The actress discussed her diagnosis and how it has changed her life in an exclusive chat with PEOPLE at the 2025 TIME Women of the Year Gala
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Olivia Munn is feeling positive about her breast cancer journey.
In an exclusive chat with PEOPLE, the actress, 44, said she is “doing really good” as she discussed her treatment and health while attending the 2025 TIME Women of the Year Gala on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
“I’m doing really good today,” Munn, who was an honoree at the event, tells PEOPLE. “I am working through different medications and I think anyone who’s gone through any kind of cancer, but specifically breast cancer, understands there’s a real science to figuring out the best kind of medication for you.”
While Munn admits “there are good days and bad days,” she shares that she has “hit a good stride” when it comes to her health.
Munn was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in April 2023. She has since had five surgeries, including a lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy.
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Speaking of her “new normal” following her cancer diagnosis, Munn says that she is “being easier on myself,” “not pressuring myself to get out and do too many things” and soaking in time with her family at home.
“I think before all of this, I wanted to seize the day and get stuff done and have my list of to-do things,” she tells PEOPLE. “And now my to-do lists are a lot shorter. I love organizing and my house is a mess — I don’t know if it’s because of cancer treatment or because I have two children.”
“I give myself a lot of grace now with things like that,” says Munn. “I don’t worry about the house being a mess … I just wake up and really kind of give myself, I call them attainable goals instead of making really big goals that you end up feeling like I fell short … so I feel successful every day no matter how small it is.”
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Munn was joined at the TIME Women of the Year Gala on Tuesday by her husband John Mulaney. The pair share two children, son Malcolm, 3, and five-month-old daughter Méi.
Munn adds that having Mulaney, 42, by her side through her cancer journey has made the pair “even stronger” as a couple.
“He’s just the best. We’re so, so close, such great friends, and that bond just got even stronger with not just having children but especially going through this battle with cancer,” she tells PEOPLE.
“You really don’t know who someone truly is until they’re put to the test — and there was no bigger test for me in my life so far than to find that I have cancer and go down that journey,” reflects Munn. “And he’s handled it all so beautifully.”
