Alex Borstein
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.
Filmography (77 titles)
7.6MovieThe Bad Guys 2
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice) · 2025
6.6MovieAlex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Self · 2023
MovieDevise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Self · 2022
7.5MovieMaraschino Ruby
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice) · 2022
7.5MovieThe Bad Guys
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice) · 2022
6.2MovieExtinct
Mali (voice) · 2021
7.8ShowResident Alien
Carlyn · 2021
7.1ShowCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · 2021
6.9ShowAwkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Wilma (voice) · 2020
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2019
5.7ShowLas que faltaban
Invitada · 2019
8.1ShowThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Susie Myerson · 2017
7.3ShowGilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Drella · 2016
Man Rots from the Head
Gladys · 2016
6.3MovieThe Angry Birds Movie
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice) · 2016
5.4ShowBordertown
Becky Buckwald · 2016
MovieTV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Self · 2015
6.0MovieLove the Coopers
Angie Cooper · 2015
7.4MovieRobot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Wonder Woman (voice) · 2015
7.1ShowLife in Pieces
Linette · 2015
6.1ShowThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 2015
9.7ShowDelirium
Lois Griffin (archive footage) · 2014
6.1MovieA Million Ways to Die in the West
Millie · 2014
6.8MovieRobot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Wonder Woman (voice) · 2014
5.1ShowLate Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2014
6.3ShowGetting On
Dawn Forchette · 2013
7.1ShowMasters of Sex
Loretta · 2013
7.5MovieRobot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice) · 2012
7.0MovieParaNorman
Mrs. Henscher (voice) · 2012
6.5MovieTed
John's Mom · 2012