Alex Borstein

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-02-15 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Highland, Illinois, USA

Alex Borstein

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.

Known For

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Friends

    Friends

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • Resident Alien

    Resident Alien

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • Power Rangers

    Power Rangers

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  • Workaholics

    Workaholics

  • Kicking & Screaming

    Kicking & Screaming

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • Ted

    Ted

  • Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • 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

  • Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • Little Man

    Little Man

  • Extinct

    Extinct

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • Love the Coopers

    Love the Coopers

  • Too Late with Adam Carolla

    Too Late with Adam Carolla

  • Showtime

    Showtime

  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

  • Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

  • Talkshow with Spike Feresten

    Talkshow with Spike Feresten

  • For Christ's Sake

    For Christ's Sake

  • Catwoman

    Catwoman

  • Bad Santa

    Bad Santa

  • Titus

    Titus

  • Killers

    Killers

  • Big Bad BeetleBorgs

    Big Bad BeetleBorgs

  • ParaNorman

    ParaNorman

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Seeing Other People

    Seeing Other People

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

    Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

  • Gary & Mike

    Gary & Mike

  • Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks

  • Delirium

    Delirium

  • Bunk

    Bunk

  • The Lizzie McGuire Movie

    The Lizzie McGuire Movie

  • The Lookout

    The Lookout

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

  • Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

  • Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

    Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

  • Celebrity Blackjack

    Celebrity Blackjack

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

  • Las que faltaban

    Las que faltaban

  • A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

    A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

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

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

  • Dawg

    Dawg

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

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

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

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

    Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

  • Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

    Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

  • Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

    Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

  • Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

    Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

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

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

  • Man Rots from the Head

    Man Rots from the Head

  • Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

    Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

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

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