Lori Alan
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Lori Alan (née Denniberg, born July 18, 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. She voices the long-running role of Pearl Krabs the Whale on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. She also voices news anchor Diane Simmons on Family Guy, the Invisible Woman on Fantastic Four, and The Boss in the Metal Gear video game series, as well as various voices on Hey Arnold!. She voiced for movies including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Inside Out, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Minions, and as Bonnie's Mom in Toy Story 3, 4 and 5 (and Toy Story Toons). She started acting at age five, making her television debut in a Shakey's Pizza commercial. Her stage debut was as Annie's youngest sister in a local community theater production of Annie Get Your Gun. A longtime member of New York's Gotham City Improv (Groundlings East), she went on to Emerson College and graduated with honors from Tisch School of the Arts.
Known for
Credits
Toy Story 5 (2026)
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Hoppers (2026)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Inside Out (2015)
as Additional Voices (voice)
WALL·E (2008)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)
as Pearl (voice) (uncredited)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
as Additional Voices (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
as Pearl (voice)
Monsters University (2013)
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Grinch (2018)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Minions (2015)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
as Additional Voice (voice)
Plankton: The Movie (2025)
as Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
as Additional Voices (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
as Pearl (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
as Wife Mrs. Habib
Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)
as Marilyn (voice)
Small Fry (2011)
as Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
as Mrs. Anderson (voice)
Riley's First Date? (2015)
as Mom's Sadness (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (2017)
as Mrs. Teevee (voice)
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp (2024)
as Pearl / Teen Girls (voice)
Boys on the Side (1995)
as Girl with Attitude
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)
as Pearl
Partysaurus Rex (2012)
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
The Fluffer (2001)
as Harmony
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
as Diane Simmons (voice)
Monster Truck Mater (2010)
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Time Travel Mater (2012)
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Air Mater (2011)
as Blue Hawk (voice)
Tokyo Mater (2008)
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½ (2014)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
Holy Matrimony (1994)
as Cleopatra
Heavy Metal Mater (2010)
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
SpongeBob LongPants (2016)
as Fish Woman #1 (voice)
Unidentified Flying Mater (2009)
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012)
as Pearl
Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
as Anita Levine
The Way You Look Tonight (2019)
as Mom - Marguerite
Achmed Saves America (2014)
as Evelyn (voice)
SpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip (2011)
as Pearl Krabs (voice)
3-South (2002)
as Felicity
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas (2024)
as Pearl (voice)
It Takes Three (2021)
as Sara Berger
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout (2019)
as Pearl / Pet Shop Woman
Rescuing Madison (2014)
as Angela Park
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994)
as Karen Kupfer
Larry and Steve (1997)
as Cindy/Loudspeaker Voice
Norman Television (2016)
as Marilyn (voice)
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins (1994)
as Susan Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman (voice) (archive footage)
Garage Sale (1996)
as Gwen
LeapFrog: Math Circus (2004)
as Green (voice)
Dean Slater: Resident Advisor (2013)
as Mrs. Harris
Virtual Oz (1996)
as Auntie Scraps (voice)
Rolling with Dad (2013)
Actor
Catalogue of Noses (2025)
as Debbie
The Feeling Expert (—)
as Janice
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
as Bonnie's mom (voice)