Ali Wong at the 2024 SAG Awards.Photo:Netflix
Netflix
Wong then took a moment to express gratitude toward her mother, who was also her date for the evening. “I want to thank my 83-year-old mother who’s here tonight who’s here in her pearls and her Tevas because she doesn’t give a f—,” she said.
Concluding with a personal message to her mother, Wong added: “I know it was really hard when I told you I want to do stand-up comedy and I hope you feel like it’s all worked out.”
Ali Wong as Amy in episode 101 of ‘Beef’.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
Andrew Cooper/Netflix
In Netflix’s limited seriesBeef, Wong walked a fine line between drama and comedy as Amy Lau, an entrepreneur with a loving family and with a thriving business about to be acquired for millions of dollars. But after a road rage incident withSteven Yeun’s Danny Cho, the pair’s lives were unexpectedly and unrelentingly intertwined.
“She’s an amazing costar because she holds a lot of weight,” Yeuntold PEOPLEabout Wong, 40, at the show’s Los Angeles premiere in April 2023. “She is someone who knows how to uphold a lot of the good vibes and a lot of the unseen, and I deeply appreciate that about her.”
Painkiller’sUzo Aduba,Tiny Beautiful Things’Kathryn Hahn,Lessons in Chemistry’sBrie LarsonandA Small Light’sBel Powleywere also up for this year’s statuette.
Uzo Aduba in ‘Painkiller.'.Netflix
In Netflix’s limited seriesPainkiller, Adubaplayed federal investigator Edie Flowers, unwavering in her quest to bring a case against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma for its role in starting America’s opioid epidemic. While Flowers is a fictional character, Aduba’s stirring performance is key inPainkillerto uncovering the truth and corruption of the pharmaceutical industry.
Kathryn Hahn in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things.'.Erin Simkin/Hulu
“[Kathryn] has this extraordinary way of being funny and deep and vulnerable and smart and exceptional and also like all of us in her every move,” praised Strayed. “I feel so honored she said yes to this role. She’s sheer brilliance.”
Bel Powley in ‘A Small Light.'.National Geographic for Disney/Dusan Martincek
National Geographic for Disney/Dusan Martincek
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