Lori Alan
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
2024
as Pearl / Teen Girls (voice)
Nobody Wants This
2024
as Deborah
SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone
2023
as Pearl
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
as Marilyn (voice)
Loot
2022
as Commentator
We Baby Bears
2022
as Goose (voice)
It Takes Three
2021
as Sara Berger
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021
as Pearl Krabs (voice)
Toy Story 4
2019
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
The Way You Look Tonight
2019
as Mom - Marguerite
The Grinch
2018
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Rookie
2018
as Gary’s Neighbor
A.P. Bio
2018
as Didi
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
2017
as Mrs. Teevee (voice)
Despicable Me 3
2017
as Additional Voices (voice)
Norman Television
2016
as Marilyn (voice)
Acting Dead
2016
as Zombietologist
Colony
2016
as Elaine
Riley's First Date?
2015
as Mom's Sadness (voice)
Inside Out
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
Minions
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015
as Pearl (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
as Additional Voices (voice)
Achmed Saves America
2014
as Evelyn (voice)
Toy Story of Terror!
2013
as Bonnie's mom (voice)
Mighty Med
2013
as Ms. Gleason
Dean Slater: Resident Advisor
2013
as Mrs. Harris
Despicable Me 2
2013
as Additional Voices (voice)
Monsters University
2013
as Additional Voices (voice)
Rolling with Dad
2013
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
as Pearl
Partysaurus Rex
2012
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Time Travel Mater
2012
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Gloria Gorilla (voice)
Lab Rats
2012
as Edie
Small Fry
2011
as Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
2011
as Pearl Krabs
Air Mater
2011
as Blue Hawk (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
2011
as Mrs. Anderson (voice)
Shameless
2011
as Stacy Baer
Heavy Metal Mater
2010
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Robbi Nathan
Hollywood Is Like High School with Money
2010
as Iris Whitaker
Monster Truck Mater
2010
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
The Hard Times of RJ Berger
2010
as Linda Robbins
Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
The League
2009
as Mrs. Shtotelman
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Additional Voices (voice)
Southland
2009
Castle
2009
as Ms. Papen
Tokyo Mater
2008
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
as Additional Voices
WALL·E
2008
as Additional Voices (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2008
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
Chuck
2007
as Bill Bergey
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Ivory / Nerds (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Ivory / Dr. Joy / Additional Voices (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Dixie (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Dixie / Ivory (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Dixie / Nerd (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Ivory / Dixie (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Dixie / Mail Woman / Eunice (voice)
Cory in the House
2007
as Ms. Flowers
Bones
2005
as Gina Carlson
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
as Diane Simmons (voice)
Camp Lazlo
2005
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Closer
2005
as Kathy Weber
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Ellen Weaver
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
as Pearl (voice)
LeapFrog: Math Circus
2004
as Green (voice)
Stroker and Hoop
2004
as Leslie / Henna St. Chloe-Butz / Co-Ed 1 (voice)
Comic Book: The Movie
2004
as Anita Levine
3-South
2002
Good Morning, Miami
2002
as Loretta
SpongeBob's House Party
2002
as Pearl Krabs (voice)
Six Feet Under
2001
as Macy's Saleswoman
The Fluffer
2001
as Harmony
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Young Larry's Mom Rose
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Valerie Esposito
The Kids from Room 402
2000
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Lady (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Girl (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Jolene (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Eva Braun (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Coco (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Diane Simmons / Charles Lindbergh's Wife (voice)
Charmed
1998
as Cynthia
Will & Grace
1998
as Jean
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Elder's Daughter (voice)
Cow and Chicken
1997
Larry and Steve
1997
Hey Arnold!
1996
as Rhonda's Mother (voice)
Hey Arnold!
1996
as Secretary / Cop / Candy Lady (voice)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Sabrina's Car (voice)
Boston Common
1996
as Liz
Father of the Bride Part II
1995
as Wife Mrs. Habib
Ned and Stacey
1995
as Theresa
What a Cartoon!
1995
as Cindy / Loudspeaker Voice (voice)
Boys on the Side
1995
as Girl with Attitude
Fantastic Four
1994
as Invisible Woman (voice)
Friends
1994
as Sonya
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Rachel Carson
Holy Matrimony
1994
as Cleopatra
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins
1994
as Susan Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman (voice) (archive footage)
Dave's World
1993
as The T.A.
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
as Lt. Felina Feral (voice)
Law & Order
1990
as Martha
The Feeling Expert
as Janice
Plankton: The Movie
as Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)