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Alex Borstein
Born on February 15th, 1971
Highland, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Filmography
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Sy Snootles / Asian Woman / ET Announcer / Hot Girl's Mother (voice)
DetailsFamily Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
DetailsFamily Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2008
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
DetailsFamily Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
Lois Griffin / Various Characters (voice)
DetailsA Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
2001
Lois Griffin / Female Hipster / Julie / Grandma (voice)
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