Lori Alan

Lori Alan (born July 18, 1966

Her father, Eliot, and her mother, Martha, were performers and supported her choice to be an actress. She started acting at age five, making her television debut in a Shakey's Pizza commercial.

Career Alan's early experience included performing off-Broadway and as a member of the improv group the Groundlings. Her process of getting to the authentic personality of the character she is providing the voice for is to improvise and trust her own choices, something she learned at her first voice acting job.

Alan voices Pearl Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants, Sue Richards (the Invisible Woman) on Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four, newsreader-turned-murderer Diane Simmons on Family Guy, and the Boss in the Metal Gear series. Lori has done voices in feature films: Monsters University, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me 2, WALL-E, Inside Out, and the SpongeBob SquarePants film series. She has also voiced roles for Henry Hugglemonster, Cow and Chicken, Animaniacs, and Futurama. Her rendition of The Boss was rated as one of the top 25 "Greatest Acting Performances in Video Games" by Complex.

In 2005, she joined Warren Beatty, Rob Reiner, Kurtwood Smith and Jason George to help voice commercials against proposals made by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In 2014, she won a Voice Arts Award (VAA) for outstanding body of work and outstanding national television commercial.

Alan's on-camera roles include Desperate Housewives, Ray Donovan, Comedy Central's Workaholics, Bones, Southland, CSI, 90210, Law & Order: LA, Law & Order and many more. On stage credits include The Pee-wee Herman Show, solo show Lori Alan: The Musical, Queen Celia in the hit musical Sneaux!, and the award-winning musical Reefer Madness. Her 1999 performance in Reefer Madness as a "Reefer Madam" was praised by the Los Angeles Times.

She revisited her role in the Reefer Madness tenth Anniversary Cast in 2015. Her vocals on the song "The Stuff" was considered both sultry and comical by Broadway World. She has spoken out against animal cruelty and has campaigned for the meat charity World Protection for Dogs and Cats in the Meat Trade. She is also on the board of Pickle Pants Rescue, an animal rescue organization in Los Angeles.

Magic Screen (voice)

Plankton: The Movie

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Law & Order Martha Episode: "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" 1993 Phenom Beverly Episode: "Answered Prayers" 1994 Dave's World The T.A. Episode: "Family Membership" SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Lt. Felina Feral (voice) 6 episodes 2026ScreamerQuinn Connolly