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Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Birthday: 1971-02-15 | Place of Birth: Highland, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Bad Guys

as    Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

2022
Maraschino Ruby

as    Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

2021
Extinct

as    Mali (voice)

2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as    Susie Myerson

2016
Bordertown

as    Janice Buckwald

2015
2014
2013
Getting On

as    Dawn Forchette

2012
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

as    Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)

2010
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

as    Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)

2009
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

as    Lois Griffin as Princess Leia (voice)

2009
2008
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

as    Various Characters (voice)

2007
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

as    Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)

2005
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

as    Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)

2004
Catwoman

as    Sally

2003
The Lizzie McGuire Movie

as    Miss Ungermeyer