Actor
Alex Borstein
Born February 15, 1971 in Highland, Illinois, USA
39 films
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.
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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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First watchThe Lizzie McGuire Movie20036.3as Miss UngermeyerA major role.Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
39 films as actor- TBATurn the Lights Back OnEmma
- TBAThe Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
- 2026Family Guy Happy Hell-o-weenLois Griffin (voice)
- 2025The Bad Guys 2Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2022Maraschino RubyPolice Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2022The Bad GuysPolice Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2021ExtinctMali (voice)
- 2016Man Rots from the HeadGladys
- 2016The Angry Birds MovieSophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
- 2015Love the CoopersAngie Cooper
- 2015The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical FriendshipWonder Woman (voice)
- 2014Family Guy: The Simpsons GuyLois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
- 2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestMillie
- 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in ParadiseWonder Woman (voice)
- 2012Robot Chicken: DC Comics SpecialWonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
- 2012ParaNormanMrs. Henscher (voice)
- 2012TedJohn's Mom
- 2010Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
- 2010Dinner for SchmucksRed Hair Woman (uncredited)
- 2010KillersMrs. Baily
- 2009Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark SideLois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
- 2009Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills StewieLois Griffin (voice)
- 2007The Thick of ItHope Mueller
- 2007Family Guy Presents: Blue HarvestLois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
- 2007The LookoutMrs. Lange
- 2006Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
- 2006Little ManJanet
- 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Natalie
- 2005Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryLois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
- 2005Kicking & ScreamingObnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
- 2004Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-PackerBetty Henderson
- 2004CatwomanSally
- 2004Seeing Other PeopleTracy
- 2003Bad SantaMilwaukee Mom with Photo
- 2003The Lizzie McGuire MovieMiss Ungermeyer
- 2002ShowtimeCasting Director
- 2002DawgDarcy Smits
- 2001A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' ChristmasLois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
- 1996Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo QuestQueen Machina (voice)