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Alex Borstein

1971-02-15 (53 years old) in Highland, Illinois, USA

Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born February 15, 1973) 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.

Movies

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The Bad Guys 2
0 %|Jul 30, 2025
Animation, Family, Crime, Comedy
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Maraschino Ruby
77 %|Jun 15, 2022
Comedy, Animation, Action, Adventure
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The Bad Guys
75.52 %|Mar 17, 2022
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Extinct
62 %|Feb 11, 2021
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
actor
Man Rots from the Head
58.33 %|Aug 10, 2016
Comedy
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The Angry Birds Movie
62.35 %|May 11, 2016
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Love the Coopers
60 %|Nov 12, 2015
Drama, Comedy, Family
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
60.4 %|May 22, 2014
Comedy, Western
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Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
70 %|Apr 6, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
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Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
77 %|Sep 9, 2012
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
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ParaNorman
70 %|Aug 3, 2012
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Ted
64.33 %|Jun 29, 2012
Comedy, Fantasy
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For Christ's Sake
55 %|Jun 12, 2011
Comedy
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Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
67.57 %|Dec 21, 2010
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Dinner for Schmucks
57.11 %|Jul 30, 2010
Comedy
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Killers
60 %|Jun 4, 2010
Action, Comedy, Thriller, Romance
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Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
72 %|Dec 22, 2009
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
57.5 %|Nov 8, 2009
Animation, Comedy, Music
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Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
73 %|Jan 21, 2008
Comedy, TV Movie, Animation
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Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
81 %|Nov 4, 2007
Animation, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Music, TV Movie
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The Lookout
67 %|Mar 9, 2007
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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The Thick Of It
0 %|Jan 1, 2007
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Little Man
59 %|Aug 31, 2006
Comedy, Crime
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
71 %|Sep 16, 2005
Drama, History
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Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
69.53 %|Jul 23, 2005
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Kicking & Screaming
58 %|May 13, 2005
Family, Comedy
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Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
65 %|Nov 7, 2004
Comedy
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Catwoman
46.14 %|Jul 22, 2004
Action, Fantasy, Crime
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Seeing Other People
58 %|May 7, 2004
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Bad Santa
65 %|Nov 26, 2003
Drama, Comedy, Crime
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie
63 %|May 2, 2003
Family, Comedy
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Showtime
55.300000000000004 %|Mar 14, 2002
Action, Comedy
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A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
81 %|Dec 21, 2001
Comedy, Animation, Fantasy, TV Movie
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Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
90 %|Aug 6, 1996
Family, Adventure

Series

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Resident Alien
78 %|Jan 27, 2021
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
71 %|Jan 22, 2020
Comedy
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Las que faltaban
57 %|Mar 15, 2019
Comedy, News
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
81 %|Mar 16, 2017
Comedy, Drama
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
73 %|Nov 25, 2016
Drama, Comedy
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
73 %|Nov 25, 2016
Drama, Comedy
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Bordertown
50.83 %|Jan 3, 2016
Animation, Comedy
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Bordertown
50.83 %|Jan 3, 2016
Animation, Comedy
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Life in Pieces
70 %|Sep 21, 2015
Comedy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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Delirium
97.08 %|Jun 20, 2014
Drama, Action & Adventure
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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Getting On
65 %|Nov 24, 2013
Comedy
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Masters of Sex
70.7 %|Sep 29, 2013
Drama
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Bunk
0 %|Jun 8, 2012
Comedy
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Workaholics
74.09 %|Apr 6, 2011
Comedy
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Shameless
81.61 %|Jan 9, 2011
Drama, Comedy
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Hot in Cleveland
74 %|Jun 16, 2010
Comedy
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The Cleveland Show
58 %|Sep 27, 2009
Animation, Comedy
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Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
57.67 %|Sep 10, 2008
Animation, Comedy
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Talkshow with Spike Feresten
55 %|Sep 16, 2006
Comedy, Talk
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American Dad!
70 %|Feb 6, 2005
Animation, Comedy
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Drawn Together
82.10000000000001 %|Oct 27, 2004
Animation, Comedy, Reality
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Drawn Together
82.10000000000001 %|Oct 27, 2004
Animation, Comedy, Reality
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Celebrity Blackjack
0 %|Jul 5, 2004
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
actor
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
67 %|Mar 4, 2002
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Gary & Mike
0 %|Jan 12, 2001
Animation, Comedy
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Gilmore Girls
79 %|Oct 5, 2000
Comedy, Drama
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Gilmore Girls
79 %|Oct 5, 2000
Comedy, Drama
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Titus
70 %|Mar 20, 2000
Comedy, Drama
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Family Guy
74 %|Jan 31, 1999
Animation, Comedy
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Big Bad BeetleBorgs
67.72999999999999 %|Sep 7, 1996
Action & Adventure, Kids
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MADtv
68.75 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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MADtv
68.75 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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MADtv
68.75 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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Friends
84.36999999999999 %|Sep 22, 1994
Comedy
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Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
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Power Rangers
70.71 %|Aug 28, 1993
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids