John Mulaney presented wife Olivia Munn with InStyle’s Woman of Impact Award on Thursday night. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for InStyle
Olivia Munn is embracing the skin she’s in.
The actress, 44, was honored at InStyle’s Imagemaker Awards on Thursday night in recognition of her advocacy for breast cancer awareness after her revelations about her recent health struggles with an aggressive form of the disease.
For the star-studded event, during which she accepted the Woman of Impact Award with a surprise presentation by husband John Mulaney, Munn chose a dark green slip dress that showed off more skin than she’s previously revealed amid her cancer battle.
Munn was surprised by her husband’s emotional speech. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for InStyle
She wore a slinky green gown that showed off her scars for the first time on the red carpet. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for InStyle
The couple were among the many A-listers at the magazine’s inaugural Imagemaker Awards. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for InStyle
The slinky dress featured a super-low back and revealed her mastectomy scars, which she showed off for the first time in a Skims ad campaign in partnership with Susan G. Komen earlier this week. Ten percent of bra sales until Oct. 31 will go towards the charity’s breast cancer research.
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Posing in Skims’ viral nipple bra and even ditching her top in select shots, Munn opened up about how the photoshoot for Kim Kardashian’s underwear line made her feel confident.
On Instagram, where she shared the images, Munn wrote, “In the middle of this latest @Skims bra campaign shoot, I decided I was done being insecure about my mastectomy scars. Every mark life has left behind on my body is proof of how hard I fought. I hope other women who have been self-conscious about their scars see this photo and feel all the love I’m sending.”
Earlier this week, Munn stripped down for a Skims campaign in partnership with Susan G. Komen. Skims / Instagram
She revealed her scars for the first time in the snaps, declaring that she was “done being insecure” about the marks. Olivia Munn / Instagram
Ten percent of bra sales from the company through Oct. 31 will go towards breast cancer research. SKIMS
The remarks and photos come after an April interview where she got candid about trying to hide her “battle wounds” on the red carpet.
“I have some divots and dents on one side of my body near where the lymph nodes were, and they had to really dig out,” she said in an interview at the time. “And I’ve been wearing some dresses on the red carpet that made me a little stressed out at times.”
Mulaney — with whom Munn shares two children, including 1-month-old baby girl Méi — surprised his wife by presenting the award and giving an emotional speech in her honor.
Munn and Mulaney welcomed a daughter via surrogate last month. Instagram/@oliviamunn
The actress revealed her breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year. Getty Images
She underwent multiple surgeries, including a hysterectomy, due to the aggressive form of cancer. oliviamunn/Instagram
“She shared her story to help anyone she could. According to the National Cancer Institute, in the week after Olivia shared the story of her breast cancer journey, there was a 4,000 percent increase in women visiting the breast cancer risk assessment,” the comedian explained. “That was the first week. Olivia saving lives by speaking her truth is not surprising to me.”
Sharing what his now-wife told him during her many surgeries, Mulaney continued, “She said, ‘I’m scared, but I’m taking all of this and I’m not going to let it hang over our lives. I’m moving past it.’
“I thought how lucky our kids are to have you as their mother, how lucky I am to have you as my partner in life.”