---
name: "Ali Liebegott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ali-liebegott"
fi1m_id: "ali-liebegott"
imdb_id: "nm5327969"
tmdb_id: 2092928
wikidata_id: "Q4724974"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T18:51:35.218283+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ali Liebegott

## Identity

Ali Liebegott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ali-liebegott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ali-liebegott
- **IMDb ID:** nm5327969
- **TMDB ID:** 2092928
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4724974
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Liebegott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5327969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2092928

Writer. Born 8 August 1971 in Ventura County, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 August 1971, Ventura County, California, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Erika Sheffer](https://film.one/person/erika-sheffer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Liebegott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5327969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2092928

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Transparent*](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ali Liebegott is an American writer, actor and comedian. Born on 8 August 1971, she holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and has published the novels and poetry collections The Beautifully Worthless (2005), The IHOP Papers (2007), Cha-Ching! (2013) and The Summer of Dead Birds (2019). She has received Lambda Literary Awards and a Ferro-Grumley Award for her fiction.

Liebegott joined the writing staff of the Amazon series Transparent in 2014, serving as executive story editor and writer across its run. She has since written episodes of Love Life (2020), The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021), Little America (2022) and The Beast in Me (2025). She is a three-time Writers Guild of America Award nominee and a Peabody Award winner for her work on Transparent.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Transparent* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *I Love That for You* (2022), series, Writer
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Love Life* (2020), series, Writer
- *Little America* (2020), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Girls Weekend* (2019), as Erica · Screenplay
- *The Conners* (2018), series, as Bridgette
- *Transparent* (2014), series, as Tiffany · Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *Valencia: The Movie/S* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Maron* (2013), series, as Jack

## Gallery

- ![This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/23599/gallery-f2ea7559fa5c.jpg) This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016) — (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu in New York City, Georgia, on Saturday, May 21, 2016), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ali_Liebegott%2C_Jay_Duplass%2C_Our_Lady_J%2C_Ethan_Kuperberg%2C_Joe_Lewis%2C_Alexandra_Billings_and_Jill_Soloway_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_Transparent.jpg/1280px-Ali_Liebegott%2C_Jay_Duplass%2C_Our_Lady_J%2C_Ethan_Kuperberg%2C_Joe_Lewis%2C_Alexandra_Billings_and_Jill_Soloway_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_Transparent.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ali Liebegott](https://film.one/media/person/23599/gallery-3127eb315d88.jpg) Ali Liebegott — (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu in New York City, Georgia, on Saturday, May 21, 2016), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Ali_Liebegott_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_Transparent_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/23599/gallery-e7298f634c67.jpg) This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Transparent_%2826954544344%29.jpg/1280px-Transparent_%2826954544344%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/23599/gallery-4a77461fb9e3.jpg) This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Transparent_%2826954545054%29.jpg/1280px-Transparent_%2826954545054%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/23599/gallery-668d0d4de8a8.jpg) This photo includes the cast and crew of "Transparent," including Jay Duplass, Our Lady J, Ethan Kuperberg, Joe Lewis, Alexandra Billings, Ali Liebegott and Jil (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Transparent_%2826954546684%29.jpg/1280px-Transparent_%2826954546684%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2014: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (nominated)
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2008: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (won), for *The IHOP Papers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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