The Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress, Alex Borstein is an actress, writer, producer, and comedian. A multi-talented actress is best known for performing the voice for the long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy. Her other credits such Casper & Power Rangers: Zero. Also, she is famous as the cast member of MADtv from 1997 to 2009.
Alex Borstein was born in 1971 under the birth sign Aquarius on February 15 in Highland Park, IL. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
Talking about Alex's parents, she was born to a Judy Borstein mother and Irv Borstein father. She grew up along with her brother, Adam Borstein.
She studied at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. Also, she trained at the ACME Comedy Theater, where she met her writing partner and future husband Jackson Douglas.
The American actress, Borstein is married to the famous actor and writer Jackson Douglas. They first met each other while studying at the ACME Comedy Theatre. Jackson proposed her during the taping of a MADtv skit.
After a long romantic affair, the pair eventually got married in 1999. Together, they had two children named Barnaby Borstein Douglas and Henrietta Borstein Douglas. Unfortunately, they parted their ways in 2017.
Since then, she is living a single life. She is free from any rumors and news concerning a new boyfriend or a partner and has not spotted with anyone in the public till now.
According to Celebrity Networth, Alex has a net worth of $24 million, as of 2019. The actress has managed to collect such wealth throughout her career as an actress and voice actress.
Even though the voice actress is yet to open up about her salary, she surely earns much more than the average payroll of $45,000- $65,000 per year.
Also, her ex-husband owned three houses in Pasadena from which two belongs to her now. They maintained joint ownership of an apartment in New York with a value of $1.2 million.
Some of her movies has made a good collection at the box office:
Movies | Box Office | Budget |
---|---|---|
Coyote Ugly (2000) | $113.9 million | $45 million |
The Angry Birds Movie (2016) | $352.3 million | $73 million |
Love the Coopers (2015) | $42.4 million | $17-24 million |
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) | $87.2 million | $40 million |
In the early 1990s, Alex started her career working together with Jackson Douglas on the animated series Casperand Pinky and the Brain. Later, she left her position at an ad agency where she wrote print ads for Barbie to become a full-time writer.
In 1996, she served on the show Power Rangers Zeo as the voice of Queen Machina. In 1997, she entered the cast of MADtv and played in several characters until 2009.
From 1999-2003, she voiced Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa and other many characters in the animated series Family Guy. The series also starred Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mike Henry, and Patrick Warburton, among others.
In 2014, she has made several supporting appearances in such comedic films A million Ways to Die in the West with her co-stars Charlize Theron, and another The Angry Birds Movie along with Jason Sudeikis, Tony Hale, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Bill Hader.
From 2013 to 2015, she played in the main role as Dawn Forchette in Getting On. In addition, she appeared as Lou Deckner in the series Shameless, in 2011.
Moreover, she is also the writer and consulting producer of the series. In 2017, she voiced Edie McVroomin Cars 3 and appeared as Susie Myerson in the series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Likewise, she earned two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Voice Performance in 2018.
Alex Borstein is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian
$24 million.
48 years old.
Jackson Douglas (1999-2017).
Henrietta Borstein Douglas and Barnaby Borstein Douglas.
152 cm.
American.