Highest rated as cast or director
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · 5 Seasons
Family Guy
Since 1999 · 24 Seasons
Getting On
2013 · 3 Seasons
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy
2008 · 1 Season
Biography
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.
Acted in 64
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2022
Maraschino Ruby
Police Chief Misty Luggins (voice)
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Las que faltaban
Invitada · 1 episode
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Family Guy: The Simpsons Guy
Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)
Delirium
Lois Griffin (archive footage) · 1 episode
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Wonder Woman (voice)
- 2013
- 2012
Bunk
TV
- 2011
For Christ's Sake
Mrs. Marcus
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Lois Griffin (voice)
- 2008
- 2007
The Thick of It
Hope Mueller
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer
Betty Henderson
Seeing Other People
Tracy
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1996
Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest
Queen Machina (voice)
- 1995
MADtv
Various, Ms Swan / Karen, Ms. Swan, Mama Brightling · 101 episodes
- 1994
- 1993
Produced 8
2020s
- 2026
- 2023
- 2020
Bombardier Blood
Executive Producer
2000s
- 2009
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Executive Producer
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Supervising Producer
- 2007
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Supervising Producer
- 2005
Wrote 7
2020s
- 2023
2010s
- 2011
2000s
- 2009
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Writer
- 2005
Appearances11
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Self
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special
Self
- 2014
2000s
- 2009
Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
Self / Various (voice)
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · 1 episode
