Ali Wong

Ali Wong is a comedian, actress, writer and producer. She was born in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, finished high school there in 2000 and majored in Asian American studies at UCLA. After college she continued her studies in Vietnam through a Fulbright program.

Her stand-up specials are on Netflix: Baby Cobra (2016), Hard Knock Wife (2018), Don Wong (2022), which was nominated for an Emmy, and Single Lady, released in October 2024. Single Lady won her a Golden Globe.

In 2023 she starred in and executive produced Beef, the Netflix and A24 dark comedy, opposite Steven Yeun. Playing Amy Lau earned her the Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards for best actress in a limited series. Earlier, in 2019, she co-wrote and starred in the romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe with Randall Park. She executive produced and voiced the lead in the animated sitcom Tuca and Bertie, and she directed Sheng Wang's 2022 special Sweet and Juicy.

Her 2019 book, Dear Girls, is a New York Times bestseller written as letters to her daughters.

Wong is billed at an upcoming show in the Los Angeles area, and the dates we list for her appear further down this page.