Alex Borstein Net Worth

Alex Borstein's Quotes

• I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.
• I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
• I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.'
• I got my degree in rhetoric.
• Every comic is really a frustrated rock star.

Interesting Facts about Alex Borstein

1. She became engaged to be married when her boyfriend Jackson Douglas proposed to her during the taping of a MADtv (1995) skit.
2. Was the original choice for Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls (2000). The role was performed by Melissa McCarthy.
3. Left MADtv (1995) at the end of the 2001-2002 season.
4. Ms. Swan, her most famous and lovable character on MADtv (1995), was based on a combination of Borstein's real life grandmother and Björk.
5. Her school bus driver was John Malkovich.
6. Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film Little Man (2006), however, she failed to receive a nomination.
7. Is currently on a nationwide stand-up comedy tour [2004]
8. Her father was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Polish Jewish immigrants. Her mother is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant; she was born in Budapest, and moved to the United States after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
9. Has two children with her ex-husband Jackson Douglas - a son Barnaby Borstein Douglas (b. September 8, 2008, he weighed in at 8 lbs. 10 oz.) and a daughter Henrietta Borstein Douglas (b. October 1, 2012).
10. Was heavily pregnant with her daughter Henrietta while filming on Shameless (2011). Her pregnancy was written in the show and her character Lou Deckner also became pregnant. Lou apparently gave birth to her child after the events of season 3's episode 6 when Borstein gave birth herself four months before this episode aired.
11. Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category for her role as Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), but lost to Patricia Clarkson for Sharp Objects (2018).
12. Born on exactly the same date as Renée O'Connor (of Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) fame).
13. She wasn't happy when Schitt's Creek (2015) sweetheart Annie Murphy won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and let out a huffy "WHAT?"? just as Annie went up the microphone to accept her award.