Lori Alan
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.
Acting
Movie
Inside Out
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Movie
WALL·E
as Additional Voices (voice)
2008
Movie
Toy Story 3
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2010
Movie
Despicable Me 2
as Additional Voices (voice)
2013
Movie
Monsters University
as Additional Voices (voice)
2013
Movie
Minions
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Ellen Weaver
2005
Movie
Toy Story 4
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2019
TV
Friends
as Sonya
1994
Movie
Despicable Me 3
as Additional Voice (voice)
2017
Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Additional Voices (voice)
2009
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Lady (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Girl (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Jolene (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Eva Braun (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Coco (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons / Charles Lindbergh's Wife (voice)
1999
Movie
The Grinch
as Additional Voices (voice)
2018
TV
Bones
as Gina Carlson
2005
TV
Shameless
as Stacy Baer
2011
TV
The Rookie
as Gary’s Neighbor
2018
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Lady Fish (voice)
1999
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Pearl (voice)
1999
