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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-02-15
Place of birth
Highland, Illinois, USA
Catwoman
2004
4.62
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
7.07
The Lookout
2007
6.67
The Bad Guys
2022
7.50
Killers
2010
6.00
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003
6.31
Ted
2012
6.44
ParaNorman
2012
7.00
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012
7.70
For Christ's Sake
2011
5.50
Maraschino Ruby
2022
7.70
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
1996
8.80
Seeing Other People
2004
5.80
Bad Santa
2003
6.50
Love the Coopers
2015
6.00
The Bad Guys 2
2025
0.00
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
6.23
Man Rots from the Head
2016
5.83
The Thick Of It
2007
0.00
Dinner for Schmucks
2010
5.70
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
2004
6.53
Kicking & Screaming
2005
5.80
Showtime
2002
5.50
Extinct
2021
6.20
Little Man
2006
5.90
Dawg
2002
4.30