US actress Olivia Munn disclosed that she received a breast cancer diagnosis last year and has undergone four surgeries within the last 10 months.
Posting on Instagram, the 43-year-old Newsroom star said her surgeries had included a double mastectomy.
Munn said the cancer was “aggressive” and “fast moving”, but was caught with “enough time that I had options”.
She added that she had “wanted to get through the hardest parts before sharing” the news.
Munn shared her health update three days following her attendance at the Oscars with her partner, comedian John Mulaney, with whom she shares a two-year-old son named Malcolm.
The actress, known for her roles in Magic Mike, Iron Man 2, and X-Men: Apocalypse, revealed that she learned about her cancer diagnosis after undergoing testing for 90 different cancer genes and receiving a mammogram.
Although those tests were negative, Munn said her doctor worked out her “breast cancer risk assessment score” – which later led to further tests including a biopsy, which showed “I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts”.
‘I’m lucky’
Sharing her message alongside pictures and a video from hospital, she wrote: “Luminal B is an aggressive, fast moving cancer.
“Thirty days after that biopsy I had a double mastectomy. I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next.
“I’m lucky,” she added. “We caught it with enough time that I had options.”
She also said that, since the diagnosis, “l’ve only cried twice”.
Munn ended the post by praising Mulaney, her family and friends, as well as doctors, nurses and hospital staff.
“I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect,” she said.
“For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.