Actress Olivia Munn finds comfort from Catherine, Princess of Wales, amid her cancer battle

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12 Apr, 2026 08:04 PM2 mins to read

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Olivia Munn said ‘You feel so much better when you know you’re not alone’. Photo / Getty Images

Olivia Munn has found comfort from Catherine, Princess of Wales amid her cancer battle.

The 45-year-old actor was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 and revealed how the 44-year-old British royal – who was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of the disease in 2024 before announcing that she was in
remission the following year – struck a chord with her about adjusting to life after treatment.

Munn, who is in recovery from the disease, told People: “Kate Middleton had talked about this recently, and she said it so succinctly [and] it really touched me and gave me a sense of peace, because I finally had words behind it.

“She was like, ‘You think that the big things are the things you have to worry about’ – I’m paraphrasing her – ‘But it’s the treatment after you’ve gone through the big things that’s really taxing and hard on you.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, somebody else is feeling that.’”

The Your Friends and Neighbors star added: “That’s where it feels really good … when you hear other people’s experiences, because it is true – you feel so much better when you know you’re not alone.”