Why Olivia Munn Left Stripper Girlfriend Role on Fox’s New Girl

Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates from Your Next Shoes. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more details.

If you’re surrounded by the world’s hottest celebrities and you’re at the most happening party of the night, you’d probably party as hard as New Girl actress Olivia Munn did.

In February 2016, the X-Men: Apocalypse star changed into her post-party duds after the Oscars and headed out to the Vanity Fair Post-Oscars Party. And she didn’t come home until 6 a.m.

Olivia Munn wears her hair in a ponytail at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar PartyOlivia Munn wears her hair in a ponytail at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held on February 28, 2016, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (Credit: FayesVision / WENN)

Olivia changed out of the gorgeous asymmetrical Stella McCartney gown she wore to the Oscars, slipping into a sexy embroidered cutout dress by J. Mendel.

A few years earlier, she appeared as Angie, Nick Miller’s (Jake Johnson) stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in Season Two of FOX’s television sitcom New Girl.

“She comes to the bar where Nick works,” said her co-star Jake Johnson during a Screen Actors Guild Q&A in November 2012. “She’s got a scandalous job. It involves laps, and it involves dancing. Nick likes that because he’s not a damn idiot.”

Olivia Munn wears a green floor-length J. Mendel gownOlivia Munn wears a green floor-length J. Mendel gown (Credit: FayesVision / Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

“We’re shooting some really great stuff in a cabin right now,” he added about filming the second season. “We were with Dr. Sam and Olivia Munn shooting guns in a cabin.”

How old was Olivia Munn as Angie in New Girl?

Olivia stars in the episodes “Bathtub,” “Santa,” and “Cabin” that aired in December 2012 and January 2013. Born on July 3, 1980, in Oklahoma City, Olivia was 32 years old when the episodes aired and turned 33 on July 3, 2013.

“Angie is a new love interest for Nick. She is someone who really gets Nick to get outside of his comfort zone and really throws inhibitions to the side and just do things that he never thought that he would do,” Munn told TV Guide about her New Girl character.

Olivia Munn as Nick's stripper girlfriend holds up a"Let's have sex" ginger cookieOlivia Munn as Nick’s stripper girlfriend holds up a”Let’s have sex” ginger cookie (Credit: Fox)

“She gets along with the whole group. She’s the kind of girl that has no problem finding fun in any place with anything, no matter if there are rules or regulations. It’s just about having fun and living life.”

“Sad for Nick,” Olivia told She Knows about not being able to appear in more episodes due to scheduling conflicts. “But I’m over on The Newsroom. Maybe whenever my schedule frees up I can try to swing both.”

Olivia Munn was 32 years old when starring as Angie, Nick's stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in Season Two of FOX's sitcom New GirlOlivia Munn was 32 years old when starring as Angie, Nick’s stripper girlfriend, in three episodes in Season Two of FOX’s sitcom New Girl (Credit: Fox)

“I had to finish doing New Girl so I could start the second season on Newsroom,” Munn explained to Vulture. “In the TV world, one ends and we just have to end it abruptly. The schedule’s backed up so that’s a way to tie it up quickly.”

Olivia Munn's feet in green satin Christian Louboutin sandalsOlivia Munn’s feet in green satin Christian Louboutin sandals (Credit: WENN)

The actress paired her dress with the Christian Louboutin “Youpiyou” sandals in the same green shade.

Olivia Munn shows off a hint of underboob thanks to the cutouts in her J. Mendel dressOlivia Munn shows off a hint of underboob thanks to the cutouts in her J. Mendel dress (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

Even though she went until the break of dawn, Olivia uploaded a photo of herself yawning in the car captioned, “When you get home at 6am but have to give the jewels back at 10am. 😪 #yawn.”

When you get home at 6am but have to give the jewels back at 10amVia Olivia Munn’s social media, captioned: “When you get home at 6am but have to give the jewels back at 10am. 😪 #yawn” (Credit: Olivia Munn’s Instagram)

You can order Olivia’s Christian Louboutin “Youpiyou” sandals in gold and silver at Nordstrom and Mytheresa.

Christian Louboutin 'Youpiyou' Metallic Crisscross Red Sole Sandal in GoldChristian Louboutin ‘Youpiyou’ Metallic Crisscross Red Sole Sandal in Gold, $825

Christian Louboutin 'Youpiyou' Metallic Crisscross Red Sole Sandal in Silver

Christian Louboutin 'Youpiyou' Metallic Crisscross Red Sole Sandal in SilverChristian Louboutin ‘Youpiyou’ Metallic Crisscross Red Sole Sandal in Silver, $825

DO YOU LOVE SHOES? Win free shoes, organize your shoe closet, see the latest styles + more

Filed Under: Celebrities