Alex Borstein
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Turn the Lights Back On
Movie · as Emma
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
Movie
Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween
Movie · as Lois Griffin (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
Movie · as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Movie · as Self
The Bad Guys
Movie · as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
Movie · as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Movie · as Self
Extinct
Movie · as Mali (voice)
Resident Alien
TV · as Carlyn · 1 ep
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
TV · as Wilma (voice) · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Las que faltaban
TV · as Invitada · 1 ep
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV · as Susie Myerson · 43 eps
The Angry Birds Movie
Movie · as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
Man Rots from the Head
Movie · as Gladys
Bordertown
TV · as Becky Buckwald, Janice Buckwald · 13 eps
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV · as Drella, Miss Celine · 1 ep
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Movie · as Self
Love the Coopers
Movie · as Angie Cooper
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Movie · as Wonder Woman (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Life in Pieces
TV · as Linette · 1 ep
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Movie · as Wonder Woman (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Movie · as Millie
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy
Movie · as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Delirium
TV · as Lois Griffin (archive footage) · 1 ep
Getting On
TV · as Dawn Forchette · 18 eps
Masters of Sex
TV · as Loretta · 1 ep
Ted
Movie · as John's Mom
ParaNorman
Movie · as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Movie · as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
Bunk
TV · 2 eps
For Christ's Sake
Movie · as Mrs. Marcus
Workaholics
TV · as Colleen Walker · 3 eps
Shameless
TV · as Lou Deckner · 5 eps
Killers
Movie · as Mrs. Baily
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Movie · as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
Dinner for Schmucks
Movie · as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Preshi · 1 ep
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Movie · as Self / Various (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Movie · as Lois Griffin (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Movie · as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
The Cleveland Show
TV · as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice) · 8 eps
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
TV · as Various Characters (voice) · 50 eps
The Lookout
Movie · as Mrs. Lange
The Thick of It
Movie · as Hope Mueller
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Movie · as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Movie
Little Man
Movie · as Janet
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
TV · 1 ep
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie · as Natalie
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Movie · as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Kicking & Screaming
Movie · as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
Too Late with Adam Carolla
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Docent at the James Garfield Historical Museum (voice) · 1 ep
Catwoman
Movie · as Sally
Seeing Other People
Movie · as Tracy
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
Movie · as Betty Henderson
Drawn Together
TV · as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice), AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice) · 1 ep
Celebrity Blackjack
TV · 19 eps
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Movie · as Miss Ungermeyer
Bad Santa
Movie · as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Showtime
Movie · as Casting Director
Dawg
Movie · as Darcy Smits
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Movie · as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Gary & Mike
TV · as Maya (voice) · 1 ep
Titus
TV · as Nicky · 1 ep
Gilmore Girls
TV · as Drella, Miss Celine · 4 eps
Family Guy
TV · as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice) · 456 eps
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Movie · as Queen Machina (voice)
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
TV · as Cataclaws (voice) · 1 ep
MADtv
TV · as Various, Ms Swan / Karen, Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling · 101 eps
Friends
TV · as Bitter Woman on Stage · 1 ep
Power Rangers
TV · as Queen Machina (voice) · 50 eps
Frasier
TV · as Evelyn · 1 ep