Name
Alex Borstein
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1971-02-15 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Highland, Illinois, USA
Biography
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, singer, voice actress, writer and comedian. She is best known for her long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy, and as a cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
A native of Highland Park, Illinois, Borstein is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where she studied rhetoric. She was trained in improvisational comedy at the ACME Comedy Theatre, near Hollywood, California, and was selected to join MADtv after being scouted by talent agents who noticed her work at the theatre. She was a writer and voice actor for several television shows, including Casper, Pinky and the Brain and Power Rangers: Zeo, before joining the cast of MADtv as a featured player, and later as a repertory player in 1997.
As an actress, she has made appearances in such films as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Catwoman and Dinner for Schmucks.
Known For
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- 2004 Catwoman as Sally
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. as Natalie
- 2007 The Lookout as Mrs. Lange
- 2022 The Bad Guys as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2010 Killers as Mrs. Baily
- 2023 Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits as Self
- 2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
- 2015 TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special as Self
- 2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie as Miss Ungermeyer
- 2012 Ted as John's Mom
- 2012 ParaNorman as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
- 2012 Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
- 2011 For Christ's Sake as Mrs. Marcus
- 2022 Maraschino Ruby as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 1996 Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest as Queen Machina (voice)
- 2004 Seeing Other People as Tracy
- 2010 Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show as Self / Various (voice)
- 2003 Bad Santa as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
- 2015 Love the Coopers as Angie Cooper
- 2025 The Bad Guys 2 as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2015 The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship as Wonder Woman (voice)
- 2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Wonder Woman (voice)
- 2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West as Millie
- 2016 The Angry Birds Movie as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
- 2016 Man Rots from the Head as Gladys
- 2006 Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
- 2007 The Thick of It as Hope Mueller
- 2010 Dinner for Schmucks as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
- 2004 Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer as Betty Henderson
- 2005 Kicking & Screaming as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
- 2001 A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie as Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2002 Showtime as Casting Director
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
- 2007 Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
- 2021 Extinct as Mali (voice)
- 2006 Little Man as Janet
- 2002 Dawg as Darcy Smits
- 2022 Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' as Self
- Soon The Bad Guys 3 as Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- Soon Turn the Lights Back On as Emma
- 2000 Titus ( 1 episode ) as Nicky
- 2006 Talkshow with Spike Feresten ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Family Guy ( 456 episodes ) as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1994 Friends ( 1 episode ) as Bitter Woman on Stage
- 2005 Too Late with Adam Carolla ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Drawn Together ( 1 episode ) as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
- 1995 MADtv ( 101 episodes ) as Various
- 2000 Gilmore Girls ( 4 episodes ) as Drella
- 2008 Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy ( 50 episodes ) as Various Characters (voice)
- 2004 Celebrity Blackjack ( 19 episodes )
- 2002 Never Mind the Buzzcocks ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 The Cleveland Show ( 8 episodes )
- 2004 Drawn Together ( 1 episode ) as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2013 Getting On ( 18 episodes ) as Dawn Forchette
- 1993 Power Rangers ( 50 episodes ) as Queen Machina (voice)
- 2012 Bunk ( 2 episodes )
- 2016 Bordertown ( 13 episodes ) as Becky Buckwald
- 2016 Bordertown ( 13 episodes ) as Janice Buckwald
- 2011 Workaholics ( 3 episodes ) as Colleen Walker
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Evelyn
- 2021 Resident Alien ( 1 episode ) as Carlyn
- 2000 Gilmore Girls ( 2 episodes ) as Miss Celine
- 2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ( 43 episodes ) as Susie Myerson
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Life in Pieces ( 1 episode ) as Linette
- 2020 Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens ( 1 episode ) as Wilma (voice)
- 2001 Gary & Mike ( 1 episode ) as Maya (voice)
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Ms Swan / Karen
- 1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Delirium ( 1 episode ) as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
- 2013 Masters of Sex ( 1 episode ) as Loretta
- 1996 Big Bad BeetleBorgs ( 1 episode ) as Cataclaws (voice)
- 2010 Hot in Cleveland ( 1 episode ) as Preshi
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode )
- 2011 Shameless ( 5 episodes ) as Lou Deckner
- 2019 Las que faltaban ( 1 episode ) as Invitada
- 2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life ( 1 episode ) as Drella
- 2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life ( 1 episode ) as Miss Celine
- 2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2009 The Cleveland Show ( 1 episode ) as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)
