Alex Borstein
Acting
Born: February 15, 1971 (age 55) · Highland, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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
2012
Friends
1994
Family Guy
1999
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
Catwoman
2004
Shameless
2011
ParaNorman
2012
The Bad Guys
2022
Bad Santa
2003
American Dad!
2005
Killers
2010
Photos (4)
Movies (34)
The Bad Guys 2
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Ted
John's Mom
The Bad Guys
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
Little Man
Janet
Catwoman
Sally
ParaNorman
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Killers
Mrs. Baily
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Miss Ungermeyer
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Millie
Extinct
Mali (voice)
Bad Santa
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
Showtime
Casting Director
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Natalie
The Lookout
Mrs. Lange
Love the Coopers
Angie Cooper
Dinner for Schmucks
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Kicking & Screaming
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Wonder Woman (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Lois Griffin (voice)
Seeing Other People
Tracy
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Wonder Woman (voice)
Dawg
Darcy Smits
The Thick of It
Hope Mueller
For Christ's Sake
Mrs. Marcus
Maraschino Ruby
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Queen Machina (voice)
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
Betty Henderson
TV Shows (35)
Family Guy
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice) · 456 eps
American Dad!
1 eps
Shameless
Lou Deckner · 5 eps
Friends
Bitter Woman on Stage · 1 eps
Frasier
Evelyn · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls
Drella · 4 eps
Gilmore Girls
Miss Celine · 2 eps
Hot in Cleveland
Preshi · 1 eps
Drawn Together
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice) · 1 eps
Drawn Together
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice) · 1 eps
The Cleveland Show
8 eps
The Cleveland Show
Hadassah Lowenstein (voice) · 1 eps
Resident Alien
Carlyn · 1 eps
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Susie Myerson · 43 eps
Power Rangers
Queen Machina (voice) · 50 eps
Workaholics
Colleen Walker · 3 eps
Masters of Sex
Loretta · 1 eps
Life in Pieces
Linette · 1 eps
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Various Characters (voice) · 50 eps
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
Cataclaws (voice) · 1 eps
Titus
Nicky · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Drella · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Miss Celine · 1 eps
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Wilma (voice) · 1 eps
Getting On
Dawn Forchette · 18 eps
Bordertown
Becky Buckwald · 13 eps
Bordertown
Janice Buckwald · 13 eps
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
1 eps
Gary & Mike
Maya (voice) · 1 eps
Bunk
2 eps
Delirium
Lois Griffin (archive footage) · 1 eps
Las que faltaban
Invitada · 1 eps
MADtv
Various · 101 eps
MADtv
Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling · 1 eps
MADtv
Ms Swan / Karen · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · 1 eps
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Self / Various (voice)
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Self
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Self
Upcoming (1)
Writing (7)
Family Guy
Writer
Shameless
Writer
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Writer
Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain
Writer
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Writer
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Writer
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Writer
