Alex Borstein
Acting · 55 years old
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.
Known For
Delirium
Lois Griffin (archive footage)
Friends
Bitter Woman on Stage
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Queen Machina (voice)
Drawn Together
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
Drawn Together
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
Shameless
Lou Deckner
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Lois Griffin (voice)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Susie Myerson
The Thick of It
Hope Mueller
Gilmore Girls
Drella
Gilmore Girls
Miss Celine
Resident Alien
Carlyn
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Frasier
Evelyn
The Bad Guys 2
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
The Bad Guys
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Wonder Woman (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
