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Alex Borstein

  • Birthplace: Illinois
  • Birthday: February 15, 1971

A petite, dark-haired actress with an extensive background in improvisational and sketch comedy, Alex Borstein was best known for her work on the often outrageous sketch comedy series "Mad TV" (Fox, 1997- ). An Illinois native, Borstein moved to Los Angeles with her family in 1980, going on to attend San Francsico State University and join the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe ACME Comedy Theater. While performing with the group at the Big Stinkin' International Improv and Sketch Festival in Austin, Texas, she was discovered by a &q…more

Career Milestones

  • 2005

    Starred in the George Clooney-directed “Goodnight, and Good Luck,” a 1950s-era drama that chronicles broadcaster Edward R. Murrow’s campaign against Senator Joseph McCarthy

  • 2004

    Featured opposite Halle Berry in "Catwoman"

  • 2003

    Appeared in the teen comedy "The Lizzie McGuire Movie"

  • 2002

    Cast in "Showtime" which starred Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy

  • 2000 to 0000

    Featured on The WB series "Gilmore Girls" as Drella, the acerbic harpist in the lobby of the inn that employs series star, single mother Lorelei (Lauren Graham)

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