Biography of Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn was born on July 2, 1982, in Oklahoma. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler, and Olivia was soon forced to adopt a nomadic existence after her mother married a man in the Air Force. Although the clan moved from base to base, Olivia spent the majority of her adolescence in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan. Olivia’s passion for the entertainment world has been in place virtually since childhood, and the would-be performer took her first steps toward a career in the spotlight by appearing in a number of local theater productions.
Olivia Munn’s growing confidence was cemented once she hit puberty, as the young girl soon found herself blessed with the sort of looks that cause men to stop and stare. She parlayed her beauty into a burgeoning career as a model within the Japanese fashion industry, though it became increasingly clear to Olivia that she wanted to do more with her life than just pose for the cameras. To that end, Olivia moved to Los Angeles in 2004, and began to look for work within the entertainment industry.
olivia munn at fox sports
Olivia Munn had only been in La La Land for a short while when she landed an internship at FOX Sports, and -- after impressing her bosses with her drive and passion for on-camera work -- it wasn’t long before Olivia landed a job as a sideline sports reporter. Olivia also remained a fixture on the auditioning circuit, though she didn’t make a whole lot of progress in terms of finding substantial roles. However, Olivia Munn did make her film debut in 2004 as “Girl No. 1” in the straight-to-video horror flick Scarecrow Gone Wild, which she followed up a year later with The Road to Canyon Lake.
olivia munn on attack of the show
Following her internship at FOX Sports, Olivia Munn seamlessly segued into a gig as the host of G4’s Attack of the Show program (her predecessors, Sarah Lane and Brendan Moran, left the show to get married). She made her debut in April 2006, to mostly positive reviews, though some fans cynically assumed that she had been hired just for her looks. Olivia quickly won over her detractors, however, with her quick wit and self-deprecating attitude, and -- along with her Attack of the Show cohost, Kevin Pereira -- she has been a fixture on the G4 website thanks to her daily appearances on the Around the Net podcast.
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, 2006. She was 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. On the show, Munn is featured with journalist Anna David in a segment of the program 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 is a successful model and has booked campaigns for Nike, Pepsi and Neutrogena. She appeared on Fall 2006 cover of Foam magazine in September, and Men's Edge magazine in August, and was featured in a pictorial in Complex magazine in November 2006. In February 2007, she appeared as "Babe of the Month" in a non-nude pictorial in Playboy magazine. Munn also appeared in the July/August 2007 issue of Men's Health magazine. In September 2007, she was featured in the magazine, Italian Vanity Fair for their "Hot Young Hollywood" Issue.
Munn will make her debut in a large Hollywood film in the upcoming Rob Schneider movie Big Stan. She will play 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.Along with her success in the tech world, Olivia Munn also scored big with the beach bums with her recurring role on the TV series, Beyond the Break. Playing one of the title characters best friends, Olivia sported her two piece with the best of them and showed the world, once again, that she was more than just a pretty face thanks to her acting abilities.
olivia munn in big stan
Olivia Munn’s passion for performance hasn’t been silenced, either. She remains an active presence on the auditioning circuit, and her hard work has certainly paid off with her key role in the 2007 comedy Big Stan (alongside Rob Schneider, Jennifer Morrison and Melanie Lynskey).
Thanks to her success on FOX Sports and on G4 television, not to mention her move to the big screen. But we weren't the only ones to notice; Olivia appeared in the July/August issue of Men's Health and in September 2007, she ranked in the "Hot Young Hollywood" special issue of Italian Vanity Fair.
