Alex Borstein

Actor · Born 15 February 1971 in Highland, Illinois, USA · 13 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

13 of Alex Borstein’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 4 on Disney+, 2 on Cineasterna, 2 on Max, 2 on Netflix and 6 more services. Highest rated available: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) ★ 8.6.

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.

Acting

• Family Guy (1999)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
• The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
• The Cleveland Show (2009)
• Workaholics (2011)
• A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
• Getting On (2013)
• Family Guy Happy Hell-o-ween (2026)
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
• Bordertown (2016)
• Extinct (2021)
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Catwoman (2004)
• ParaNorman (2012)
• The Bad Guys (2022)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Killers (2010)
• Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
• Little Man (2006)
• Drawn Together (2004)
• Showtime (2002)
• Love the Coopers (2015)
• The Lookout (2007)
• Kicking & Screaming (2005)