Alex Borstein
Acting
🎂 1971-02-15
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.
Cast credits(80)
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
2025
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
Lou Deckner
2011
2005
Bitter Woman on Stage
1994
Evelyn
1993
Drella
2000
Miss Celine
2000
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
Self
2014
Self
2019
Susie Myerson
2017
Self
2015
Carlyn
2021
Preshi
2010
2009
Self
2003
Queen Machina (voice)
1993
Loretta
2013
John's Mom
2012
Colleen Walker
2011
Linette
2015
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
2004
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
2004
Janet
2006
Betty Henderson
2004
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
2016
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
2012
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
2005
Drella
2016
Miss Celine
2016
Millie
2014
Nicky
2000
Sally
2004
Mali (voice)
2021
Wilma (voice)
2020
Mrs. Baily
2010
Miss Ungermeyer
2003
Cataclaws (voice)
1996
Casting Director
2002
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
2022
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
2009
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
2003
Lois Griffin (voice)
2009
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
2005
Tracy
2004
Angie Cooper
2015
Dawn Forchette
2013
Natalie
2005
Mrs. Lange
2007
Various Characters (voice)
2008
Becky Buckwald
2016
Janice Buckwald
2016
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
2010
Lois Griffin (archive footage)
2014
2005
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
2012
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
2008
Maya (voice)
2001
Wonder Woman (voice)
2014
2006
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
2010
Wonder Woman (voice)
2015
Darcy Smits
2002
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
2001
Various
1995
Ms Swan / Karen
1995
Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
1995
Queen Machina (voice)
1996
Self
2015
Mrs. Marcus
2011
Self
2002
2004
Invitada
2019
Gladys
2016
2012
Self / Various (voice)
2009
Hope Mueller
2007
Self
2023
2006
