Ali Wentworth was honored at Hope for Depression Research Foundation‘s 12th Annual Luncheon Seminar.
The actress and comedian made the room of 300 people laugh with humorous insights about her own experience with depression and psychiatric treatment, and was honored with the 2018 HOPE Award for Depression Advocacy.
Said Wentworth: “My mother is an über-WASP, and when I was growing up, we didn’t talk about feelings or issues… I went through a depression in my twenties and I was in therapy and taking Zoloft, and I called my mother up and I said, ‘Is there any depression in our family?’ and she said ‘Nope, no depression.’ I said, ‘All four of my grandparents killed themselves, that’s not depression?’
Founder Audrey Gruss then presented Ali Wentworth with the award saying, “with keen observation and humor, she demystifies a very serious topic by inviting us all to pull up a chair and chat with her.”
The Luncheon Seminar Co-Chairs were Ann Barish, Natalie du Pont Edmonds, Peter Gregory,Tania Higgins, Margo Langenberg, Kitty McKnight, Serena McKnight Bowman, Peter S. Paine III,Nancy Silverman and Felicia Taylor.
Additional guests included: Geoffrey Bradfield, Janna Bullock, Sharon Bush, Hilary Geary Ross,Jamee Gregory, Susan Gutfreund, Kim Heirston, Chicago Fire actor Jeff Lima, Karen LeFrak, Jay McInerney, Christine Mack, Marc Rosen, Margo Nederlander, Marina Pellechi, Jean Shafiroff,Scott Snyder, and Lis Waterman.