Alex Borstein
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Bad Guys 2 as Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2023 · Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits as Self
- 2022 · Maraschino Ruby as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2022 · The Bad Guys as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2021 · Extinct as Mali (voice)
- 2021 · Resident Alien as Carlyn
- 2020 · Awkwafina is Nora From Queens as Wilma (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Las que faltaban as Invitada
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Drella
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Miss Celine
- 2016 · Man Rots from the Head as Gladys
- 2016 · The Angry Birds Movie as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
- 2016 · Bordertown as Becky Buckwald
- 2016 · Bordertown as Janice Buckwald
- 2015 · 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 · Life in Pieces as Linette
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Delirium as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
- 2014 · 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 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Getting On as Dawn Forchette
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Loretta
- 2012 · Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
- 2012 · ParaNorman as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
- 2012 · Ted as John's Mom
- 2012 · Bunk as
- 2011 · For Christ's Sake as Mrs. Marcus
- 2011 · Workaholics as Colleen Walker
- 2011 · Shameless as Lou Deckner
- 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)
- 2010 · Dinner for Schmucks as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Preshi
- 2010 · Killers as Mrs. Baily
- 2009 · 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 · The Cleveland Show as
- 2008 · Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy as Various Characters (voice)
- 2008 · Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
- 2007 · Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie as Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2007 · The Lookout as Mrs. Lange
- 2007 · The Thick Of It as Hope Mueller
- 2006 · Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) as
- 2006 · Talkshow with Spike Feresten as
- 2006 · Little Man as Janet
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Natalie
- 2005 · Too Late with Adam Carolla as
- 2005 · Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
- 2005 · Kicking & Screaming as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
- 2005 · American Dad! as
- 2004 · Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer as Betty Henderson
- 2004 · Drawn Together as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
- 2004 · Drawn Together as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2004 · Catwoman as Sally
- 2004 · Celebrity Blackjack as
- 2004 · Seeing Other People as Tracy
- 2003 · Bad Santa as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
- 2003 · The Lizzie McGuire Movie as Miss Ungermeyer
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Showtime as Casting Director
- 2002 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 2001 · A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
- 2001 · Gary & Mike as Maya (voice)
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Drella
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Miss Celine
- 2000 · Titus as
- 1999 · Family Guy as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
- 1996 · Big Bad BeetleBorgs as Cataclaws (voice)
- 1996 · Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest as Queen Machina (voice)
- 1995 · MADtv as Various
- 1995 · MADtv as Ms Swan / Karen
- 1995 · MADtv as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
- 1994 · Friends as Bitter Woman on Stage
- 1993 · Frasier as Evelyn
- 1993 · Power Rangers as Queen Machina (voice)