Lori Alan

Acteur·rice

18 juillet 1966 · 59 years old

Potomac, Maryland, USA

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.

Known for

Toy Story 5

2026

The Rookie

2018

Family Guy

1999

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Law & Order

1990

Shameless

2011

Bones

2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

Toy Story 4

2019

Friends

1994

As an actor

The Feeling Expert

Janice

Toy Story 5

2026 · Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Hoppers

2026 · Additional Voices (voice)

Plankton: The Movie

2025 · Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)

Catalogue of Noses

2025 · Debbie

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

2025 · Pearl (voice) (uncredited)

SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

2024 · Pearl / Teen Girls (voice)

Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas

2024 · Pearl (voice)

Nobody Wants This

2024 · Deborah

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special

2023 · Pearl

Minions & More Volume 1

2022 · Marilyn (voice)

Loot

2022 · Commentator

We Baby Bears

2022 · Goose (voice)

It Takes Three

2021 · Sara Berger

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

2021 · Pearl Krabs (voice)

The Patrick Star Show

2021 · Princess Pearlina (voice), Pearl / Ventriloquist Dummy / Audience / Soldiers (voice), Pearl / Child (voice), Pearl (voice)

SpongeBob As Told By

2020 · Self

Toy Story 4

2019 · Bonnie's Mom (voice)

The Way You Look Tonight

2019 · Mom - Marguerite

SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

2019 · Pearl / Pet Shop Woman

The Grinch

2018 · Additional Voices (voice)

A.P. Bio

2018 · Didi

The Rookie

2018 · Gary’s Neighbor

Despicable Me 3

2017 · Additional Voice (voice)

Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

2017 · Mrs. Teevee (voice)

Norman Television

2016 · Marilyn (voice)

SpongeBob LongPants

2016 · Fish Woman #1 (voice)

Acting Dead

2016 · Zombietologist

Colony

2016 · Elaine

Inside Out

2015 · Additional Voices (voice)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

2015 · Pearl (voice)

Minions

2015 · Additional Voices (voice)

Riley's First Date?

2015 · Mom's Sadness (voice)

Achmed Saves America

2014 · Evelyn (voice)

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014 · Additional Voices (voice)

Toy Story That Time Forgot

2014 · Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Rescuing Madison

2014 · Angela Park

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn

2014 · Ms. Bing

Dean Slater: Resident Advisor

2013 · Mrs. Harris

Despicable Me 2

2013 · Additional Voices (voice)

Rolling with Dad

2013

Monsters University

2013 · Additional Voices (voice)

Toy Story of Terror!

2013 · Bonnie's mom (voice)

Mighty Med

2013 · Ms. Gleason

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

2012 · Pearl

Partysaurus Rex

2012 · Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Time Travel Mater

2012 · Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Doc McStuffins

2012 · Gloria Gorilla (voice), Gloria (voice)

Lab Rats

2012 · Edie

Hawaiian Vacation

2011 · Mrs. Anderson (voice)

Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip

2011 · Pearl Krabs

Small Fry

2011 · Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)

Air Mater

2011 · Blue Hawk (voice)

Shameless

2011 · Stacy Baer

Workaholics

2011 · Betsy Russ

Toy Story 3

2010 · Bonnie's Mom (voice)

Heavy Metal Mater

2010 · Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Monster Truck Mater

2010 · Additional Voice Talent (voice)

The Hard Times of RJ Berger

2010 · Linda Robbins

Hollywood Is Like High School with Money

2010 · Iris Whitaker

Law & Order: LA

2010 · Robbi Nathan

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009 · Additional Voices (voice)

Unidentified Flying Mater

2009 · Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Southland

2009 · D.A. Deborah Janowitz

Castle

2009 · Ms. Papen

The League

2009 · Mrs. Shtotelman

WALL·E

2008 · Additional Voices (voice)

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

2008 · Additional Voices (voice)

Tokyo Mater

2008 · Additional Voice Talent (voice)

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2007 · Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)

Chuck

2007 · Bill Bergey

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

2007 · Dixie / Mail Woman / Eunice (voice), Dixie / Ivory (voice), Ivory / Nerds (voice), Ivory / Dr. Joy / Additional Voices (voice), Dixie / Nerd (voice), Dixie (voice), Ivory / Dixie (voice)

Cory in the House

2007 · Ms. Flowers

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

2005 · Diane Simmons (voice)

Bones

2005 · Gina Carlson

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Ellen Weaver

The Closer

2005 · Kathy Weber

Comic Book: The Movie

2004 · Anita Levine

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004 · Pearl (voice)

LeapFrog: Math Circus

2004 · Green (voice)

Stroker and Hoop

2004 · Leslie / Henna St. Chloe-Butz / Co-Ed 1 (voice), Grandma / Woman / TV Reporter (voice), Porsche / Tour Guide / Sunshine (voice)

3-South

2002 · Felicity

3-South

2002

Good Morning, Miami

2002 · Loretta

The Fluffer

2001 · Harmony

Six Feet Under

2001 · Macy's Saleswoman

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Valerie Esposito

The Kids from Room 402

2000 · Nurse Pitts

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · Young Larry's Mom Rose

Family Guy

1999 · Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice), Diane Simmons / Lady (voice), Diane Simmons / Girl (voice), Diane Simmons / Jolene (voice), Diane Simmons / Eva Braun (voice), Diane Simmons / Coco (voice), Diane Simmons / Charles Lindbergh's Wife (voice)