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.
114 acting credits
Acting · 114
Law & Order
1990
The Rookie
2018
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Family Guy
1999
Bones
2005
Hoppers
2026
Shameless
2011
Friends
1994
Castle
2009
Charmed
1998
The Closer
2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Will & Grace
1998
Toy Story 5
2026
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Chuck
2007
Six Feet Under
2001
Touched by an Angel
1994
Animaniacs
1993
Hey Arnold!
1996
Inside Out
2015
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025
Colony
2016
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Patrick Star Show
2021
We Baby Bears
2022
WALL·E
2008
Cow and Chicken
1997
The League
2009
Toy Story 4
2019
Toy Story 3
2010
Law & Order: LA
2010
Workaholics
2011
Southland
2009
Lab Rats
2012
Loot
2022
Dave's World
1993
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021
What a Cartoon!
1995
A.P. Bio
2018
Despicable Me 2
2013
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
Monsters University
2013
Good Morning, Miami
2002
Nobody Wants This
2024
Ned & Stacey
1995
Minions
2015
Cory in the House
2007
The Grinch
2018
Despicable Me 3
2017
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Fantastic Four
1994
Boston Common
1996
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015
Mighty Med
2013
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Plankton: The Movie
2025
The Hard Times of RJ Berger
2010
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014
Stroker and Hoop
2004
The Kids from Room 402
2000
Hawaiian Vacation
2011
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
2024
3-South
2002
Father of the Bride Part II
1995
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
2017
Partysaurus Rex
2012
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
2023
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
Small Fry
2011
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Acting Dead
2016
Riley's First Date?
2015
Boys on the Side
1995
Hollywood Is Like High School with Money
2010
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2007
The Fluffer
2001
Tokyo Mater
2008
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
2011
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
Holy Matrimony
1994
Heavy Metal Mater
2010
Monster Truck Mater
2010
SpongeBob As Told By
2020
Air Mater
2011
Comic Book: The Movie
2004
Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994
Rescuing Madison
2014
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
2019
Achmed Saves America
2014
Time Travel Mater
2012
LeapFrog: Math Circus
2004
The Way You Look Tonight
2019
Norman Television
2016
It Takes Three
2021
Dean Slater: Resident Advisor
2013
Garage Sale
1996
SpongeBob LongPants
2016
Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
2024
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins
1994
Larry and Steve
1997
Rolling with Dad
2013
Toy Story of Terror!
2013
3-South
2002
The Feeling Expert
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Catalogue of Noses
2025