- You should do standup, and
I can help you.

- What're you talking about?
- Talkin' about your act.

- I don't have an act.

- You will when we're done.

This is Alex Borstein, a comic actress
who has won two Emmys:

one for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
in which she plays Susie Myerson,

the tough, brazen manager
of Midge Maisel,

and I think I've heard her 
voice somewhere else before...

what is this?
- This vooooice.

Oh yeah, she voices Lois Griffin
in one of the biggest

animated shows of all time, "Family Guy."

(singing)
- La la la!

Borstein's roots are in comedy
going way back to the early 90s

when she trained in improv
at the ACME Comedy Theatre.

From there she started writing for
various series like "Casper"

and "Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain,"
eventually writing print ads for Barbie.

On the side her first official
acting credits involved dubbing

the voice of several monsters in
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."

You've got Madame Woe,
Bloom of Doom,

and Lipsyncher.

- Oh my! Where are those
gorgeous Power Rangers?

- I just wanna KISS THEM
ALL TO PIECES!

Her legacy in the "Power Rangers"
canon didn't end there

as she dubbed the recurring villain
Queen Machina in "Power Rangers Zeo."

- Absolutely brilliant.

Then, Alex got two big breaks
back to back, the first of which

was becoming a regular cast
member and writer on "MADtv."

And not long after that, she was asked by
a then unknown animator, Seth MacFarlane,

to voice the mother, Lois Griffin,
in a new animated series called...

- "Family Guy!"

She would go on to become 
a co-producer of the series as well.

Besides Alex's regular gigs on these
two shows, she began to pop up

in TV with comedic one-off characters
in episodes of "Frasier"

and "Friends."
- How could he leave me!?

And she had two recurring characters
in "Gilmore Girls," like Drella the Harpist.
- Tell it to the tip jar.

Fun fact: Alex was originally cast to 
play Melissa McCarthy's character

of Sookie in an unaired pilot
of the show,

but unfortunately, couldn't continue
due to scheduling conflicts with "MADtv."

As far as movies go, it wasn't
unusual for Alex to play

characters who, instead of having
names, had very specific descriptions:

"Milwaukee Mom with Photo..."

- Gee, you know what? This one,
I think it's more than enough.

"Obnoxious Hummer Lady..."

- I do! Look at the size
of this bad boy, huh?

...and "Red Hair Woman."

- It's Martha.

She had a name. He just said it. 
Her name was Martha. Just call her Martha!

But some of Alex's more prominent
supporting roles usually involved her

flexing her sass and attitude, like a
tour guide in 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie...'

- Rome! The eternal city! Did 
no one read the info packet?

...a no-nonsense secretary in
'Good Night, and Good Luck...'

- Brent's not gonna be in
for another hour...

...and let's not forget about the
Razzie Award-winning 'Catwoman,'

in which she fit right in as
the plucky best friend Sally.

- If I screw it up, you can throw
away the key.

In more recent years, Seth MacFarlane
has continued to feature her

in projects like 'Ted...'
(screams)

...and 'A Million Ways to
Die in the West.'

But one of Alex's favorite roles was in
the short-lived HBO dark comedy "Getting On"

as the head nurse in a geriatric wing
of a hospital.

- It's not "a feces" it's
just "feces."

- But it wasn't a gang of them,
it was just one beast.

When this show was cancelled,
Alex almost threw in the towel

as far as on-screen acting.

- I don't wanna read your diary.
- It's not my diary.

- I don't care what your
first time felt like.

...until she was approached by
"Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" creator

Amy Sherman-Palladino, whom
Alex had previously worked

with on "Gilmore Girls."

The rest is history, and Alex has continued
making audiences laugh

both behind the mic and in 
front of the camera.

(laughing)