Lori Alan
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 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Dean Slater: Resident Advisor
as Mrs. Harris
2013
Comic Book: The Movie
as Anita Levine
2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as Pearl (voice)
2004
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
as Diane Simmons (voice)
2005
SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone
as Pearl
2023
Hawaiian Vacation
as Mrs. Anderson (voice)
2011
Minions & More Volume 1
as Marilyn (voice)
2022
Inside Out
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015
The Feeling Expert
as Janice
TBA
LeapFrog: Math Circus
as Green (voice)
2004
Achmed Saves America
as Evelyn (voice)
2014
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
as Pearl
2012
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Additional Voices (voice)
2009
Despicable Me 2
as Additional Voices (voice)
2013
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
as Pearl (voice)
2015
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins
as Susan Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman (voice) (archive footage)
1994
Toy Story 3
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2010
WALL·E
as Additional Voices (voice)
2008
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
as Pearl Krabs
2011
Partysaurus Rex
as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2012
TV Appearances
Six Feet Under
as Macy's Saleswoman
2001
Law & Order
as Martha
1990
Chuck
as Bill Bergey
2007
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
as Felina Feral (voice)
1993
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Valerie Esposito
2000
3-South
2002
Family Guy
as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
1999
Friends
as Sonya
1994
Charmed
as Cynthia
1998
A.P. Bio
as Didi
2018
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
as Pearl Krabs (voice)
2021
Will & Grace
as Jean
1998