--- description: Find out why Ali Wong is one of the 100 most influential people of 2020. title: Ali Wong: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a9f3bc48707afc/698a125322fb85ea60e2b6ce/time-100-Ali-Wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 22, 2020 # Ali Wong by Chrissy Teigen  Comedian Ali Wong in Culver City, Calif., April 16, 2019\. Asian-American couples don't get to have sex in Hollywood movies. Randall Park and Wong wrote "Always Be My Maybe" anyway. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times) Comedian Ali Wong in Culver City, Calif., April 16, 2019\. Asian-American couples don't get to have sex in Hollywood movies. Randall Park and Wong wrote "Always Be My Maybe" anyway. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)Rozette Rago—The New York Times/Redux I remember being pregnant when [Ali Wong](https://time.com/5700072/ali-wong-dear-girls-interview/ "undefined")’s first [Netflix special](https://time.com/4550072/ali-wong-american-voices/ "undefined") came out. Not only was I doubled over laughing, but I felt like I had found my kindred spirit. It seemed like I knew her and she knew me before we ever met. As an Asian-American woman, it’s so cool to see someone who represents our shared cultural heritage but also [defies every stereotype](https://time.com/5859206/anti-asian-racism-america/ "undefined"). She is open about her sexuality, she boldly discusses her body and its many functions, she makes fun of her husband, she makes fun of her kids—I feel at one with her. It’s amazing to see her [work her magic on the audience](https://time.com/5444300/best-stand-up-2018/ "undefined"). She [treats comedy](https://time.com/5540280/funny-people/ "undefined") like a science; she knows how to tell jokes the way people want to hear them, and she knows when to be physical. It became such an iconic thing to see her thrust her hips and twerk or grind. People usually see pregnant women as helpless beings who can’t do too much, but she had this energy and personality and was funnier than ever when she was pregnant. Ali is proof that you don’t have to fit the stereotype of what a comedian should look like or say or how a woman should present herself. Women often feel this need to apologize or to make ourselves small. Ali may be small in stature, but she has the biggest presence. She assures women that you can be loud, you can be funny, you can be silly, you can make fun of yourself, you can be gross, and you can talk about the hell that is childbirth and you don’t have to be proper about it. She makes it O.K. for us to be ourselves. _Teigen is the founder of Cravings, a cooking website and brand_ Ali Wong Is on the 2020 TIME 100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888494/ali-wong/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888494/ali-wong/"},"headline":"Ali Wong","datePublished":"2020-09-22T20:11:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:19.182Z","description":"Find out why the \"Always Be My Maybe\" star is one of the most influential people of 2020, according to Chrissy Teigen.","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888494/ali-wong/","keywords":["TIME 100","T100 2020","T100 2020 Artists"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a9f3bc48707afc/698a125322fb85ea60e2b6ce/time-100-Ali-Wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a9f3bc48707afc/698a125322fb85ea60e2b6ce/time-100-Ali-Wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888494/ali-wong/","name":"Ali Wong"}}]}] ```