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

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Friends

    Friends

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Resident Alien

    Resident Alien

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  • Workaholics

    Workaholics

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • Hot in Cleveland

    Hot in Cleveland

  • Little Man

    Little Man

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • Drawn Together

    Drawn Together

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces

  • Ted

    Ted

  • Power Rangers

    Power Rangers

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

  • Big Bad BeetleBorgs

    Big Bad BeetleBorgs

  • Love the Coopers

    Love the Coopers

  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

  • 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

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

  • Killers

    Killers

  • Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

  • Bad Santa

    Bad Santa

  • Titus

    Titus

  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

  • ParaNorman

    ParaNorman

  • Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

  • Extinct

    Extinct

  • The Lookout

    The Lookout

  • Kicking & Screaming

    Kicking & Screaming

  • Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks

  • Catwoman

    Catwoman

  • Showtime

    Showtime

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Too Late with Adam Carolla

    Too Late with Adam Carolla

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

    Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

  • Delirium

    Delirium

  • Talkshow with Spike Feresten

    Talkshow with Spike Feresten

  • Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

  • Seeing Other People

    Seeing Other People

  • Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

    Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • The Lizzie McGuire Movie

    The Lizzie McGuire Movie

  • Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

    Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

  • Gary & Mike

    Gary & Mike

  • For Christ's Sake

    For Christ's Sake

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

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

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

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

  • Man Rots from the Head

    Man Rots from the Head

  • Bunk

    Bunk

  • A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

    A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

    Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

  • The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

  • Las que faltaban

    Las que faltaban

  • Celebrity Blackjack

    Celebrity Blackjack

  • 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

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

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

  • Dawg

    Dawg

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

    Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

  • Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Familiar Holiday Movie

    Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Familiar Holiday Movie

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

  • Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

    Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer

  • Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits

    Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits