Acting

Lori Alan

Born July 18, 1966 · Potomac, Maryland, USA (age 60)

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 voice…

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5 · 2026

MovieAnimationFamily

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

Inside Out

Inside Out · 2015

MovieAnimationFamily

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 · 2024

MovieAnimationAdventure

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Hoppers

Hoppers · 2026

MovieAdventureAnimation

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 · 2010

MovieAnimationFamily

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 · 2013

Despicable Me 2

MovieAnimationComedy

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 · 2019

MovieFamilyComedy

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.

WALL·E

WALL·E · 2008

MovieAnimationFamily

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5 · 2026

MovieAnimationFamily

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Inside Out

Inside Out · 2015

MovieAnimationFamily

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Additional Voices (voice)

Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 · 2024

MovieAnimationAdventure

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

ADR & Dubbing

Hoppers

Hoppers · 2026

MovieAdventureAnimation

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

ADR & Dubbing

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 · 2010

MovieAnimationFamily

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 · 2013

Despicable Me 2

MovieAnimationComedy

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Additional Voices (voice)

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 · 2019

MovieFamilyComedy

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.

Bonnie's Mom (voice)

WALL·E

WALL·E · 2008

MovieAnimationFamily

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Additional Voices (voice)

Tangled

Tangled · 2010

MovieAnimationFamily

Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.

Thanks

The Grinch

The Grinch · 2018

MovieAnimationComedy

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.

Additional Voices (voice)

Monsters University

Monsters University · 2013

Monsters University

MovieAnimationFamily

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Additional Voices (voice)

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 · 2017

Despicable Me 3

MovieActionAnimation

Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.

Additional Voice (voice)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie · 2004

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

MovieAdventureAnimation

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

Pearl (voice)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water · 2015

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

MovieAdventureAnimation

Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard endangers Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton must embark on a quest to retrieve the recipe and save their city...a quest that takes them to the surface world and transforms them into superheroes.

Pearl (voice)

Minions

Minions · 2015

MovieFamilyAnimation

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Additional Voices (voice)

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants · 2025

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

MovieAdventureFamily

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

Pearl (voice) (uncredited)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs · 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

MovieAnimationComedy

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?

Additional Voices (voice)

Hawaiian Vacation

Hawaiian Vacation · 2011

Hawaiian Vacation

MovieAnimationFamily

The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.

Mrs. Anderson (voice)

Plankton: The Movie

Plankton: The Movie · 2025

Plankton: The Movie

MovieFamilyComedy

Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.

Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)

Riley's First Date?

Riley's First Date? · 2015

Riley's First Date?

MovieAnimationFamily

Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first "date."

Mom's Sadness (voice)

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Toy Story That Time Forgot · 2014

Toy Story That Time Forgot

MovieAnimationFamily

During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot.

Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Small Fry

Small Fry · 2011

MovieAnimationComedy

A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.

Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)

Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side · 1995

Boys on the Side

MovieComedyDrama

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

Girl with Attitude

Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II · 1995

Father of the Bride Part II

MovieComedyFamily

Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.

Wife Mrs. Habib

Law & Order

Law & Order · 1990

SeriesCrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Martha

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy · 2005

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Ellen Weaver

Family Guy

Family Guy · 1999

SeriesAnimationComedy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)

The Rookie

The Rookie · 2018

SeriesCrimeDrama

Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

Gary’s Neighbor

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

SeriesCrimeDrama

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Valerie Esposito

Bones

SeriesCrimeDrama

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Gina Carlson

Shameless

Shameless · 2011

SeriesDramaComedy

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

Stacy Baer

Castle

SeriesDramaCrime

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Ms. Papen

Friends

Friends · 1994

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

Sonya

Charmed

Charmed · 1998

SeriesComedyDrama

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Cynthia

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Young Larry's Mom Rose

The Closer

The Closer · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.

Kathy Weber

Will & Grace

Will & Grace · 1998

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.

Jean

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch · 1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

SeriesComedyFamily

On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.

Sabrina's Car (voice)

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel · 1994

Touched by an Angel

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

Rachel Carson

Animaniacs

Animaniacs · 1993

SeriesAnimationKids

The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in the studio water tower until they escaped in the 90's. There, they run wild, causing chaos everywhere!

Sharon Stone (voice)

Chuck

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.

Bill Bergey

Hey Arnold!

Hey Arnold! · 1996

SeriesAnimationComedy

The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

Rhonda's Mother (voice)

Doc McStuffins

Doc McStuffins · 2012

SeriesAnimationKids

A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.

Gloria Gorilla (voice)

The Patrick Star Show

The Patrick Star Show · 2021

The Patrick Star Show

SeriesFamilyComedy

Follow a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where he hosts his own variety show for the neighborhood from his television-turned-bedroom.

Princess Pearlina (voice)

Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken · 1997

Cow and Chicken

SeriesAnimationComedy

Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.

Loreece / Winney (voice)

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under · 2001

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

Macy's Saleswoman

The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys · 1998

The Wild Thornberrys

SeriesAnimationComedy

Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian burial chambers, a runaway hot air balloon, a rock slide on the Karakoram Highway and more!

Elder's Daughter (voice)

We Baby Bears

We Baby Bears · 2022

SeriesAnimationFamily

Follow Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear – as their younger baby selves – traveling in a magical box to fantastic new worlds searching for a place to call home. Along the way, they meet new friends, learn a few lessons and discover that “home” can mean wherever they are, as long as they’re together.

Goose (voice)