Alex Borstein
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
as Millie
The Bad Guys (2022)
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Ted (2012)
as John's Mom
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
as Sophie Bird / Peggy Bird (voice)
ParaNorman (2012)
as Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween (2026)
as Lois Griffin (voice)
Extinct (2021)
as Mali (voice)
Little Man (2006)
as Janet
Catwoman (2004)
as Sally
Love the Coopers (2015)
as Angie Cooper
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
as Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Showtime (2002)
as Casting Director
Bad Santa (2003)
as Milwaukee Mom with Photo
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
as Natalie
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
as Miss Ungermeyer
Killers (2010)
as Mrs. Baily
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015)
as Wonder Woman (voice)
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)
The Lookout (2007)
as Mrs. Lange
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
as Obnoxious Hummer Lady (uncredited)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
as Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
as Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization (—)
Actor
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas (2001)
as Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
And Then There Were Fewer (2010)
as Lois Griffin/Stephanie (voice)
Seeing Other People (2004)
as Tracy
The Thick of It (2007)
as Hope Mueller
Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (2023)
as Self
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest (1996)
as Queen Machina (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (2009)
as Self / Various (voice)
For Christ's Sake (2011)
as Mrs. Marcus
Dawg (2002)
as Darcy Smits
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie (2009)
as Lois Griffin (voice)
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012)
as Wonder Woman / Giganta / Woman (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (2014)
as Wonder Woman (voice)
Man Rots from the Head (2016)
as Gladys
Turn the Lights Back On (—)
as Emma
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special (2015)
as Self
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer (2004)
as Betty Henderson
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' (2022)
as Self
Maraschino Ruby (2022)
as Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way) (2006)
Actor