Lori Alan
Actor
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 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.
Filmography
WALL·E
as Additional Voices (voice) 2008
Toy Story 3
as Bonnie's Mom (voice) 2010
Despicable Me 2
as Additional Voices (voice) 2013
Monsters University
as Additional Voices (voice) 2013
Minions
as Additional Voices (voice) 2015
Toy Story 4
as Bonnie's Mom (voice) 2019
Despicable Me 3
as Additional Voice (voice) 2017
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Additional Voices (voice) 2009
The Grinch
as Additional Voices (voice) 2018
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as Pearl (voice) 2004
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
as Pearl (voice) 2015
Riley's First Date?
as Mom's Sadness (voice) 2015
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Bonnie's Mom (voice) 2014
Toy Story of Terror!
as Bonnie's mom (voice) 2013
Father of the Bride Part II
as Wife Mrs. Habib 1995
Hawaiian Vacation
as Mrs. Anderson (voice) 2011