Alex Borstein
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
Actor
as Misty Luggins (voice)
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
as Mali (voice)
as Carlyn
as Wilma (voice)
as Invitada
as Susie Myerson
as Gladys
as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
as Drella
as Miss Celine
as Janice Buckwald
as Becky Buckwald
as Angie Cooper
as Wonder Woman (voice)
as Linette
as Millie
as Wonder Woman (voice)
as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
as Self
as Dawn Forchette
as Loretta
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
as John's Mom
as Mrs. Marcus
as Colleen Walker
as Lou Deckner
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Baily
as Preshi
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
as Self / Various (voice)
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
as Various Characters (voice)
as Lois Griffin (voice)
as Mrs. Lange
as Hope Mueller
as Janet
as Natalie
as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
as Betty Henderson
as Sally
as Tracy
as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
as Miss Ungermeyer
as Casting Director
as Self
as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
as Maya (voice)
as Drella
as Miss Celine
as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
as Queen Machina (voice)
as Cataclaws (voice)
as Various
as Ms Swan / Karen
as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
as Bitter Woman on Stage
as Evelyn
as Queen Machina (voice)
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Supervising Producer
as Producer