Alex Borstein
Biography
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born February 15, 1973) 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.
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Movies (30)
The Bad Guys 2
as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
2025
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
as Self
2023
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self
2022
Maraschino Ruby
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
The Bad Guys
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
Extinct
as Mali (voice)
2021
Bombardier Blood
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
Man Rots from the Head
as Gladys
2016
The Angry Birds Movie
as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
2016
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
as Self
2015
Love the Coopers
as Angie Cooper
2015
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
as Wonder Woman (voice)
2015
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Millie
2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Wonder Woman (voice)
2014
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
2012
ParaNorman
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
2012
Ted
as John's Mom
2012
For Christ's Sake
as Mrs. Marcus
2011
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
2010
Family Guy Presents: Road to the North Pole
as Lois Griffin (voice)
2010
And Then There Were Fewer
as Lois Griffin
2010
Dinner for Schmucks
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
2010
Family Guy: Partial Terms of Endearment
as Lois Griffin (voice)
2010
Killers
as Mrs. Baily
2010
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
2009
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
as Self / Various (voice)
2009
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
as Lois Griffin (voice)
2009
Family Guy Presents: Long John Peter
as Lois Griffin / Phone Operator (voice)
2008
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
2008
The Lookout
as Mrs. Lange
2007
TV Shows (20)
Resident Alien
as Carlyn
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self
2021
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as Wilma (voice)
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Las que faltaban
as Invitada
2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Susie Myerson
2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Drella
2016
Bordertown
as Janice Buckwald
2016
Life in Pieces
as Linette
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Delirium
as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Getting On
as Dawn Forchette
2013
Masters of Sex
as Loretta
2013
Bunk
2012
Workaholics
as Colleen Walker
2011
Shameless
as Lou Deckner
2011
Hot in Cleveland
as Preshi
2010
The Cleveland Show
2009
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
as Various Characters (voice)
2008