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