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Lori Alan
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.
As actor
Toy Story 5
Hoppers
Plankton: The Movie
Catalogue of Noses
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
Minions & More Volume 1
It Takes Three
Toy Story 4
The Way You Look Tonight
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
The Grinch
Despicable Me 3
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Norman Television
SpongeBob LongPants
Inside Out
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Minions
Riley's First Date?
Achmed Saves America
The Radiator Springs 500½
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Rescuing Madison
Dean Slater: Resident Advisor
Despicable Me 2
Rolling with Dad
Monsters University