Alex Borstein
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Alex Borstein

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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.

As an actress, she has made appearances in such films as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Catwoman and Dinner for Schmucks.

Films Featuring Alex Borstein

Catwoman

20044.6

Good Night, and Good Luck.

20057.1

The Lookout

20076.6

The Bad Guys

20227.5

Killers

20106.0

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

20236.6

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

20056.9

TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special

2015

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

20036.3

Ted

20126.5

ParaNorman

20127.0

The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

20127.5

For Christ's Sake

20115.0

Maraschino Ruby

20227.5

Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

19967.3

Seeing Other People

20045.8

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

20106.8

Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show

20095.6

Bad Santa

20036.6

Love the Coopers

20156.0

The Bad Guys 2

20257.6

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

20157.4

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

20146.8

A Million Ways to Die in the West

20146.0

The Angry Birds Movie

20166.3

Man Rots from the Head

Man Rots from the Head

20165.8

Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)

Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)

2006

The Thick of It

20078.5

Dinner for Schmucks

20105.7

Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

20046.4

Kicking & Screaming

20055.8

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

20018.1

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

20098.0

Showtime

20025.6

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

20097.2

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

20077.4

Extinct

20216.2

Little Man

20065.9

Dawg

20024.4

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

2022

The Bad Guys 3

Turn the Lights Back On

Turn the Lights Back On

The Simpsons Guy

2014