Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Actress/comedian Ali Wentworth

Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth is in that rare category of women who are both pretty and funny.


She got her start on the sketch-comedy show "In Living Color" and went on to roles big and small in TV and the movies, such as Bobbi Fallon in 1996's Jerry Maguire and as Anne, Peter Gibbons' girlfriend, in the 1999 cult comedy Office Space.  She also played Jerry's girlfriend in the memorable "Soup Nazi" episode of Seinfeld."

In this century, Ms. Wentworth played the lead role in "the Starz TV series "Head Case," about a therapist who treats Hollywood stars, many of whom appeared as themselves in the show, which ran between 2007 and 2009.  More recently, she has played the head talent booker on a fictional late-night talk show in a series called "Nightcap."  As on "Head Case," "Nightcap" finds her interacting with different celebrities playing themselves. 

Fun fact:  The Washington, D.C.-born Ali Wentworth has been married to former Clinton Administration spokesperson and current ABC newsman George Stephanopoulos since 2001.  They have two daughters.

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