Lori Alan

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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.

Filmography

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2026
Toy Story 5
Movie Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2026
Hoppers
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Movie Pearl (voice) (uncredited)
2025
Catalogue of Noses
Movie Debbie
2025
Plankton: The Movie
Movie Pearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)
2024
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
Movie Pearl (voice)
2024
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp
Movie Pearl / Teen Girls (voice)
2024
Nobody Wants This
TV show Deborah
2024
Inside Out 2
Movie ADR & Dubbing
2023
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
Movie Pearl
2022
Minions & More Volume 1
Movie Marilyn (voice)
2022
Loot
TV show Commentator
2022
We Baby Bears
TV show Goose (voice)
2021
It Takes Three
Movie Sara Berger
2021
The Patrick Star Show
TV show Princess Pearlina (voice)
2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
TV show Pearl Krabs (voice)

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2020
SpongeBob As Told By
TV show Self
2019
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Movie Pearl / Pet Shop Woman
2019
Toy Story 4
Movie Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2019
The Way You Look Tonight
Movie Mom - Marguerite
2018
The Grinch
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2018
The Rookie
TV show Gary’s Neighbor
2018
A.P. Bio
TV show Didi
2017
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Movie Mrs. Teevee (voice)
2017
Despicable Me 3
Movie Additional Voice (voice)
2016
Norman Television
Movie Marilyn (voice)
2016
SpongeBob LongPants
Movie Fish Woman #1 (voice)
2016
Acting Dead
TV show Zombietologist
2016
Colony
TV show Elaine
2015
Riley's First Date?
Movie Mom's Sadness (voice)
2015
Inside Out
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Minions
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Movie Pearl (voice)
2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Movie Bonnie's Mom (voice)
2014
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
TV show Ms. Bing
2014
Rescuing Madison
Movie Angela Park
2014
The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2014
Achmed Saves America
Movie Evelyn (voice)
2013
Toy Story of Terror!
Movie Bonnie's mom (voice)
2013
Mighty Med
TV show Ms. Gleason