Olivia Munn used her Trailblazer Award acceptance speech at the Astra TV Awards to thank two people who had a significant impact on her life: her late agent Tony Etz and actress Shannen Doherty, who both passed away from cancer.

Munn described Etz as "incredibly kind and easygoing while at the same time being a beast for his clients," and she recognized Doherty for helping "me through the steps in the early days of my diagnosis" in 2023.

"Shannen was a close friend and in this room of her peers, I know we all believe Shannen — as Brenda Walsh — is, was, and will always be an icon," she said. "I just want to say thank you to all the people that have made my work so rewarding and my voice heard."

Munn also reflected on her early career, including her first job in entertainment working as an intern at Fox Sports. "We were told as interns to never go up to the third or fifth floor, I can't remember, but it was the executive suite floor. So, being me, I immediately did," Munn said. "I would walk around, I'd peek my head into different offices looking for someone sitting at their desk, and eventually I wandered into the office of the Vice President of College Football and said, 'Hi, I'm an intern, and I'd like a job.'"

Aaron Sorkin, who worked with Munn on his HBO drama The Newsroom, introduced Munn at the event, recalling a time when a director reached out to him asking for his thoughts on her. He told the director, "You should hire her."

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Munn recently told PEOPLE that she flies back and forth every two days when her schedule allows to be with her husband John Mulaney and their two kids Malcolm, 3, and Méi, 8 months, in Los Angeles, and she never goes more than two weeks away from the family.

Since April, Munn has been filming season 2 of Your Friends & Neighbors in New York. Your Friends & Neighbors is streaming now on Apple TV+.

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