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Alex Borstein

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.

Filmography

2025
The Bad Guys 2

as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)

Movie
2022
The Bad Guys

as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Movie
2016
The Angry Birds Movie

as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)

Movie
2015
Love the Coopers

as Angie Cooper

Movie
2012
Ted

as John's Mom

Movie
2006
Little Man

as Janet

Movie
2003
Bad Santa

as Milwaukee Mom with Photo

Movie
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as Susie Myerson

TV Show
1999
Family Guy

as Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)

TV Show