Ali Wong

Alexandra Dawn "Ali" Wong is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is best known for her Netflix stand-up specials Baby Cobra (2016), Hard Knock Wife (2018), and Don Wong. She starred in the film Always Be My Maybe (2019) and served as a writer and producer.

Wong was also a cast member on the ABC show American Housewife and has previously appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, Black Box, and Are You There, Chelsea? She was a writer for the first three seasons of the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat. In addition, she voices the title character Roberta "Bertie" Songthrush on the animated series Tuca & Bertie and Ali on the animated series Big Mouth. She was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

After graduating from college, Wong first tried stand-up comedy at 23. However, she soon moved to New York City to pursue comedy and began to perform up to nine times a night.

In 2011, Variety named her one of the "10 Comics to Watch." Soon after, she appeared on The Tonight Show, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, and Dave Attell's Comedy Underground Show. She was also cast as a series regular in the NBC comedy series Are You There, Chelsea? and appeared on Chelsea Lately. After that, she was in VH1's Best Week Ever and MTV's Hey Girl in 2013. Additionally, she starred in Oliver Stone's Savages, opposite Benicio Del Toro, and Salma Hayek, and as Kate in the film Dealin' with Idiots.

In 2014, Wong played Dr. Lina Lark in the ABC medical drama series Black Box, opposite Kelly Reilly and Vanessa Redgrave. Since then, she has guest-starred in several episodes of Inside Amy Schumer. In addition, Wong has been a Fresh Off the Boat writer since 2014. Randall Park, who is in the main cast, had suggested Wong for the writing role.

On Mother's Day 2016, Netflix released a stand-up special called Baby Cobra; the special was filmed in September 2015, when Wong was seven months pregnant with her first child at the Neptune Theater in Seattle. According to New York Magazine, "The special's arrival on Netflix is the sort of star-making moment that unites the tastes of the unlikeliest fans." Then, on September 11, 2016, Wong spoke at and walked the runway during New York Fashion Week for Opening Ceremony's show.

In October 2016, Wong began starring in the ABC sitcom American Housewife. On May 13, 2018, Wong's second Netflix special, Hard Knock Wife, was released. It was filmed in late September 2017 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto when she was seven months pregnant with her second child. In 2018, she voiced Citrus Twisty, a soda genie, in an episode of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.

Wong starred with Randall Park in the 2019 Netflix film Always Be My Maybe, directed by Nahnatchka Khan and written by Wong, Park, and Michael Golamco. In addition, Wong voiced the titular character Bertie in the Netflix animated show Tuca & Bertie.

On October 15, 2019, Wong came out with a book entitled Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life. She dubs it a life guide for her two daughters to read when they're adults. Then, in February 2022, Wong released her third Netflix stand-up special, Don Wong.