa Munn. However, since 2006, she has been using the name Olivia Munn personally and professionally.[1] Also since 2006, Munn has been one of the faces of the cable network G4, hosting a number of shows for the network, the most prominent being Attack of the Show!, with co-host Kevin Pereira. On August 28th 2009 she was engaged to Zack Shutt outside of DJ AM's apartment in New York.

Early life

Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma. She is of Chinese descent on her mother's side and of Caucasian descent on her father's.[2][3] When Munn was two, her mother re-married to a man in the Air Force.[2] Although the family relocated many times, Munn was predominantly raised in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan,[4] where the military assigned her stepfather. During this time, she had appeared in a number of local theater productions, and later became a model within the Japanese fashion industry.[5] She also attended the University of Oklahoma, majoring in journalism and minoring in Japanese and dramatic arts.[6]

Munn moved back to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. In 2004, she 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."[4]

Actress

Soon after her move to Los Angeles, Munn gained 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.[7]

In late 2005, Munn began her portrayal of Mily Acuna, a teen surfer, over two seasons of the TV drama Beyond the Break[8] on The N network. She enjoys surfing and continues to practice the sport.[9] She originally auditioned for the part of Kai, but the producers wanted a "local girl."[10] She also appeared in the film The Road to Canyon Lake.

Munn made her film debut in the Rob Schneider movie Big Stan. She plays Schneider's character's receptionist Maria. Munn also has a significant role in the 2008 horror film Insanitarium, in which she plays a nurse at an insane asylum. In June 2009, it was announced that she had joined the cast of Iron Man 2, playing Melina Vostokoff (her role was announced via a interview with Jon Favreau at Comic-Con and on her IMDB page).[citation needed] She will also have a role in the 2010 movie Date Night.

Munn hosted Microsoft's Bing-a-thon, an advertisement on Hulu for the Microsoft search-engine Bing[11] on June 8, 2009 alongside Jason Sudeikis.

Attack of the Show!

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 was the replacement for host Sarah Lane, who left the show along with Brendan Moran to get married. 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.[12] On the show, Munn is featured with journalist Anna David in a segment called "In Your Pants," which deals with sex and relationship questions from viewers. She has also appeared in several skits on the show to include her parodies of Wonder Woman, Princess Leia, and the Baroness. 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.

Other media

Munn is a successful model and has booked 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. In February 2007, she appeared as "Babe of the Month" in a non-nude pictorial in Playboy magazine.[13] 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 was featured as the cover girl for the July/August 2009 issue of Playboy, and is one of the few cover girls not to pose nude for the magazine.

Personal

She is a columnist for Complex.[14]

She appeared in the Winter/Spring 2009 issue of Men's Health Living.[15]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2004 Scarecrow Gone Wild Girl #1
2005 The Road to Canyon Lake Asian Mob Girl
2007 Big Stan Maria
2008 Insanitarium Nancy
2009 The Slammin' Salmon Samara
Freeloaders Amy post-production
2010 Date Night post-production
Iron Man 2 Melina Vostokoff post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Beyond the Break Mily Acuna Supporting role
Attack of the Show Herself Co-Host (2006-present)
2008 Talkshow with Spike Feresten
"Olivia Munn and Hanson" 		Herself Competitor
2009 Talkshow with Spike Feresten
"Dana Carvey/Penn Jillette/Perez Hilton/Olivia Munn" 		Herself Competitor
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
"Jennifer Morrison/Shirley Manson/Tom Papa" 		Herself Competitor
The Jace Hall Show Herself Olivia Munn & Batman: Arkham Asylum
Guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Loveline Herself Guest - May 25-28, 2009

Sexiest Countdown Rankings

Year Countdown Name Rank
2008 Maxim's Hot 100 Women 2008 #99
FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2008 #85
2009 Maxim's Hot 100 Women 2009 #96

References

  1. ^ Olivia Munn's Official site's About page. She describes why she changed her name, and how her close friends and family call her Olivia.
  2. ^ a b "Biography for Olivia Munn". imdb.com. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  3. ^ Tokyo Dance Trooper with G4TV's Olivia Munn from ZimBio.com
  4. ^ a b Olivia Munn (April 7, 2006). "Just Who is Olivia Munn?" (Interview). Interviewed by sjohnson. g4tv.com. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  5. ^ "Olivia Munn". askmen.com. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  6. ^ About Olivia Munn, from her website
  7. ^ "Olivia Munn in Zebrahead Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  8. ^ Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). "AOTS hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn". g4tv.com. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  9. ^ Matt Bean. "Adventure as Aphrodisiac". menshealth.com. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  10. ^ Olivia Munn (November 30, 2006). "Hello TV Land!!". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  11. ^ http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/bingathon/ Bing-a-thon on mashable.com
  12. ^ "Playboy after hours - babe of the month" (February 2007) Playboy, as seen in: "Olivia Munn in Playboy!". g4tv.com. January 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28..
  13. ^ Olivia Munn (January 31, 2007). "Hello TV Land!!". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  14. ^ "Complex's New Columnist: Olivia Munn". Complex. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  15. ^ "Olivia Munn in Men's Health Living". Men's Health Living. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
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