Lori Alan

Performers Theatre Workshop Guest Teacher & Masterclass Professional

Actor, writer and producer Lori Alan started talking as soon as she fell out of the womb, and hasn’t stopped. A DC-area native, she made her TV debut starring in a Shakey’s Pizza commercial. After graduating from NYU’s Tisch, she cut her comedic teeth as a longtime member of New York’s Gotham City Improv (Groundlings East). Recently honored by her peers at the First Annual Voice Arts Awards (the Academy Awards for Voice-Overs), Lori placed first in Outstanding Body Of Work and Outstanding National Television Commercial. She starred as Diane Simmons on Family Guy; Pearl the Whale on SpongeBob SquarePants; Sue Richards, The Invisible Woman on Marvel Comics’ The Fantastic Four; and The Boss in the Metal Gear Solid video game trilogy. She’s proud to be a part of the Pixar Family, voicing iconic characters in Wall-e, Monsters University, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, Minions and Inside Out.

Lori has firm roots in theatre, where she’s thrived for more three decades. She mounted a smash solo show, Lori Alan: The Musical, and Backstage West proclaimed, “Lori Alan might give Carol Burnett pause!” Noted on-screen TV roles include appearances on Ray Donovan, Comedy Central’s Workaholics and Desperate Housewives, as well as Bones, Southland, CSI, 90210, Grey’s Anatomy and Law and Order. 

Lori is a celebrity supporter of the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) a national nonprofit organization working to end the use of animals for food through public education and grassroots activism. Her other hobbies include singing in the shower — or anywhere for that matter — discovering new gluten-free cookies and trying to switch to decaf.