Alex Borstein
Alex Borstein (Role) : Lois
Birthday : February-15-1973
Birthplace : Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name : Alexandrea Borstein
Recent Role : Lois (and various) on ‘Family Guy‘
Gender : Female
Alex Borstein also known as Alexandra ‘Alex’ Borstein is a very popular American actress, voice actress, writer and comedian also.
Borstein was born in Highland Park, Illinois to Judy and Irving Borstein. He parents are mental health professionals. She is of Jewish ancestry. She attended San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California.
At the ACME Comedy Theater, Borstein got training in improve. It was the place where she met her writing partner and future husband Jackson Douglas. They next began working together on the animated series ‘Casper’ and ‘Pinky and the Brain’. In 1996, Borstein worked on the show Power Rangers: Zeo as the voiceover of Queen Machina, the queen of the Machine Empire.
In 1997, Borstein joined the third season of the sketch comedy show MADtv. Initially, she was thought to play a featured player, but was later upgraded to the repertory. Throughout her acting career, Borstein is best known for her portrayal of Ms. Swan. Among her recurring appearances are Eracist Anne, “Stick Chick” Echo, singer Jasmine Wayne-Wayne, child prodigy Karen Goddard, lounge singer Shaunda, News at Six’s outside-the-studio reporter Sue Napersville, and Cordo the GAP troll.
On the set of MADtv, Borstein met Seth MacFarlane and he cast her as the voice of key character Lois Griffin. Borstein also serves as a producer and staff writer for ‘Family Guy’. On the Comedy Central animated series ‘Drawn Together’, she made three guest appearances, once as Lois Griffin.
In 2000, Alex Borstein joined the cast of the WB drama ‘Gilmore Girls’ and also made recurring appearances on the show.
Borstein’s film roles include the school principal in The Lizzie McGuire Movie. She next portrayed the best friend of Halle Berry’s character in Catwoman. On the CBS News’ Good Night, and Good Luck, Borstein portrayed the role of an employee. She also had an uncredited cameo in the ‘Kicking & Screaming’, portraying an obnoxious coffee shop patron.
In the 2007 sitcom pilot ‘The Thick of It’, Borstein appeared as a press secretary. Borstein owns a production company named Crackerpants, Inc..
Borstein’s celebrity impressions on MADtv include- ‘Anne Robinson’, ‘Betty Ford’, ‘Beverly Mitchell’, ‘Björk’, ‘Chelsea Clinton’, ‘Cindy Williams’, ‘Deborah Rowe’, ‘Dolly Parton’, ‘Ellen DeGeneres’, ‘Queen Elizabeth II’, ‘Frances Bavier’, ‘Geri Halliwell’, ‘Hallie Kate Eisenberg’, ‘Jamie-Lynn Sigler’, Jane Pauley, Janeane Garofalo, Jean Stapleton, José Carreras, Joyce DeWitt, Julie Cypher, Kristin Davis, Linda Ellerbee, Marie Osmond, Mary Bono, Maura Tierney, Megan Mullally, Monica Lewinsky, Natalie Merchant, Natalie Schafer, Patsy Ramsey, Regis Philbin, Rose Marie, Roseanne Barr, Rosie O’Donnell, Tori Spelling, Tyne Daly, and Vivian Vance.
Borstein is currently living with his husband, Jackson Douglas, an actor and writer. They got married in 1999 and have a son, Barnaby Borstein Douglas, born on September 8, 2008.
Among her other notable acting credits are ‘The Lookout’, ‘Little Man’ , ‘Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story’ , ‘Catwoman’, ‘Seeing Other People’, ‘Bad Santa’ , ‘The Lizzie McGuire Movie’ , ‘Disney’s House of Mouse’ , ‘Coyote Ugly’, ‘Power Rangers: Zeo’ and ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ etc.
