Olivia Munn starred as Nick’s girlfriend, Angie, on “New Girl,” but left the hit television show to focus on Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” as she revealed to SheKnows. But it wasn’t until she reached her mid 30s that Munn began to enjoy a career breakthrough. She had a starring role on the Starz series “The Rook” and also lent her voice to the acclaimed Hulu animation “Hit-Monkey,” depicting supervillain Akiko, per Marvel.
And now that she’s an A-lister, the actor is using her fame for good. In 2021, Munn, who is of Chinese heritage on her mom’s side, spoke out following a spate of hate crimes against Asian people. Regarding an attack on a Chinese woman in New York, Munn told NBC News about the importance of raising awareness of anti-Asian hate. “It was just immediate that we had to post it, amplify it,” she stated.
Moreover, she’s heavily criticized the depiction of Asian women in Hollywood, admitting to CBS News that she hasn’t worked as much as she’d like due to prioritizing her integrity in lieu of taking on stereotypical, offensive roles. “As an Asian American woman, the rules are: to be the submissive wife, or to be the out of control wife, to just constantly, be supporting other people’s storylines… For me, it has meant that I don’t work as much as I would want to, because, in order to work, I’d have to take a lot more of those offers,” she explained.
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