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Full Alex Borstein Biography
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (IPA: /ˈbɔrstiːn/) (born February 15, 1973) is an American actress, voice actor, writer and comedian. She is best known for her role on the FOX series MADtv and Family Guy.
Borstein was born in Highland Park, Illinois, outside Chicago, to Judy and Irving Borstein, both of whom are mental health professionals. She was raised in a Jewish family with roots in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Mongolia, and Russia. She moved to San Francisco, where she attended San Francisco State University. She took a job at an ad agency where she wrote print ads for Barbie.
Borstein started improv classes with the ACME Comedy Theater where she met both her writing partner and her future husband, Jackson Douglas. They began to work on the animated series Casper and Pinky and the Brain. Shortly after, she left her ad job to become a full time writer. In 1996, while still writing for Casper, Borstein worked on the popular TV show Power Rangers Zeo, where she provided the voice of Queen Machina, the queen of the Machine Empire.
In 1997, Borstein became a cast member on the sketch comedy show MADtv. Borstein joined the cast of MADtv during Season 3 as a featured player, but she was upgraded to repertory in mid-season. Borstein was perhaps best known for playing Miss Swan. Borstein also played a number of other characters until her departure from the show in 2002. In addition to Miss Swan, Borstein played Eracist Anne, "Stick Chick" Echo, singer Jasmine Wayne-Wayne, child prodigy Karen Goddard, lounge singer Shaunda, News at Six's outside-the-studio reporter Sue Napersville, and Cordo the GAP troll. When Seth Green made recurring appearances on the show to play mean boss Mr. Brightling, Borstein would play his mother Mama Brightling.
Borstein also became known for impressions of Rosie O'Donnell, Björk, Chelsea Clinton, Jane Pauley, Janeane Garofalo, Monica Lewinsky, Patsy Ramsey, Regis Philbin, and Vivian Vance (as Ethel Mertz in parodies of I Love Lucy).
Borstein is married to actor and writer Jackson Douglas. The couple met at the ACME comedy training program. Douglas proposed to her during the taping of a MADtv skit; the couple married in 1999. Douglas appeared on Gilmore Girls (as Borstein did) and played Jackson Belville, Sookie's husband. Ironically, Borstein was originally cast as Sookie, but had to drop out due to contract obligations with FOX.
Her production company is named Crackerpants, Inc.. Borstein plays the harp, as she demonstrated on Gilmore Girls. |
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