Alex Borstein
Acting
Born: 1971-02-15 in 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.
Known For
Ted
John's Mom
Friends
Bitter Woman on Stage
Family Guy
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Millie
The Angry Birds Movie
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
Catwoman
Sally
Shameless
Lou Deckner
ParaNorman
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
The Bad Guys
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Bad Santa
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
American Dad!
Killers
Mrs. Baily
Dinner for Schmucks
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Little Man
Janet
Drawn Together
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
Drawn Together
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Miss Ungermeyer
Gilmore Girls
Drella
Gilmore Girls
Miss Celine
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Natalie
Showtime
Casting Director
Resident Alien
Carlyn
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Susie Myerson
Frasier
Evelyn
The Bad Guys 2
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Love the Coopers
Angie Cooper
Power Rangers
Queen Machina (voice)
The Lookout
Mrs. Lange
Kicking & Screaming
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
The Cleveland Show
The Cleveland Show
Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Drella
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Miss Celine
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Masters of Sex
Loretta
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Workaholics
Colleen Walker
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Extinct
Mali (voice)