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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The Bad Guys 3
as Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
as Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self
Maraschino Ruby
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Extinct
as Mali (voice)
Resident Alien
as Carlyn
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as Wilma (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Las que faltaban
as Invitada
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Susie Myerson
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Drella
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Miss Celine
Bordertown
as Becky Buckwald
Bordertown
as Janice Buckwald
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
as Self
Love the Coopers
as Angie Cooper
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
as Wonder Woman (voice)
Life in Pieces
as Linette
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Delirium
as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Millie
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Wonder Woman (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Getting On
as Dawn Forchette
Masters of Sex
as Loretta
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
ParaNorman
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Ted
as John's Mom
Bunk
as Unknown
For Christ's Sake
as Mrs. Marcus
Workaholics
as Colleen Walker
Shameless
as Lou Deckner
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
Dinner for Schmucks
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Hot in Cleveland
as Preshi
Killers
as Mrs. Baily
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
as Self / Various (voice)
The Cleveland Show
as Unknown
The Cleveland Show
as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
as Lois Griffin (voice)
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
as Various Characters (voice)
The Thick of It
as Hope Mueller
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
The Lookout
as Mrs. Lange
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
as Unknown
Little Man
as Janet
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Natalie
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Kicking & Screaming
as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
American Dad!
as Unknown
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
as Betty Henderson
Catwoman
as Sally
Seeing Other People
as Tracy
Bad Santa
as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
as Miss Ungermeyer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Showtime
as Casting Director
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
Dawg
as Darcy Smits
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Gary & Mike
as Maya (voice)
Gilmore Girls
as Drella
Gilmore Girls
as Miss Celine
Titus
as Nicky
Family Guy
as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
as Cataclaws (voice)
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
as Queen Machina (voice)
MADtv
as Various
MADtv
as Ms Swan / Karen
MADtv
as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
Friends
as Bitter Woman on Stage
Frasier
as Evelyn
Power Rangers
as Queen Machina (voice)