Ali Wong is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award–winning actor, a best-selling author, and a comedian. You know her from the dark comedy series, Beef; films like Always Be My Maybe; and, of course, her many acclaimed stand-up specials.
Her latest comedy special, Single Lady, is streaming now on Netflix.
But how is she with spicy food? Find out as Wong takes on the wings of death and discusses her comedy origins, her Mount Rushmore of noodle soups, and being celebrated at the Smithsonian.
Wong was included in Time‘s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
After graduating from college, 23-year-old Wong tried stand-up comedy at Brainwash Cafe. 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 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.
