Lori Alan\u00a0(n\u00e9e Denniberg, born July 18, 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. She voices the long-running role of\u00a0Pearl Krabs the Whale\u00a0on the animated series\u00a0SpongeBob SquarePants. She also voices news anchor\u00a0Diane Simmons on Family Guy, the\u00a0Invisible Woman\u00a0on\u00a0Fantastic Four, and\u00a0The Boss\u00a0in the\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0video game series, as well as various voices on Hey Arnold!.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
She started acting at age five, making her television debut in a\u00a0Shakey’s Pizza commercial.\u00a0Her stage debut was as Annie’s youngest sister in a local community theater production of\u00a0Annie Get Your Gun. A longtime member of New York’s Gotham City Improv (Groundlings East), she went on to\u00a0Emerson College\u00a0and graduated with honors from\u00a0Tisch School of the Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lori Alan\u00a0(n\u00e9e Denniberg, born July 18, 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. She voices the long-running role of\u00a0Pearl Krabs the Whale\u00a0on the animated series\u00a0SpongeBob SquarePants. She also voices news anchor\u00a0Diane Simmons on Family Guy, the\u00a0Invisible Woman\u00a0on\u00a0Fantastic Four, and\u00a0The Boss\u00a0in the\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0video game series, as well as various voices on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8373","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n