Alex Borstein
Acting
1971-02-15 · Highland, Illinois, USA
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.
movieA Million Ways to Die in the West
as Millie · 2014 · 6.1
movieRobot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Wonder Woman (voice) · 2014 · 6.8
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014 · 5.2
tvGetting On
as Dawn Forchette · 2013 · 6.3
tvMasters of Sex
as Loretta · 2013 · 7.1
movieRobot Chicken: DC Comics Special
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice) · 2012 · 7.5
movieParaNorman
as Mrs. Henscher (voice) · 2012 · 7.0
movieTed
as John's Mom · 2012 · 6.5
tvBunk
as · 2012 · 0.0
movieFor Christ's Sake
as Mrs. Marcus · 2011 · 5.0
tvWorkaholics
as Colleen Walker · 2011 · 7.4
tvShameless
as Lou Deckner · 2011 · 8.2
movieFamily Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice) · 2010 · 6.8
movieDinner for Schmucks
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited) · 2010 · 5.7
tvHot in Cleveland
as Preshi · 2010 · 7.2
movieKillers
as Mrs. Baily · 2010 · 6.0
movieFamily Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice) · 2009 · 7.2
movieFamily Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
as Self / Various (voice) · 2009 · 5.8
tvThe Cleveland Show
as · 2009 · 5.9
tvThe Cleveland Show
as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice) · 2009 · 5.9
movieFamily Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
as Lois Griffin (voice) · 2009 · 8.1
tvSeth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
as Various Characters (voice) · 2008 · 5.9
movieThe Thick of It
as Hope Mueller · 2007 · 8.0
movieFamily Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice) · 2007 · 7.5