Ali Wong

Ali Wong, born Alexandra Dawn Wong on April 19, 1982, is an American actress and comedian. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Actor Award, and a Grammy Award nomination, and she was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2020 and 2023. She is best known for her Netflix stand-up specials Baby Cobra (2016), Hard Knock Wife (2018), Don Wong (2022), and Single Lady (2024), the last of which won her a Golden Globe Award.

Wong won another Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards for her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Beef (2023), becoming the first Asian background woman to win a lead acting Emmy in a Limited Series or Movie. She was a cast member on the ABC show American Housewife (2016-2021) and served as a writer for two episodes of Fresh Off the Boat in 2015. She has voiced characters on the animated series Tuca & Bertie and Big Mouth, and wrote and starred in the romantic comedy film Always Be My Maybe (2019).

Born in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, Wong is the youngest of four children; her Vietnamese mother moved from Huế in 1960 and her Chinese-American father worked as an anesthesiologist. She graduated from San Francisco University High School in 2000 and went to UCLA, majoring in Asian American studies and studying in Hanoi during her junior year. She first tried stand-up comedy at age 23, then moved to New York City, and in 2011 Variety named her one of the "10 Comics to Watch".