Lori Alan
ActingAlso Known As
Lori Alan Denniberg , Lori Allen
Biography
Lori Alan (née Denniberg, born July 18, 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. She voices the long-running role of Pearl Krabs the Whale on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. She also voices news anchor Diane Simmons on Family Guy, the Invisible Woman on Fantastic Four, and The Boss in the Metal Gear video game series, as well as various voices on Hey Arnold!. She voiced for movies including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Inside Out, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Minions, and as Bonnie's Mom in Toy Story 3, 4 and 5 (and Toy Story Toons). She started acting at age five, making her television debut in a Shakey's Pizza commercial. Her stage debut was as Annie's youngest sister in a local community theater production of Annie Get Your Gun. A longtime member of New York's Gotham City Improv (Groundlings East), she went on to Emerson College and graduated with honors from Tisch School of the Arts.
Movies
(60 total)
Inside Out
as Additional Voices (voice)
WALL·E
as Additional Voices (voice)
Toy Story 3
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Despicable Me 2
as Additional Voices (voice)
Monsters University
as Additional Voices (voice)
Minions
as Additional Voices (voice)
Toy Story 4
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Despicable Me 3
as Additional Voice (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Grinch
as Additional Voices (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as Pearl (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
as Pearl (voice)
Riley's First Date?
as Mom's Sadness (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Toy Story of Terror!
as Bonnie's mom (voice)
Father of the Bride Part II
as Wife Mrs. Habib
Hawaiian Vacation
as Mrs. Anderson (voice)
Small Fry
as Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)
Partysaurus Rex
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
as Diane Simmons (voice)
TV Shows
(71 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Ellen Weaver
Friends
as Sonya
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Lady (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Girl (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Jolene (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Eva Braun (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Coco (voice)
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Charles Lindbergh's Wife (voice)
Bones
as Gina Carlson
Shameless
as Stacy Baer
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Lady Fish (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Pearl (voice)
The Rookie
as Gary’s Neighbor
Charmed
as Cynthia
Castle
as Ms. Papen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Valerie Esposito
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Sabrina's Car (voice)
Chuck
as Bill Bergey
Six Feet Under
as Macy's Saleswoman