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 ofPearl Krabs the Whaleon the animated seriesSpongeBob SquarePants. She also voices news anchorDiane Simmons on Family Guy, theInvisible WomanonFantastic Four, andThe Bossin theMetal Gearvideo 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 aShakey's Pizza commercial.Her stage debut was as Annie's youngest sister in a local community theater production ofAnnie Get Your Gun. A longtime member of New York's Gotham City Improv (Groundlings East), she went on toEmerson Collegeand graduated with honors fromTisch School of the Arts.