Alex Borstein

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-02-15 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Highland, Illinois, USA

Alex Borstein

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • Resident Alien

    Resident Alien

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • Power Rangers

    Power Rangers

  • Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces

  • Workaholics

    Workaholics

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

  • ParaNorman

    ParaNorman

  • Little Man

    Little Man

  • Ted

    Ted

  • Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

    Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

  • Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

    Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

  • Big Bad BeetleBorgs

    Big Bad BeetleBorgs

  • Titus

    Titus

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

  • Extinct

    Extinct

  • Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks

  • Bad Santa

    Bad Santa

  • Catwoman

    Catwoman

  • Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

    Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

  • Love the Coopers

    Love the Coopers

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • Killers

    Killers

  • Talkshow with Spike Feresten

    Talkshow with Spike Feresten

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

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

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

  • Gary & Mike

    Gary & Mike

  • Kicking & Screaming

    Kicking & Screaming

  • Las que faltaban

    Las que faltaban

  • Seeing Other People

    Seeing Other People

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

  • The Lookout

    The Lookout

  • Delirium

    Delirium

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

    Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

  • Showtime

    Showtime

  • Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

    Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

  • The Lizzie McGuire Movie

    The Lizzie McGuire Movie

  • Too Late with Adam Carolla

    Too Late with Adam Carolla

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

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

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • Man Rots from the Head

    Man Rots from the Head

  • Dawg

    Dawg

  • A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

    A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

  • Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

  • Bunk

    Bunk

  • Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

    Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Celebrity Blackjack

    Celebrity Blackjack

  • Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

  • The Thick Of It

    The Thick Of It

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

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

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

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

  • For Christ's Sake

    For Christ's Sake

  • And Then There Were Fewer

    And Then There Were Fewer

  • Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

    Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

  • Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

    Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

  • Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

    Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

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

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