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Olivia Munn

Acting

Born July 3, 1980 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as Lisa Munn · Lisa Olivia Munn

Biography

Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles, where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series Attack of the Show! (2006–2010) before appearing as a recurring correspondent on the Comedy Central late-night series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011. On television, she has taken dramatic roles, acting in both the Aaron Sorkin HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014) and the Jonathan Tropper Apple TV+ dark comedy crime series Your Friends and Neighbors (2025). On film, she has taken leading roles in The Predator (2018), Buddy Games (2019), Love Wedding Repeat (2020), and Violet (2021) with supporting roles in Big Stan (2007), Date Night (2010), Magic Mike (2012), Deliver Us from Evil (2014), Mortdecai (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Ride Along 2 (2016). She portrayed Psylocke in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and voiced a role in The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017). She married comedian John Mulaney in 2024, with whom she has two children. She is a vocal advocate for women's rights and has used her platform to speak out against anti-Asian harassment. She was named one of Time magazine's Women of the Year for 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Munn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

The Newsroom

2012as Sloan Sabbith

Hit-Monkey

2021as Akiko (voice)

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

Your Friends & Neighbors

2025as Samantha 'Sam' Levitt

Chuck

2007as Greta

Unity

2015as Narrator (voice)

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

New Girl

2011as Angie

Six

2017as Gina Cline

Conan

2010as Self - Guest

Tales of the Walking Dead

2022as Evie

Ocean's Eight

2018as Olivia Munn

Miles from Tomorrowland

as Phoebe Callisto (Voice)

Iron Man 2

2010as Chess Roberts

Jeopardy!

1984as Self - Clue Presenter

Violet

2021as Violet

Greek

2007as Lana

Big Stan

2007as Secretary

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

2021as Self - Guest

The Lego Ninjago Movie

2017as Koko (voice)

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016as Psylocke

The Rook

2019as Monica Reed

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Lip Sync Battle

2015as Self

Legends

2014as Television Reporter (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Ride Along 2

2016as Maya

Deliver Us from Evil

2014as Jen

Project Runway

2004as Self - Guest Judge

Magic Mike

2012as Joanna

Date Night

2010as Claw Hostess

I'm Still Here

2010as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

America: The Motion Picture

2021as Thomas Edison (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Jedi Junkies

2010as Self

Accidentally on Purpose

2009as Nicole

The Slammin' Salmon

2009as Samara Dubois

Love Wedding Repeat

2020as Dina

Office Christmas Party

2016as Tracey Hughes

The Predator

2018as Casey Brackett

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Mortdecai

2015as Georgina Krampf

Attack of the Doc!

2023as Self

The Gateway

2021as Dahlia

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Buddy Games

2019as Tiffany

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

I Don't Know How She Does It

2011as Momo Hahn

Insanitarium

2008as Nancy

The Babymakers

2012as Audrey Macklin