What Is Ali Wong’s Net Worth?
Ali Wong is an accomplished American actress, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director, with a net worth of $4 million.
She has starred in and produced several comedy specials for Netflix, including “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra” (2016) and “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” (2018). Wong also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe.”
Wong has more than 30 acting credits to her name, including roles in the films “Savages” (2012) and “Birds of Prey” (2020) and the television series “American Housewife” (2016–2021).
She has also lent her voice to several animated projects, such as “BoJack Horseman” (2015) and “Ralph Breaks the Internet” (2018).
Wong is an executive producer for “Tuca & Bertie” and has written for the ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” (2015–2016). In 2020, she was included on “Time” magazine’s list of the year’s “100 Most Influential People.”
Early Life and Education
Ali Wong was born in San Francisco in 1982 to a Chinese-American anesthesiologist father and a Vietnamese social worker mother. She attended San Francisco University High School and went on to major in Asian-American studies at UCLA, where she was actively involved in the LCC Theatre Company. Wong graduated summa cum laude in 2005 and received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Vietnam, but she returned to the US after struggling with loneliness and depression due to language barriers.
Ali Wong’s Career Highlights
Ali Wong began performing stand-up comedy at the age of 23 and was named one of “10 Comics to Watch” by “Variety” in 2011. She has appeared on various TV shows, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Chelsea Lately,” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Wong also acted in films such as “Savages” and “Dealin’ with Idiots.”
In 2016, Wong released her first comedy special, “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra,” on Netflix, which was filmed when she was seven months pregnant. She followed it up with “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” in 2018 and “Ali Wong: Don Wong” in 2022. Wong played Doris on ABC’s “American Housewife” from 2016 to 2021 and guest-starred on “Fresh Off the Boat” in 2017.
Wong co-starred and co-wrote the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe” with Randall Park, which was viewed by more than 30 million households on Netflix within its first month of release. She also voiced Felony in the 2018 Disney film “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and played Ellen Yee in “Birds of Prey” in 2020. Wong began voicing Roberta “Bertie” Songthrush on “Tuca & Bertie” in 2019 and Ali on Netflix’s “Big Mouth.” In 2022, she appeared in five episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s “Paper Girls” and surprised her friend Citadelle with a home renovation on the HGTV series “Celebrity IOU.”
Ali Wong’s Personal Life
Ali Wong met GoodRx vice president Justin Hakuta at a wedding in 2010, and they got married on November 27, 2014. They have two daughters, Mari (born November 2015) and Nikki (born December 2017). However, the couple filed for divorce in April 2022.
Before giving birth to her daughters, Ali suffered a miscarriage, which she spoke about openly in her first special. She has since said that joking about it has helped her cope. In an interview with “The Guardian” in 2019, Ali said that it was still taboo for women to talk about miscarriage, but that many people had thanked her for making them feel less embarrassed, ashamed, and sad about the experience.
Ali Wong’s Accolades
Ali Wong received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 2022 for “Ali Wong: Don Wong.” She was also nominated for a Legacy Award for Best Stand Up Comedian Female at the Legionnaires of Laughter Legacy Awards in 2018, and for a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Movie Star in 2019.
For her work on “Tuca & Bertie,” Wong received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production in 2020, and a Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Series – Shortform in 2019.
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