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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Family Guy: A Little Fright Music
Character: Lois Griffin (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
The Bad Guys 2
Character: Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
Family Guy: Gift of the White Guy
Character: Lois Griffin (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Family Guy: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater
Character: Lois Griffin (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Maraschino Ruby
Character: Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
MOVIE • 2022
The Bad Guys
Character: Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
MOVIE • 2022
Extinct
Character: Mali (voice)
MOVIE • 2021
Resident Alien
Character: Carlyn
TV • 2021
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Character: Wilma (voice)
TV • 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Las que faltaban
Character: Invitada
TV • 2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Character: Susie Myerson
TV • 2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Character: Drella
TV • 2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Character: Miss Celine
TV • 2016
Man Rots from the Head
Character: Gladys
MOVIE • 2016
The Angry Birds Movie
Character: Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
MOVIE • 2016
Bordertown
Character: Janice Buckwald
TV • 2016
Bordertown
Character: Becky Buckwald
TV • 2016
Crew
Crew Credits
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
Bombardier Blood
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2020
Shameless
Role: Writer
TV • 2011
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2009
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Role: Supervising Producer
MOVIE • 2009
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Role: Supervising Producer
MOVIE • 2008
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2006
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2005
Family Guy
Role: Writer
TV • 1999
Family Guy
Role: Producer
TV • 1999
Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain
Role: Writer
TV • 1998
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Role: Writer
TV • 1996