What is Alex Borsteins Ethnicity?

Posted by Martina Birk on Thursday, May 9, 2024

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Prime Video has been a hit ever since it first premiered. The comedy-drama series follows the journey of Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a young Jewish housewife who finds herself on a comedic career path after her husband cheats on her. One of the standout characters in the series is Susie Myerson, Midge’s snarky yet loyal talent manager, played by renowned comedic actress Alex Borstein.

While Susie is also supposed to be Jewish, her faith isn’t explored on the show like Midge’s is. Interestingly, offscreen, Rachel Brosnahan, who plays Midge, isn’t Jewish like her onscreen persona, while Alex actually is. Alex’s family history is tragic yet incredibly inspiring.

What is Alex Borstein’s Ethnicity?

Per an interview with The Daily Beast, the “Mad TV” alum revealed that she is Hungarian and Mongolian, in addition to being Jewish on her mother and father’s side of the family. This diverse heritage is evident in her unique features and her comedic talent. Her heritage has also contributed to her family’s tragic history.

Alex‘s mother is a child survivor of the Holocaust who was born in Budapest at the time when they were lining Jews up and shooting them into pits. In an interview with the Jewish Journal, Alex shared that her grandmother gave her mother, in her bassinet, to a cousin who was around 8 or 9.

The girl just walked out of line and kept walking, saving Alex’s mother’s life. Her mother survived the war, but her grandparents and other relatives were killed in concentration camps. Alex’s father was raised Orthodox in Atlanta, Georgia, and is also Jewish.

Alex shared in the same interview that her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, was very funny, very dark, and bi—y. She also shared that her mother went back to school later in life to get her MSW or MFT psychotherapy degree. Her mother and grandmother were tough women who kept reinventing themselves, and there’s a piece of Susie in there.

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