Alex Borstein
Born in Highland, Illinois, USA — Feb 15 1971
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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 ta…
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Family Guy
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Shameless
Lou Deckner
American Dad!
Friends
Bitter Woman on Stage
Frasier
Evelyn
Gilmore Girls
Drella
Hot in Cleveland
Preshi
Life in Pieces
Linette
Masters of Sex
Loretta
Power Rangers
Queen Machina (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Workaholics
Colleen Walker
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Susie Myerson
Resident Alien
Carlyn
The Cleveland Show
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
Titus
Nicky
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Writing
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
Cataclaws (voice)
Ted
John's Mom
Drawn Together
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Wilma (voice)
Getting On
Dawn Forchette
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
Various Characters (voice)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Drella
Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain
Writing
The Angry Birds Movie
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
The Bad Guys
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Little Man
Janet
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Millie
Too Late with Adam Carolla
Gary & Mike
Maya (voice)
Bordertown
Janice Buckwald
Delirium
Lois Griffin (archive footage)
Bad Santa
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
ParaNorman
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Catwoman
Sally
Celebrity Blackjack
Love the Coopers
Angie Cooper
Extinct
Mali (voice)
Bunk
Dinner for Schmucks
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Showtime
Casting Director
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Miss Ungermeyer
Killers
Mrs. Baily
MADtv
Various
The Lookout
Mrs. Lange
Kicking & Screaming
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
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
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Dawg
Darcy Smits
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Lois Griffin (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Seeing Other People
Tracy
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Self / Various (voice)
The Bad Guys 3
Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
The Thick of It
Hope Mueller
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Queen Machina (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Wonder Woman (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Wonder Woman (voice)
For Christ's Sake
Mrs. Marcus
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Self
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Self
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
Betty Henderson
Man Rots from the Head
Gladys
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Self
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Bombardier Blood
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