IWTA, Episode 40: Ali Wentworth

Published: March 25, 2015, 11:05 p.m.

Ali Wentworth is an actress, comedienne and author. TV Viewers may remember her as Jerry's girlfriend "Schmoopie" on the famous soup nazi episode of Seinfeld, or as a cast member on\xa0In Living Color, where she became known for her impersonations of Cher, Hillary Clinton, Princess Diana, Brooke Shields, Lisa Marie Presley and Sharon Stone, among others. For 3 seasons she starred as Dr. Elizabeth Goode, a self-obsessed therapist-to-the-stars in the Starz comedy\xa0Head Case, and she can currently be seen hosting\xa0Daily Shot, a short daily talk show segment on Yahoo! Shine. On the BIG screen she's appeared in\xa0Jerry Maguire,\xa0Office Space\xa0and\xa0It's Complicated. She and her husband George Stephanopoulos have two children and split their time between Manhattan and the Hamptons.\xa0In this conversation Ali talks about being a wasp, how growing up in a political family shaped her sense of humor and desire to push the envelope, how her experiences with horrible therapists inspired her character on\xa0Head Case\xa0and why George Stephanopoulos is the perfect man for her.