Alex Borstein
43 movies · 29 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 15, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Highland, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- 艾利克斯·布诺斯町 · 亚历克丝·博斯坦
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.
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As an actress, she has made appearances in such films as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Catwoman and Dinner for Schmucks.
Known for
Alex Borstein: movies and TV shows
Acting (69)
- Upcoming Robot Chicken: The Movie
as Various (voice)
- Upcoming The Bad Guys 3
as Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- Upcoming Turn the Lights Back On
as Emma
- 2026 Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween
as Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025 The Bad Guys 2
as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2022 Maraschino Ruby
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2022 The Bad Guys
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2021 Extinct
as Mali (voice)
- 2021
- 2020
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016 Man Rots from the Head
as Gladys
- 2016 The Angry Birds Movie
as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
- 2016
- 2015 Love the Coopers
as Angie Cooper
- 2015 The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
as Wonder Woman (voice)
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Millie
- 2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Wonder Woman (voice)
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012 Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
- 2012 ParaNorman
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
- 2012 Ted
as John's Mom
- 2012
- 2011 For Christ's Sake
as Mrs. Marcus
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
- 2010 Dinner for Schmucks
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
- 2010
- 2010 Killers
as Mrs. Baily
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
- 2009
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
as Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2008
- 2007 The Thick of It
as Hope Mueller
- 2007 Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
- 2007 The Lookout
as Mrs. Lange
- 2006
- 2006 Little Man
as Janet
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Natalie
- 2005
- 2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
- 2005 Kicking & Screaming
as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
- 2005
- 2004 Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
as Betty Henderson
- 2004 Catwoman
as Sally
- 2004
- 2004 Seeing Other People
as Tracy
- 2003 Bad Santa
as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
- 2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie
as Miss Ungermeyer
- 2002 Showtime
as Casting Director
- 2002 Dawg
as Darcy Smits
- 2001 A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 Family Guy · TV
as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice) · 456 episodes
- 1996
- 1996 Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
as Queen Machina (voice)
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
Behind the camera (13)
- Upcoming Turn the Lights Back On
Producer, Executive Producer
- 2026 Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween
Consulting Producer
- 2023 Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Writer, Executive Producer
- 2020 Bombardier Blood
Executive Producer
- 2011
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Writer, Executive Producer
- 2009 Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Supervising Producer
- 2007 Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Supervising Producer
- 2006 Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Writer, Executive Producer
- 2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Writer, Co-Producer
- 1999
- 1998
- 1996
Talk shows and appearances (11)
- 2022
- 2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2019 Las que faltaban
1 episode
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2006 Talkshow with Spike Feresten
1 episode
- 2004 Drawn Together
2 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002 Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1 episode