Alex Borstein
Highland, Illinois, USA
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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.
Movie Credits
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Drop Dead Gorgeous (In a Down-to-Earth Bombshell Sort of Way)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Familiar Holiday Movie
