Alex Borstein

About

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...

Known for

Family GuySeries • 1999American Dad!Series • 2005ShamelessSeries • 2011FriendsSeries • 1994FrasierSeries • 1993Gilmore GirlsSeries • 2000Hot in ClevelandSeries • 2010The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselSeries • 2017Resident AlienSeries • 2021Power RangersSeries • 1993The Cleveland ShowSeries • 2009Life in PiecesSeries • 2015WorkaholicsSeries • 2011Masters of SexSeries • 2013The Bad Guys 2Movie • 2025Drawn TogetherSeries • 2004The Spooktacular New Adventures of CasperSeries • 1996The Bad GuysMovie • 2022The Angry Birds MovieMovie • 2016TedMovie • 2012A Million Ways to Die in the WestMovie • 2014TitusSeries • 2000Big Bad BeetleBorgsSeries • 1996Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon ComedySeries • 2008