Acting
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Woman
Feb 15, 1971 (53)
Highland, Illinois, USA
Alex Borstein
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2025 | The Bad Guys 2 | 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 | Resident Alien | Carlyn |
2021 | Extinct | Mali (voice) |
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 | The Angry Birds Movie | Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice) |
2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Drella |
2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Miss Celine |
2016 | Bordertown | Becky Buckwald |
2016 | Bordertown | Janice Buckwald |
2016 | Man Rots from the Head | Gladys |
2015 | Love the Coopers | Angie Cooper |
2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
2015 | Life in Pieces | Linette |
2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship | Wonder Woman (voice) |
2015 | TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special | Self |
2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Millie |
2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Wonder Woman (voice) |
2014 | Delirium | Lois Griffin (archive footage) |
2014 | The Simpsons Guy: A Family Guy Special | Lois Griffin (voice) |
2013 | Masters of Sex | Loretta |
2013 | Getting On | Dawn Forchette |
2012 | Ted | John's Mom |
2012 | ParaNorman | Mrs. Henscher (voice) |
2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice) |
2012 | Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later | Self |
2012 | Bunk | |
2011 | Shameless | Lou Deckner |
2011 | Workaholics | Colleen Walker |
2011 | For Christ's Sake | Mrs. Marcus |
2010 | Killers | Mrs. Baily |
2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Red Hair Woman (uncredited) |
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 | Hot in Cleveland | Preshi |
2010 | Family Guy: And Then There Were Fewer | Lois Griffin / Stephanie (voice) |
2009 | The Cleveland Show | |
2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice) |
2009 | Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show | Self / Various (voice) |
2008 | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest | Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice) |
2008 | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Various Characters (voice) |
2008 | A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas | Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice) |
2007 | The Lookout | Mrs. Lange |
2007 | Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie | Lois Griffin (voice) |
2007 | Family Guy 100th Episode Special | Lois Griffin (archive footage) (voice) |
2007 | The Thick Of It | Hope Mueller |
2006 | Little Man | Janet |
2006 | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | |
2006 | Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) | |
2005 | American Dad! | |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Natalie |
2005 | Kicking & Screaming | Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited) |
2005 | Family Guy Presents... Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice) |
2005 | Too Late with Adam Carolla | |
2004 | Catwoman | Sally |
2004 | Drawn Together | Jelly Donuts Leader (voice) |
2004 | Drawn Together | AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice) |
2004 | Seeing Other People | Tracy |
2004 | Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer | Betty Henderson |
2004 | Celebrity Blackjack | |
2003 | Bad Santa | Milwaukee Mom with Photo |
2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Miss Ungermeyer |
2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
2002 | Showtime | Casting Director |
2002 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self |
2001 | Gary & Mike | Maya (voice) |
2000 | Gilmore Girls | Drella |
2000 | Gilmore Girls | Miss Celine |
2000 | Gilmore Girls | Museum Voices (voice) |
2000 | Titus | |
1999 | Family Guy | Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice) |
1996 | Big Bad BeetleBorgs | Cataclaws (voice) |
1996 | Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest | Queen Machina (voice) |
1995 | MADtv | Various |
1995 | MADtv | Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling |
1995 | MADtv | Ms Swan / Karen |
1994 | Friends | Bitter Woman on Stage |
1993 | Frasier | Evelyn |
1993 | Power Rangers | Queen Machina (voice) |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2023 | Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits | Writer |
2020 | Bombardier Blood | Executive Producer |
2012 | Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later | Thanks |
2011 | Shameless | Writer |
2009 | Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show | Writer |
2008 | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest | Supervising Producer |
2006 | Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) | Writer |
2005 | Family Guy Presents... Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Writer |
1999 | Family Guy | Writer |
1999 | Family Guy | Producer |
1998 | Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain | Writer |
1996 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Writer |