Ali Barthwell
| Ali Barthwell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Notable work | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (staff writer) |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2021; 2022) |
Ali Barthwell is an American writer. She reviews television for Vulture and is a staff writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
Life and career
Barthwell was born and raised in Chicago.[1] Both of her parents are physicians. She received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College in 2010, where she was the co-president of the improv group Dead Serious.[2] Shortly after graduating she won a scholarship to train in improv and sketch comedy at Second City.[3] She was inspired to apply after seeing Amber Ruffin perform on the Second City Mainstage.[2]
She has written television recaps and reviews for Vulture since 2016.[4] She has recapped programs including Empire, How to Get Away with Murder, and productions from The Bachelor franchise.[5]
Along with her two brothers and two friends, Barthwell organized the inaugural WakandaCon in Chicago in August 2018, inspired by the release of Black Panther.[1] The event was received positively and drew approximately 2,500 attendees.[6] Barthwell connected the event to afrofuturism and described WakandaCon as "a space for Black people to look past the present and into our future.”[6]
She joined the writing staff of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in 2020.[2] Barthwell won successive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 2021 and 2022 for her work.[7]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | [7] |
| 2022 | Won | [8] | |||
| 2021 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2022 | Nominated | [10] |
References
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- Ali Barthwell at the Internet Movie Database
- Ali Barthwell on Rotten Tomatoes
- Ali Barthwell on Twitter
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- African-American women writers
- African-American writers
- American women television writers
- Writers from Chicago
- Wellesley College alumni
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- 21st-century African-American women
