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.
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Family Guy
1999 · Lois Griffin / Tricia...
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Shameless
2011 · Lou Deckner
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Friends
1994 · Bitter Woman on Stage
American Dad!
2005
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Gilmore Girls
2000 · Drella
Frasier
1993 · Evelyn
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Resident Alien
2021 · Carlyn
The Bad Guys 2
2025 · Commissioner Misty Lug...
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Preshi
Getting On
2013 · Dawn Forchette
The Cleveland Show
2009
Workaholics
2011 · Colleen Walker
Masters of Sex
2013 · Loretta
Power Rangers
1993 · Queen Machina (voice)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Susie Myerson
Ted
2012 · John's Mom
Life in Pieces
2015 · Linette
The Bad Guys
2022 · Police Chief Misty Lug...
Drawn Together
2004 · Jelly Donuts Leader (v...
Little Man
2006 · Janet
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant
The Angry Birds Movie
2016 · Sophie Bird / Peggy Bi...
Catwoman
2004 · Sally
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · Wilma (voice)
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
1996 · Cataclaws (voice)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016 · Drella
Titus
2000 · Nicky
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Millie
ParaNorman
2012 · Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005 · Lois Griffin / Various...
Bordertown
2016 · Janice Buckwald
Bad Santa
2003 · Milwaukee Mom with Pho...
Killers
2010 · Mrs. Baily
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
2008 · Various Characters (vo...
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006
Gary & Mike
2001 · Maya (voice)
Extinct
2021 · Mali (voice)
Bunk
2012
Delirium
2014 · Lois Griffin (archive...
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003 · Miss Ungermeyer
Love the Coopers
2015 · Angie Cooper
Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Red Hair Woman (uncred...
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Natalie
Showtime
2002 · Casting Director
Kicking & Screaming
2005 · Obnoxious Hummer Lady...
The Lookout
2007 · Mrs. Lange
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2007 · Lois Griffin as Prince...
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010 · Lois Griffin as Prince...
MADtv
1995 · Various
The Bad Guys 3
— · Commisioner Misty Lugg...
Las que faltaban
2019 · Invitada
The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012 · Wonder Woman / Giganta...
Seeing Other People
2004 · Tracy
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · Lois Griffin as Prince...
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015 · Wonder Woman (voice)
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
1996 · Queen Machina (voice)
Dawg
2002 · Darcy Smits
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2002 · Self
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
2009 · Lois Griffin (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
2009 · Self / Various (voice)
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
2004 · Betty Henderson
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014 · Wonder Woman (voice)
The Thick of It
2007 · Hope Mueller
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
2015 · Self
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
2001 · Lois Griffin / Female...
For Christ's Sake
2011 · Mrs. Marcus
Maraschino Ruby
2022 · Police Chief Misty Lug...
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
2023 · Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022 · Self