Alex Borstein is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Alex Borstein has been the voice actress of Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series Family Guy since 1999. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for the role.
Lois Griffin is the Griffin family’s mother and matriarch. Her husband, Peter, and she have three children: Meg, Chris, and Stewie, as well as the family dog, Brian.
Despite admitting to being a recovering methamphetamine addict and kleptomaniac, Lois is frequently portrayed as a stereotypical television mother and housewife. Lois has also had several affairs, one of which is said to have resulted in Chris’s conception.
Aside from her work on Family Guy, Borstein also played various characters on the sketch comedy series MADtv (1997-2009) and Dawn Forchette in the medical comedy series Getting On (2013–2015).
She appeared in a number of films as a supporting actress, including The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Catwoman (2004), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), Ted (2012), ParaNorman (2012), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).