{"id":5426805,"date":"2025-07-09T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5426805"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:50:47","slug":"olivia-munn-mom-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/olivia-munn-mom-dad-5426805\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Munn&#8217;s Mom &#038; Dad: Meet the Actress&#8217; Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">Olivia and her mom, Kim, were diagnosed with breast cancer. Learn about the actress&#8217; parents and family here.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/olivia-munn\/10\/\"  ><strong>Olivia Munn<\/strong><\/a> has been <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/olivia-munn-health-5262905\/\"  >battling breast cancer<\/a> alongside her mother, <strong>Kimberly &#8220;Kim&#8221; Munn<\/strong>, the actress revealed in July 2025. About a year after Olivia unveiled her own diagnosis with the disease, she shared in an <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL5EDmbA4ir\/?hl=en&#038;img_index=2\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Instagram<\/a> post that her mom had undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy to fight the disease. In the caption, Olivia pointed out that Kim wouldn&#8217;t have caught her cancer in time if she hadn&#8217;t taken the Lifetime Risk Assessment test.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">&#8220;From my mom being there after my double mastectomy to me being there after hers,&#8221; Olivia wrote in her post. &#8220;From me having to find an oncologist, to my mom and I sharing one. I can tell you this: going through cancer is really hard. But there&#8217;s something about watching a loved one go through it that is even more heartbreaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Below, learn more about Olivia&#8217;s mother, father and her whole family.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is Olivia Munn&#8217;s Mother Kim?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Olivia&#8217;s mom is Kimberly &#8220;Kim&#8221; Munn (n\u00e9e Schmid). As the <em>Newsroom<\/em> alum pointed out in a July 2025 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL5EDmbA4ir\/?hl=en&#038;img_index=3\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Instagram<\/a> post, Kim is married to her husband, Sam. Previously, Kim was married to Olivia&#8217;s father, <strong>Winston<\/strong>, until their divorce when Olivia was 2 years old. Kim remarried a member of the U.S. Air Force, and they divorced when Olivia was 16.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Amid Olivia&#8217;s own breast cancer battle, Kim encouraged Kim to undergo an MRI, and she was diagnosed with Stage 1 Her2 breast cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL5EDmbA4ir\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL5EDmbA4ir\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL5EDmbA4ir\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by o l i v i a (@oliviamunn)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">&#8220;Shortly after that MRI, my mother was diagnosed with Stage 1 Her2 breast cancer. She has since completed 12 rounds of chemo and will continue monthly Herceptin transfusions until this fall,&#8221; Olivia wrote in her Instagram post. &#8220;My mom\u2019s husband, Sam, and I learned everything we could about Her2, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, cold caps\u2026 I spent many nights taking care of my mom when the chemo became too much, wishing I could fight the fight for her, even if only for a day to give her a little break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">At the end of her emotional Instagram message about Kim, Olivia wrote that she is proud of her mother, joking that Kim is &#8220;insane&#8221; because &#8220;she&#8217;s handled all of this with bravery and humor while still driving us crazy (just days after her double mastectomy, she tried to do laundry and make dinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is Olivia Munn&#8217;s Father Winston?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">Not much is known about Olivia&#8217;s biological father, Winston, but he and Kim divorced when their daughter was 2 years old.<\/p>\n<h2>Does Olivia Munn Have Brothers or Sisters?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">Yes, Olivia has two brothers and two sisters, though she has kept details about her siblings away from the public eye.<\/p>\n<h2>Does Olivia Munn Have Children?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">Olivia is a mother to <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/john-mulaney-olivia-munns-two-kids-son-daughter-5296404\/\"  >two children<\/a>, whom she shares with husband <strong>John Mulaney<\/strong>: son Malcolm and daughter M\u00e9i.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia and her mom, Kim, were diagnosed with breast cancer. 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