- Born
- Birth nameAlexandrea Borstein
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- Alex Borstein is a Chicago-born American actress, known for her work on the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005), Bad Santa (2003), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017). Borstein became a MADtv cast member in 1997, during the sketch comedy show's third season. The following year, Seth MacFarlane cast her as the voice of Lois Griffin in Family Guy, which debuted on Fox in 1999. In 2013, due to her work on Family Guy, Borstein was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and, in 2018, Borstein won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Susie Myerson on the period dramedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
- IMDb mini biography by: Prime Video X-Ray
- SpouseJackson Douglas(1999 - November 9, 2017) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenHenrietta Borstein DouglasBarnaby Borstein Douglas
- Parents
- RelativesAdam Borstein(Sibling)Evan Borstein(Sibling)
- John Malkovich drove a bus for Borstein's school when she was a student there but she didn't take the bus.
- Ms. Swan, her most famous and lovable character on Mad TV (1995), was based on a combination of Borstein's real life grandmother and Björk.
- Was the original choice for Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls (2000). The role was performed by Melissa McCarthy.
- She became engaged to be married when her boyfriend Jackson Douglas proposed to her during the taping of a Mad TV (1995) skit.
- Her father was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Polish Jewish immigrants. Her mother is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant; she was born in Budapest, and moved to the United States after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.
- I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
- I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.'
- I got my degree in rhetoric.
- Every comic is really a frustrated rock star.
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