Alex Borstein
Acting • Born 1971-02-15
Biography
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.
Filmography
84 credits
Catwoman
Movie • 2004
Sally
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie • 2005
Natalie
The Lookout
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Lange
The Bad Guys
Movie • 2022
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Killers
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Baily
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Movie • 2023
Self
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Movie • 2005
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Movie • 2015
Self
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Movie • 2003
Miss Ungermeyer
Ted
Movie • 2012
John's Mom
ParaNorman
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Movie • 2012
Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
For Christ's Sake
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Marcus
Maraschino Ruby
Movie • 2022
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Movie • 1996
Queen Machina (voice)
Seeing Other People
Movie • 2004
Tracy
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Movie • 2010
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
Movie • 2009
Self / Various (voice)
Bad Santa
Movie • 2003
Milwaukee Mom with Photo
Love the Coopers
Movie • 2015
Angie Cooper
The Bad Guys 2
Movie • 2025
Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Movie • 2015
Wonder Woman (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Movie • 2014
Wonder Woman (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Movie • 2014
Millie
The Angry Birds Movie
Movie • 2016
Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
Man Rots from the Head
Movie • 2016
Gladys
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Movie • 2006
The Thick of It
Movie • 2007
Hope Mueller
Dinner for Schmucks
Movie • 2010
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
Movie • 2004
Betty Henderson
Kicking & Screaming
Movie • 2005
Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Movie • 2001
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Movie • 2009
Lois Griffin (voice)
Showtime
Movie • 2002
Casting Director
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Movie • 2009
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Movie • 2008
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Extinct
Movie • 2021
Mali (voice)
Little Man
Movie • 2006
Janet
Dawg
Movie • 2002
Darcy Smits
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Movie • 2022
Self
The Bad Guys 3
Movie
Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)
Titus
TV • 2000
Nicky
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
TV • 2006
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Friends
TV • 1994
Bitter Woman on Stage
Too Late with Adam Carolla
TV • 2005
Drawn Together
TV • 2004
Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
MADtv
TV • 1995
Various
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Drella
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
TV • 2008
Various Characters (voice)
Celebrity Blackjack
TV • 2004
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2002
Self
The Cleveland Show
TV • 2009
Drawn Together
TV • 2004
AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
Getting On
TV • 2013
Dawn Forchette
Power Rangers
TV • 1993
Queen Machina (voice)
Bunk
TV • 2012
Bordertown
TV • 2016
Becky Buckwald
Bordertown
TV • 2016
Janice Buckwald
Workaholics
TV • 2011
Colleen Walker
Frasier
TV • 1993
Evelyn
Resident Alien
TV • 2021
Carlyn
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Miss Celine
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Susie Myerson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Life in Pieces
TV • 2015
Linette
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
TV • 2020
Wilma (voice)
Gary & Mike
TV • 2001
Maya (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
MADtv
TV • 1995
Ms Swan / Karen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Delirium
TV • 2014
Lois Griffin (archive footage)
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Loretta
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
TV • 1996
Cataclaws (voice)
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Preshi
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Shameless
TV • 2011
Lou Deckner
Las que faltaban
TV • 2019
Invitada
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Drella
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Miss Celine
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
The Cleveland Show
TV • 2009
Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)