Alex Borstein
Biography
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.
Acting (39 movies)
Catwoman
2004
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
The Lookout
2007
The Bad Guys
2022
Killers
2010
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
2023
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
2015
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003
Ted
2012
ParaNorman
2012
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012
For Christ's Sake
2011
Maraschino Ruby
2022
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
1996
Seeing Other People
2004
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
2009
Bad Santa
2003
Love the Coopers
2015
The Bad Guys 2
2025
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
The Thick Of It
2007
Dinner for Schmucks
2010
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
2004
Kicking & Screaming
2005
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
2009
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
2001
Showtime
2002
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2008
Extinct
2021
Little Man
2006
Dawg
2002
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022
And Then There Were Fewer
2010
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | 2005 | Writer |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) | 2006 | Writer |
| Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show | 2009 | Writer |
| Bombardier Blood | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits | 2023 | Writer |