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Alex Borstein

15th February 1971 Highland, Illinois, USA Acting

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.

41 Movies 36 TV Shows 77 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Bad Guys poster
The Bad Guys 17th March 2022 as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Extinct poster
Extinct 11th February 2021 as Mali (voice)
Ted poster
Ted 29th June 2012 as John's Mom
Bad Santa poster
Bad Santa 26th November 2003 as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
Showtime poster
Showtime 14th March 2002 as Casting Director
Dawg poster
Dawg 21st February 2002 as Darcy Smits
Delirium poster
Delirium 20th June 2014 as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
Drawn Together poster
Drawn Together 27th October 2004 as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
Titus poster
Titus 20th March 2000 as Nicky
Family Guy poster
Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
MADtv poster
MADtv 14th October 1995 as Various
Friends poster
Friends 22nd September 1994 as Bitter Woman on Stage