American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director Alexandra Dawn Wong was born on April 19, 1982. Her most famous stand-up specials were Baby Cobra (2016), Hard Knock Wife (2018), and Don Wong (2022)—all of which were available on Netflix.
She has acted in, written, and produced the 2019 romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe, and she received a Golden Globe for her work in the 2023 Netflix dark comedy series Beef. Both in 2020 and 2023, she was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.
Ali Wong Net Worth
American Ali Wong is worth $4 million; he acts, writes, produces, and directs. He also does stand-up comedy. Aside from her 2019 book “Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life,” Ali Wong has starred in and produced three comedy specials for Netflix: “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra” (2016), “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” (2018), and “Ali Wong: Don Wong” (2022).
Ali recently starred in the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe,” and her television credits include roles as Olivia on NBC’s “Are You There, Chelsea?” (2012), Dr. Lina Lark on ABC’s “Black Box” (2014), and Doris on ABC’s sitcom “American Housewife” (2016–2021). As an actress, she has been in over 30 films and TV shows, including “Savages” (2012), “Dealin’ with Idiots” (2013), and “Birds of Prey” (2020).
Her film credits also include “Breaking In” (2011), “Love, Victor” (2020), “Paper Girls” (2022), and “Beef” (2023). In addition to her voice work on “Human Resources” (2022), “BoJack Horseman” (2015), “The Angry Birds Movie” (2016), “The Lego Ninjago Movie” (2017), “Ralph Breaks the Internet” (2018), “OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes” (2018), and “Onward” (2020), Wong has voiced Bertie on “Tuca & Bertie” (2019–present), Ali on “Big Mouth” (2019–present), and Becca on “Human Resources” for the past year.
In addition to her work as an executive producer of “Tuca & Bertie,” she has written for the 2015–2016 ABC comedy “Fresh Off the Boat” and directed and produced the 2022 comedy special “Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy.” For two consecutive years, 2020 and 2023, Ali was named one of “Time” magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.”
Ali Wong Early Life
Ali Wong’s mother, Alexandra Dawn Wong, came into this world in San Francisco, California, on April 19, 1982. Ali was born to Adolphus, a Chinese-American anesthesiologist who worked for Kaiser Permanente for 30 years before his death in 2011, and Tam, a social worker from Vietnam who immigrated to the United States in 1960.
Wong served as president of her San Francisco University High School class and has three elder siblings. Ali attended UCLA and majored in Asian-American studies after graduating in 2000. She became a member of the nation’s largest and oldest Asian-American collegiate theater organization, the LCC Theatre Company, while attending UCLA.
Wong also spent one summer helping out at a family camp run by UC Berkeley alums called The Lair of the Golden Bear. After receiving a Fulbright scholarship to study in Vietnam in 2005, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian-American studies. As Ali stated in an interview with “The Washington Post” in 2012, “I hated it because no one understood me.”
My Vietnamese skills are lacking, and I would only be able to convey around 5% of my intended meaning. I felt really alone and depressed since no one could understand my jokes or references. At that moment, I made up my mind, “I need to return home and attempt to make a living doing this.”
Ali Wong Personal Life
Ali wed Justin Hakuta, VP of GoodRx, on November 27, 2014. They met at a wedding in 2010. Inventor Ken Hakuta, who presented “The Dr. Fad Show” in the late ’80s and early ’90s, is Justin’s father. Before Ali and Justin filed for divorce in April 2022, they welcomed children Nikki (born December 2017) and Mari (born November 2015).
Wong has discussed her loss before having her daughters openly, saying that making jokes about it helped her deal with the pain. According to Ali, who spoke about her miscarriage in her debut special, “It was very taboo for women to talk about miscarriage and it still kind of is.” In 2019, Ali told “The Guardian” that this continued.
People approach me on the street and express their gratitude for helping them feel better about having a loss; this happens even now. Despite Wong and Hakuta’s divorce filing in April 2022, they are amicable and Hakuta is still Wong’s tour manager. Actor Bill Hader and Wong had a brief romance in late 2022, and by April of 2023, they were back together.
Ali Wong Award Nominations
For his 2022 variety special “Ali Wong: Don Wong,” Wong was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing. She was nominated for two awards in 2019—one from the Legionnaires of Laughter for Favorite Comedy Movie Star and another from the Legionnaires of Laughter for Best Stand Up Comedian Female.
Regarding “Tuca & Bertie,” Ali has been nominated for two Annie Awards: one for Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (2020) and another for Breakthrough Series – Shortform (2019).
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