Alex Borstein

ActorWriterProducerProduction Feb 15 (age 55) Highland, Illinois, USA 1993–2025 (32 year career)

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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, Californ…

Known For

Film

Shameless

Writer

Film

Family Guy

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

Film

Ted

John's Mom

Film

The Bad Guys

Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

Film

ParaNorman

Mrs. Henscher (voice)

Film

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Susie Myerson

Film

The Angry Birds Movie

Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)

Film

Bad Santa

Milwaukee Mom with Photo

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (41)

The Bad Guys 2

2025

as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)

7.7

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

2023

as Self

6.6

The Bad Guys

2022

as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

7.5

Maraschino Ruby

2022

as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)

7.5

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

2022

as Self

Extinct

2021

as Mali (voice)

6.3

The Angry Birds Movie

2016

as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)

6.3

Man Rots from the Head

as Gladys

Love the Coopers

as Angie Cooper

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

2015

as Self

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

2015

as Wonder Woman (voice)

7.4

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

as Millie

6.1

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

2014

as Wonder Woman (voice)

Ted

as John's Mom

ParaNorman

as Mrs. Henscher (voice)

7.0

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

2012

as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)

For Christ's Sake

as Mrs. Marcus

Dinner for Schmucks

as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)

5.7

Killers

2010

as Mrs. Baily

6.0

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)

6.8

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

2009

as Lois Griffin (voice)

8.1

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

2009

as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)

7.3

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

2009

as Self / Various (voice)

5.8

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2008

as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)

The Lookout

as Mrs. Lange

The Thick of It

as Hope Mueller

Little Man

as Janet

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

2006

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

as Natalie

7.1

Kicking & Screaming

2005

as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)

5.8

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

2005

as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)

Catwoman

as Sally

Seeing Other People

as Tracy

Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

2004

as Betty Henderson

6.2

Bad Santa

2003

as Milwaukee Mom with Photo

6.6

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

as Miss Ungermeyer

Showtime

as Casting Director

Dawg

as Darcy Smits

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

2001

as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)

7.8

Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

1996

as Queen Machina (voice)

8.3

The Bad Guys 3

as Commisioner Misty Luggins (voice)

Television (38)

Resident Alien

2021

as Carlyn

7.8

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021

as Self - Contestant

7.0

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

2020

as Wilma (voice)

6.8

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Las que faltaban

as Invitada

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017

as Susie Myerson

8.0

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Drella

Bordertown

as Becky Buckwald

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Hot Ones

2015

as Lois Griffin (Voice)

7.2

Life in Pieces

2015

as Linette

7.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Delirium

2014

as Lois Griffin (archive footage)

Masters of Sex

as Loretta

Getting On

as Dawn Forchette

Bunk

Shameless

as Lou Deckner

Workaholics

as Colleen Walker

Hot in Cleveland

as Preshi

The Cleveland Show

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

2008

as Various Characters (voice)

5.8

Talkshow with Spike Feresten

American Dad!

Too Late with Adam Carolla

2005

7.0

Drawn Together

2004

as Jelly Donuts Leader (voice)

Celebrity Blackjack

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

2002

as Self

6.7

Gary & Mike

2001

as Maya (voice)

Gilmore Girls

as Drella

Titus

as Nicky

Family Guy

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

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

as Cataclaws (voice)

MADtv

as Various

MADtv

as Ms Swan / Karen

Friends

as Bitter Woman on Stage

Frasier

as Evelyn

Power Rangers

as Queen Machina (voice)

7.1

Crew (12)

Movies (7)

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

Writer

Bombardier Blood

Executive Producer

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

2009

Supervising Producer

8.1

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

2009

Writer

5.8

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2008

Supervising Producer

7.4

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

2006

Writer

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

2005

Writer

6.9

Television (5)

Shameless

Writer

Family Guy

Producer

Family Guy

Writer

Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain

1998

Writer

6.3

The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper

1996

Writer

6.5