Alex Borstein is an American actress, voice actress, writer and comedian.

In 1997, Alex became a cast member on the sketch comedy show MADtv. She is best known for playing Miss Swan, which was based on a combination of the singer Bj?rk and her real life grandmother who was Hungarian-Mongolian.

During her time on MADtv she met Seth MacFarlane who was starting a FOX animated sit-com, Family Guy. She started providing the voice of Lois and various others.

In 2000, Alex won the role of "Sookie St. James" in the WB show Gilmore Girls. In the original pilot she played Sookie's role but was unable to continue once the show was picked up because she was still under contract for MADtv. She was replaced by Melissa McCarthy. She instead guest starred in several episodes as the harpist, Drella, in season one. She returned in seasons three and five to play Miss Celine, a middle-aged celebrity fashion advisor. Alex's husband, Jackson Douglas appears on Gilmore Girls as Jackson Belville, Sookie's husband.

Alex left MADtv in 2002, the same year Family Guy was cancelled from the FOX lineup. Family Guy however returned in 2005 and Alex now remains on as a producer and primary staff writer for the show where she also provides the voices of Lois and various others.

Since she left MADtv she has appeared playing roles such the principal in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, the best friend of Halle Berry in Catwoman, and an employee at CBS News in Good Night, and Good Luck.