Alex Borstein
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.
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Films (45)

Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween
2026 · Lois Griffin (voice), Consulting Producer

Les Bad Guys 2
2025 · Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
2023 · Self, Writer, Executive Producer

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022 · Self

Rubis Cerise
2022 · Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Les Bad Guys
2022 · Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Les Bouchetrous
2021 · Mali (voice)

Bombardier Blood
2020 · Executive Producer
Man Rots from the Head
2016 · Gladys

Angry Birds: Le film
2016 · Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)

TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
2015 · Self

Noël chez les Cooper
2015 · Angie Cooper

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015 · Wonder Woman (voice)

Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy
2014 · Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)

Albert à l'ouest
2014 · Millie

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014 · Wonder Woman (voice)

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012 · Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)

L'Étrange Pouvoir de Norman
2012 · Mrs. Henscher (voice)

Ted
2012 · John's Mom

For Christ's Sake
2011 · Mrs. Marcus

Les Griffin - C'est un piège !
2010 · Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)

The Dinner
2010 · Red Hair Woman (uncredited)

Kiss & Kill
2010 · Mrs. Baily

Les Griffin : Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)

Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
2009 · Self / Various (voice), Writer, Executive Producer

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
2009 · Lois Griffin (voice), Supervising Producer

The Thick of It
2007 · Hope Mueller

Les Griffin : L'Équerre des étoiles
2007 · Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice), Supervising Producer

The Lookout
2007 · Mrs. Lange
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
2006 · Writer, Executive Producer

Petit homme
2006 · Janet

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Natalie

L'Incroyable Histoire de Stewie Griffin
2005 · Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice), Writer, Co-Producer

Match en famille
2005 · Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)

Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
2004 · Betty Henderson

Catwoman
2004 · Sally

Seeing Other People
2004 · Tracy

Méchant Père Noël
2003 · Milwaukee Mom with Photo

Lizzie McGuire, le film
2003 · Miss Ungermeyer

Flics en direct
2002 · Casting Director

Dawg
2002 · Darcy Smits

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
2001 · Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)

Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
1996 · Queen Machina (voice)
Turn the Lights Back On
· Emma, Producer, Executive Producer
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
Séries (38)

Resident Alien
2021 · Carlyn

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · Wilma (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self

Las que faltaban
2019 · Invitada

La Fabuleuse Mme. Maisel
2017 · Susie Myerson

Gilmore Girls : Une nouvelle année
2016 · Drella, Miss Celine

Bordertown
2016 · Janice Buckwald, Becky Buckwald

Life in Pieces
2015 · Linette

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self

Delirium
2014 · Lois Griffin (archive footage)

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self

Getting On (US)
2013 · Dawn Forchette

Masters of Sex
2013 · Loretta

Bunk
2012

Workaholics
2011 · Colleen Walker

Sans regret
2011 · Lou Deckner, Writer

Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Preshi

Cleveland Show
2009 · Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
2008 · Various Characters (voice)

Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006

Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005 · Self

American Dad
2005 · Docent at the James Garfield Historical Museum (voice)

La Casa de los Dibujos
2004 · Jelly Donuts Leader (voice), AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
Celebrity Blackjack
2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2002 · Self

Gary & Mike
2001 · Maya (voice)

Gilmore Girls
2000 · Drella, Miss Celine

Titus
2000 · Nicky

Les Griffin
1999 · Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice), Writer, Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer, Producer, Co-Producer

Minus, Elmira et Cortex
1998 · Writer

Big Bad Beetleborgs
1996 · Cataclaws (voice)

Les Spectraculaires Nouvelles Aventures de Casper
1996 · Writer

MADtv
1995 · Various, Ms Swan / Karen, Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling

Friends
1994 · Bitter Woman on Stage

Frasier
1993 · Evelyn

Power Rangers
1993 · Queen Machina (voice)



