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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1994 • TV
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2025 • Movie
2012 • Movie
as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
as John's Mom
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
as Janet
as Gladys
as Mrs. Lange
as Natalie
as Tracy
as Angie Cooper
as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
as Millie
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
as Sally
as Casting Director
as Hope Mueller
as Mrs. Baily
as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
as Miss Ungermeyer
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as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
444 episodes
as Lou Deckner
5 episodes
as Bitter Woman on Stage
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Drella
4 episodes
as Miss Celine
2 episodes
as Evelyn
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Carlyn
1 episodes
as Loretta
1 episodes
as Preshi
1 episodes
as Queen Machina (voice)
50 episodes
as Susie Myerson
43 episodes
8 episodes
as Hadassah Lowenstein (voice)
1 episodes
as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
1 episodes
as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
1 episodes
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