Alie Ward

Alie Ward
Alie Ward in 2016.
Born	Alison Ann Ward San Francisco, CA, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, writer, painter, lovely lady
Years active	1998–present

Alison Ann Ward is a writer, a painter, American TV actress and co-host of the 2013 Cooking Channel travel-food television series, Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia. She is also a correspondent for the CBS series Innovation Nation. Ward has written for L.A. Weekly and the Los Angeles Times. She has appeared in a handful of TV shows, including Nash Bridges. She achieved notoriety from her Alie and Georgia online videos and television appearances, where she and her close friend, Georgia Hardstark, offer up their recipes for some rather odd culinary concoctions, such as the infamous McNuggetini.

Alie was born as Alison Ann Ward in San Francisco, California to Nancy, an accountant, and Lawrence, a journalist and news broadcaster. She has two older sisters, Celeste and Janelle. When she was 18, she enrolled at University of California - Santa Barbara to study biology, with the intention of pursuing a career in biological illustration. Eventually, she changed her course of study and obtained a degree in cinema before moving to Los Angeles.

While studying cinema in San Francisco, Ward attended an audition for the television series Nash Bridges, which filmed in the area. The role recurred for three seasons. After moving to Los Angeles, Ward continued to take television roles while pursuing writing and painting. She has appeared in several small roles for television, including Grey's Anatomy, King of the Hill and Comedy Central's Key and Peele.

Alie has recorded a number of fan recaps for the ABC series, "Once Upon A Time," "Revenge, and "Scandal."

In 2014 she became a correspondent on the CBS series Innovation Nation.

Ward's paintings are often acrylic on wood and employ wordplay or are in diptych form, which she calls her "dichotomy series." She likens her painting approach to sign making.

In 2014, LA Weekly named Alie's Instagram account "Best Looking Instagram."

Alie has stated that she comes from a family of journalists. In late 2005, the L.A. Weekly hired her to illustrate the column 24/7 and in early 2006 she was offered a writing assignment to cover a concert. Within a few months, Ward had a weekly nightlife and culture column called The Mental Ward.

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