Ali Wong

Ali Wong
Born (1982-04-19) April 19, 1982[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation Actress, comedian, writer
Years active 2011–present

Ali Wong is an American actress, stand-up comic and writer.[2][3]

Career

Wong was born in San Francisco, California. While majoring in Asian-American studies, she discovered her love of performing as a member of UCLA's LCC Theatre. Following her graduation, Wong tried stand-up for the first time at Brainwash Cafe, then moved to New York City soon after to further pursue comedy. In New York, she would perform up to nine times a night.[4]

In 2011, Variety named her one of the "10 Comics to Watch".[2] She later was cast as series regular in the NBC comedy series, Are You There, Chelsea?, and appeared on Chelsea Lately.[5] Following that, she hosted VH1's Best Week Ever, and MTV's Hey Girl in 2013.[1] Additionally, she appeared in a few movies: Oliver Stone's Savages, and Dealin' with Idiots, opposite Jeff Garlin and Gina Gershon.[1]

In 2014, Wong starred as Dr. Lina Lark in the ABC medical drama series, Black Box, opposite Kelly Reilly.[6][7]

Wong now lives in Los Angeles, and is a writer for Fresh Off the Boat.[8] She has a Netflix stand-up special called Baby Cobra which was filmed when she was 7 months pregnant.[9]

Personal life

Wong is married and had a child in November 2015.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Breaking In Ana Ng Recurring role, 3 episodes
2012 Controversial Racist Short film
2012 Chelsea Lately Herself—round table 9 episodes
2012 Are You There, Chelsea? Olivia Series regular, 12 episodes
2012 Savages Claire
2013 Hey Girl Herself 5 episodes
2013 Best Week Ever Herself 16 episodes
2013 Dealin' with Idiots Katie
2014 Black Box Dr. Lina Lark Series regular

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Black Box" (Press release). ABC Medianet. May 18, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Shady, Justin (July 26, 2011). "Ali Wong: Spitfire standup embraces dark". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Molyneaux, Libby (October 3, 2013). "Ali Wong: L.A.'s Raunchiest Vietnamese-Chinese-American Standup Comic". LA Weekly. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/color-ali-wong-writing-fresh-boat-perfecting-her-craft-preparing-n391301
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (August 25, 2008). "Ali Wong Joins New NBC Comedy 'Are You There Vodka' As Regular". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 4, 2013). "ABC Series 'The Black Box' Adds Trio". Deadline.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (January 17, 2014). "ABC Announces Premiere Dates for 'Black Box' & 'Dancing With the Stars' + 'Mind Games' Replaces 'Killer Women'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-fresh-off-the-boat-writer-eddie-huang-slams-abc-comedy-hit-20150407-story.html
  9. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/ali-wongs-got-bite-in-this-first-look-at-her-netfl.html

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