Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 15, 1971
Place of Birth:
Highland, Illinois, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Bad Guys 2 | Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice) |
| 2023 | Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits | Self |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice) |
| 2022 | Maraschino Ruby | Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice) |
| 2021 | Extinct | Mali (voice) |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice) |
| 2016 | Man Rots from the Head | Gladys |
| 2015 | TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special | Self |
| 2015 | Love the Coopers | Angie Cooper |
| 2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship | Wonder Woman (voice) |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Wonder Woman (voice) |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Millie |
| 2012 | Ted | John's Mom |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Mrs. Henscher (voice) |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice) |
| 2011 | For Christ's Sake | Mrs. Marcus |
| 2010 | Killers | Mrs. Baily |
| 2010 | Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! | Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice) |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Red Hair Woman (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Family Guy: And Then There Were Fewer | Lois Griffin / Stephanie (voice) |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show | Self / Various (voice) |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie | Lois Griffin (voice) |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice) |
| 2008 | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest | Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice) |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Mrs. Lange |
| 2007 | The Thick Of It | Hope Mueller |
| 2006 | Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) | |
| 2006 | Little Man | Janet |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Natalie |
| 2005 | Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice) |
| 2005 | Kicking & Screaming | Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Catwoman | Sally |
| 2004 | Seeing Other People | Tracy |
| 2004 | Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer | Betty Henderson |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Miss Ungermeyer |
| 2003 | Bad Santa | Milwaukee Mom with Photo |
| 2002 | Showtime | Casting Director |
| 2002 | Dawg | Darcy Smits |
| 2001 | A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas | Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice) |
| 1996 | Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest | Queen Machina (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Resident Alien | Carlyn |
| 2020 | Awkwafina is Nora From Queens | Wilma (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2019 | Las que faltaban | Invitada |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Susie Myerson |
| 2016 | Bordertown | Becky Buckwald |
| 2016 | Bordertown | Janice Buckwald |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Drella |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Miss Celine |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Linette |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Delirium | Lois Griffin (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Getting On | Dawn Forchette |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Loretta |
| 2012 | Bunk | |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Colleen Walker |
| 2011 | Shameless | Lou Deckner |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Preshi |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | |
| 2008 | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Various Characters (voice) |
| 2006 | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | |
| 2005 | Too Late with Adam Carolla | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | |
| 2004 | Drawn Together | Jelly Donuts Leader (voice) |
| 2004 | Celebrity Blackjack | |
| 2004 | Drawn Together | AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2002 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike | Maya (voice) |
| 2000 | Titus | |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Drella |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Miss Celine |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice) |
| 1996 | Big Bad BeetleBorgs | Cataclaws (voice) |
| 1995 | MADtv | Various |
| 1995 | MADtv | Ms Swan / Karen |
| 1995 | MADtv | Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling |
| 1994 | Friends | Bitter Woman on Stage |
| 1993 | Power Rangers | Queen Machina (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Evelyn |