Alex Borstein
Acting
🎂 1971-02-15
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born February 15, 1973) 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.
Cast credits(80)
Self
2015
2019
Self
2014
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
2005
Lou Deckner
2011
Bitter Woman on Stage
1994
Linette
2015
Susie Myerson
2017
Evelyn
1993
Preshi
2010
2009
Drella
2000
Miss Celine
2000
Self
2003
Carlyn
2021
Various Characters (voice)
2008
Queen Machina (voice)
1993
2005
Loretta
2013
2006
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
2004
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
2004
Colleen Walker
2011
Wilma (voice)
2020
2000
Cataclaws (voice)
1996
Drella
2016
Miss Celine
2016
Maya (voice)
2001
Janice Buckwald
2016
Becky Buckwald
2016
2004
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
2012
Dawn Forchette
2013
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2025
John's Mom
2012
Janet
2006
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
2016
Various
1995
Ms Swan / Karen
1995
Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
1995
Sally
2004
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
2012
Millie
2014
Mali (voice)
2021
Miss Ungermeyer
2003
Natalie
2005
Mrs. Baily
2010
Lois Griffin (archive footage)
2014
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
2003
Angie Cooper
2015
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
2010
Mrs. Lange
2007
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
2005
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
2005
Self
2002
Casting Director
2002
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
2010
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
2008
Invitada
2019
Wonder Woman (voice)
2015
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
2009
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
2012
Wonder Woman (voice)
2014
Tracy
2004
Lois Griffin (voice)
2009
Darcy Smits
2002
Queen Machina (voice)
1996
Mrs. Marcus
2011
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
2001
Self
2023
Self / Various (voice)
2009
Betty Henderson
2004
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
Gladys
2016
Self
2015
Hope Mueller
2007
2006
