
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 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.
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Acting History
2026
Toy Story 5 as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2025The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants as Pearl (voice) (uncredited)
2025Catalogue of Noses as Debbie
2025Plankton: The Movie as Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)
2024SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp as Pearl / Teen Girls (voice)
2024Nobody Wants This as Deborah
2023SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone as Pearl
2022Minions & More Volume 1 as Marilyn (voice)
2022Loot as Commentator
2022We Baby Bears as Goose (voice)
2021It Takes Three as Sara Berger
2021The Patrick Star Show as Princess Pearlina (voice)
2021The Patrick Star Show as Pearl / Child (voice)
2021The Patrick Star Show as Pearl / Ventriloquist Dummy / Audience / Soldiers (voice)
2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years as Pearl Krabs (voice)
2020SpongeBob As Told By as Self
2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout as Pearl / Pet Shop Woman
2019Toy Story 4 as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2019The Way You Look Tonight as Mom - Marguerite
2018The Grinch as Additional Voices (voice)
2018The Rookie as Gary’s Neighbor
2018A.P. Bio as Didi
2017Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Teevee (voice)
2017Despicable Me 3 as Additional Voice (voice)
2016Norman Television as Marilyn (voice)
2016SpongeBob LongPants as Fish Woman #1 (voice)
2016Acting Dead as Zombietologist
2016Colony as Elaine
2015Riley's First Date? as Mom's Sadness (voice)
2015Inside Out as Additional Voices (voice)
2015Minions as Additional Voices (voice)
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Pearl (voice)
2014Toy Story That Time Forgot as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2014Rescuing Madison as Angela Park
2014The Radiator Springs 500½ as Additional Voices (voice)
2014Achmed Saves America as Evelyn (voice)
2013Toy Story of Terror! as Bonnie's mom (voice)
2013Mighty Med as Ms. Gleason
2013Dean Slater: Resident Advisor as Mrs. Harris
2013Despicable Me 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
2013Monsters University as Additional Voices (voice)
2013Rolling with Dad
2012It's a SpongeBob Christmas! as Pearl
2012Partysaurus Rex as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2012Time Travel Mater as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2012Doc McStuffins as Gloria Gorilla (voice)
2012Doc McStuffins as Gloria (voice)
2012Lab Rats as Edie
2011Small Fry as Bonnie's Mom / Tae-Kwon Doe (voice)
2011Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip as Pearl Krabs
2011Air Mater as Blue Hawk (voice)
2011Hawaiian Vacation as Mrs. Anderson (voice)
2011Workaholics as Betsy Russ
2011Shameless as Stacy Baer
2010Heavy Metal Mater as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2010Law & Order: LA as Robbi Nathan
2010Hollywood Is Like High School with Money as Iris Whitaker
2010Monster Truck Mater as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2010Toy Story 3 as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2010The Hard Times of RJ Berger as Linda Robbins
2009Unidentified Flying Mater as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2009The League as Mrs. Shtotelman
2009Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as Additional Voices (voice)
2009Southland as D.A. Deborah Janowitz
2009Castle as Ms. Papen
2008Tokyo Mater as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2008Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales as Additional Voices (voice)
2008WALL·E as Additional Voices (voice)
2008Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
2007Chuck as Bill Bergey
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Dixie (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Dixie / Nerd (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Ivory / Dixie (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Dixie / Mail Woman / Eunice (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Ivory / Nerds (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Ivory / Dr. Joy / Additional Voices (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Dixie / Ivory (voice)
2007Cory in the House as Ms. Flowers
2005Bones as Gina Carlson
2005Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as Diane Simmons (voice)
2005The Closer as Kathy Weber
2005Grey's Anatomy as Ellen Weaver
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as Pearl (voice)
2004LeapFrog: Math Circus as Green (voice)
2004Stroker and Hoop as Leslie / Henna St. Chloe-Butz / Co-Ed 1 (voice)
2004Stroker and Hoop as Grandma / Woman / TV Reporter (voice)
2004Stroker and Hoop as Porsche / Tour Guide / Sunshine (voice)
2004Comic Book: The Movie as Anita Levine
20023-South
2002Good Morning, Miami as Loretta
2001Six Feet Under as Macy's Saleswoman
2001The Fluffer as Harmony
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm as Young Larry's Mom Rose
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Valerie Esposito
2000The Kids from Room 402
1999SpongeBob SquarePants as Lady Fish (voice)
1999SpongeBob SquarePants as Pearl (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Girl (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Jolene (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Lady (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Eva Braun (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Coco (voice)
1999Family Guy as Diane Simmons / Charles Lindbergh's Wife (voice)
1998Charmed as Cynthia
1998Will & Grace as Jean
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Elder's Daughter (voice)
1997Cow and Chicken
1997Larry and Steve
1996Hey Arnold! as Rhonda's Mother (voice)
1996Hey Arnold! as Secretary / Cop / Candy Lady (voice)
1996Garage Sale as Gwen
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Sabrina's Car (voice)
1996Boston Common as Liz
1995Father of the Bride Part II as Wife Mrs. Habib
1995Ned & Stacey as Theresa
1995What a Cartoon! as Cindy / Loudspeaker Voice (voice)
1995Boys on the Side as Girl with Attitude
1994Fantastic Four as Invisible Woman (voice)
1994Friends as Sonya
1994Touched by an Angel as Rachel Carson
1994Holy Matrimony as Cleopatra
1994The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins as Susan Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman (voice) (archive footage)
1993Dave's World as The T.A.
1993SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Lt. Felina Feral (voice)
1990Law & Order as Martha
—The Feeling Expert as Janice





