Alie Ward

person

American TV actress, TV host, writer and painter

Alison Ann "Alie" Ward is an American writer, actress, and television and podcast host. Born in California, Ward graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in cinema. In 2016, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Special Class for the CBS series Innovation Nation. In 2022, the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards named her podcast Ologies "Best Science Podcast", and the Webby Awards honored Ward as "Best Podcast Host." In 2025, Time Magazine included Ologies on its list of "The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time."