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Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Acting February 15, 1971 (55 years old) 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.

Movies 44

The Angry Birds Movie 6.3

The Angry Birds Movie

as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)

2016
Ted 6.5

Ted

as John's Mom

2012
The Bad Guys 2 7.6

The Bad Guys 2

as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)

2025
The Bad Guys 7.5

The Bad Guys

as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

2022
ParaNorman 7.1

ParaNorman

as Mrs. Henscher (voice)

2012
Little Man 5.9

Little Man

as Janet

2006
A Million Ways to Die in the West 6.0

A Million Ways to Die in the West

as Millie

2014
Catwoman 4.6

Catwoman

as Sally

2004
Love the Coopers 6.0

Love the Coopers

as Angie Cooper

2015
Bad Santa 6.6

Bad Santa

as Milwaukee Mom with Photo

2003
Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween 7.3

Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween

as Lois Griffin (voice)

2026
Killers 6.0

Killers

as Mrs. Baily

2010
Good Night, and Good Luck. 7.1

Good Night, and Good Luck.

as Natalie

2005
Extinct 6.2

Extinct

as Mali (voice)

2021
Dinner for Schmucks 5.7

Dinner for Schmucks

as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)

2010
Showtime 5.6

Showtime

as Casting Director

2002
The Lizzie McGuire Movie 6.3

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

as Miss Ungermeyer

2003
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! 6.8

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
The Lookout 6.6

The Lookout

as Mrs. Lange

2007
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story 6.9

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)

2005
Kicking & Screaming 5.8

Kicking & Screaming

as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)

2005
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest 7.4

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)

2007
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side 7.2

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)

2009
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship 7.4

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

as Wonder Woman (voice)

2015
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special 7.5

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)

2012
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy

Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy

as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)

2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise 6.8

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

as Wonder Woman (voice)

2014
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest 7.1

Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

as Queen Machina (voice)

1996
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie 8.0

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

as Lois Griffin (voice)

2009
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits 6.5

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

as Self

2023
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas 8.1

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)

2001
For Christ's Sake 5.0

For Christ's Sake

as Mrs. Marcus

2011
Seeing Other People 5.8

Seeing Other People

as Tracy

2004
The Thick of It 8.5

The Thick of It

as Hope Mueller

2007
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special

TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special

as Self

2015
Maraschino Ruby 7.3

Maraschino Ruby

as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

as Self

2022
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer 6.4

Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

as Betty Henderson

2004
Dawg 4.5

Dawg

as Darcy Smits

2002
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show 5.6

Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show

as Self / Various (voice)

2009
Man Rots from the Head 5.8

Man Rots from the Head

as Gladys

2016
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization

The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization

Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)

Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)

2006
Turn the Lights Back On

Turn the Lights Back On

as Emma

TV Shows 43

The Kelly Clarkson Show 6.2

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

2019
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)

1999
Friends 8.4

Friends

as Bitter Woman on Stage

1994
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

2015
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Docent at the James Garfield Historical Museum (voice)

2005
Shameless 8.2

Shameless

as Lou Deckner

2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003
Frasier 7.7

Frasier

as Evelyn

1993
Gilmore Girls 7.9

Gilmore Girls

as Drella

2000
Gilmore Girls 7.9

Gilmore Girls

as Miss Celine

2000
Hot in Cleveland 7.2

Hot in Cleveland

as Preshi

2010
Power Rangers 7.1

Power Rangers

as Queen Machina (voice)

1993
Resident Alien 7.8

Resident Alien

as Carlyn

2021
The Cleveland Show 5.9

The Cleveland Show

2009
The Cleveland Show 5.9

The Cleveland Show

as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)

2009
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 8.1

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as Susie Myerson

2017
Life in Pieces 7.2

Life in Pieces

as Linette

2015
Masters of Sex 7.1

Masters of Sex

as Loretta

2013
Workaholics 7.4

Workaholics

as Colleen Walker

2011
Drawn Together 8.2

Drawn Together

as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)

2004
Drawn Together 8.2

Drawn Together

as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)

2004
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 7.1

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

2021
Titus 6.9

Titus

as Nicky

2000
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy 5.9

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

as Various Characters (voice)

2008
Big Bad BeetleBorgs 6.5

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

as Cataclaws (voice)

1996
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens 6.9

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

as Wilma (voice)

2020
Getting On 6.4

Getting On

as Dawn Forchette

2013
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 7.3

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Drella

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 7.3

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Miss Celine

2016
Too Late with Adam Carolla 8.5

Too Late with Adam Carolla

as Self

2005
Talkshow with Spike Feresten 5.5

Talkshow with Spike Feresten

2006
Bordertown 5.6

Bordertown

as Becky Buckwald

2016
Bordertown 5.6

Bordertown

as Janice Buckwald

2016
Gary & Mike 7.0

Gary & Mike

as Maya (voice)

2001
MADtv 7.1

MADtv

as Various

1995
MADtv 7.1

MADtv

as Ms Swan / Karen

1995
MADtv 7.1

MADtv

as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling

1995
Bunk 7.0

Bunk

2012
Delirium 9.3

Delirium

as Lois Griffin (archive footage)

2014
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 8.0

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self

2002
Las que faltaban 5.7

Las que faltaban

as Invitada

2019
Celebrity Blackjack

Celebrity Blackjack

2004

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