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 Highl ... and 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.
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2008
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
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Family Guy
as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Episodes: 425
First Aired: Jan 31, 1999
MADtv
as Various
Episodes: 109
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
as Various Characters (voice)
Episodes: 50
First Aired: Sep 10, 2008
Power Rangers
as Queen Machina (voice)
Episodes: 50
First Aired: Aug 28, 1993
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Susie Myerson
Episodes: 43
First Aired: Mar 16, 2017
Getting On
as Dawn Forchette
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Nov 24, 2013
Bordertown
as Janice Buckwald
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 03, 2016
Bordertown
as Becky Buckwald
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 03, 2016
Shameless
as Lou Deckner
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
Gilmore Girls
as Drella
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 05, 2000
Gilmore Girls
as Miss Celine
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 2000
Friends
as Bitter Woman on Stage
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1994
Drawn Together
as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 2004
Drawn Together
as AIDS Walk Coordinator / Lois Griffin (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 2004
Workaholics
as Colleen Walker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 06, 2011
Frasier
as Evelyn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
Resident Alien
as Carlyn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 27, 2021
Life in Pieces
as Linette
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 2015
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
as Wilma (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2020
Gary & Mike
as Maya (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 2001
MADtv
as Ms Swan / Karen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
MADtv
as Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Delirium
as Lois Griffin (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 2014
Masters of Sex
as Loretta
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2013
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
as Cataclaws (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1996
Hot in Cleveland
as Preshi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 16, 2010
Las que faltaban
as Invitada
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 15, 2019
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Drella
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 25, 2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Miss Celine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 25, 2016
Celebrity Blackjack
Episodes: 19
First Aired: Jul 05, 2004
The Cleveland Show
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 27, 2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
Bunk
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 08, 2012
Titus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 20, 2000
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2006
Too Late with Adam Carolla
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 08, 2005
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 2002
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
American Dad!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
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