Ali Wong
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| Born |
Alexandra Wong April 19, 1982 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse(s) | Justin Hakuta |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Ken Hakuta (father-in-law) |
| Website | aliwong |
Alexandra "Ali" Wong (born 19 April 1982) is an Asian American actress, stand-up comic and writer. She is noted for her performances on television, which include appearances in Are You There, Chelsea?, Inside Amy Schumer, the medical drama Black Box, as well as her stand-up special Baby Cobra.
Wong was born in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Her father, Adolphus Wong, is an American-born Chinese anesthesiologist, her mother, Tam "Tammy" Wong, is Vietnamese, and as a young woman in 1960, came to the United States from Hue, Vietnam. She is the youngest of four children.
In 2000, Wong graduated from San Francisco University High School, where she was student body class president. She then graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in Asian American studies. At UCLA, Wong discovered her love of performing as a member of UCLA's LCC Theatre (Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company), the longest running Asian-American theater company in the United States. During college, for her junior year, she spent time in Hanoi, Vietnam. After graduating from UCLA, Wong received a scholarship to study further in Vietnam.
Following graduation from college, in 2005 when she was 23 years old, 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. She became one of the few select female comedians to be "passed" at the Comedy Cellar.
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 Atell's Comedy Underground Show. She was also cast as series regular in the NBC comedy series, Are You There, Chelsea?, and appeared on Chelsea Lately. Following 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.
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