Annie Potts
Acting
Born: October 28, 1952 (age 73) · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). She voiced Bo Peep in the first, second and fourth films of the Toy Story franchise (1995, 1999, and 2019) and in various Disney video games. On television, she played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993). She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), she played teacher Louanne Johnson on ABC drama Dangerous Minds for one season 1996–1997, and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary-Elizabeth "M.E" Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002). Her other television credits include GCB (2012), The Fosters (2013–2018), and Young Sheldon (2017–2024). She was married to her 1st husband Steven Hartley from 1973 to 1978; her 2nd husband, actor Greg Antonacci from 1978 to 1980; and her 3rd husband Scott Senechal from 1981 to 1989, and they have 1 son. She married her 4th husband, director/producer James Hayman in 1990 and they have 2 sons. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Toy Story
1995
Toy Story 2
1999
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Toy Story 4
2019
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters
2016
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Ghostbusters II
1989
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Two and a Half Men
2003
Young Sheldon
2017
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Photos (14)
Movies (49)
Toy Story 5
Bo Peep (voice)
Toy Story
Bo Peep (voice)
Toy Story 2
Bo Peep (voice)
Toy Story 4
Bo Peep (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters
Desk Clerk
Ghostbusters II
Janine Melnitz
40 Dates and 40 Nights
Gigi
Pretty in Pink
Iona
Crimes of Passion
Amy Grady
Lamp Life
Bo Peep (voice)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Liz Carlson
Elvis Has Left the Building
Shirl
She's Having a Baby
Annie Potts (uncredited)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Edmée (voice)
Who's Harry Crumb?
Helen Downing
Corvette Summer
Vanessa
King of the Gypsies
Persa
Happy Anniversary
Diane
The Making of Toy Story
Narrator
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Cindy Mills
Humor Me
Dee
Texasville
Karla Jackson
Pass the Ammo
Darla
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Flatbed Annie
Cowboy
D.G.
Breaking the Rules
Mary Klinglitch
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Louise
Five
Helen
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Julie Posey
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Betty (uncredited)
Chu and Blossom
Aunt
Queen Sized
Joan Baker
Something So Right
Sunday
Heartaches
Bonnie Howard
Black Market Baby
Linda
Freshman Father
Dorothy Downs
The Music Teacher
Alyson/Young Alyson
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Mary
Why Me?
Daria
As Good As You
Dr. Laura Berg
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Bayou Romance
Lily
Her Deadly Rival
Kris Lansford
The Sunday Man
Mrs. Culp
Meggamorphosis
The Egg
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
TV Shows (36)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sophie Devere · 4 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Joyce Bosco · 1 eps
Two and a Half Men
Lenore · 1 eps
Young Sheldon
Connie Tucker · 141 eps
Chicago Med
Helen · 5 eps
Scandal
Louise Baker · 1 eps
Boston Legal
Joy Espenson · 1 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
Olivia Brody · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Tracy Spencer · 2 eps
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Meemaw · 6 eps
Ugly Betty
Linda · 1 eps
Royal Pains
Mrs. Sacani · 1 eps
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Tawny Zingwald (voice) · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Wordplay") · 1 eps
The Fosters
Sharon Elkin · 5 eps
Joan of Arcadia
Lieutenant Lucy Preston · 11 eps
Designing Women
Mary Jo Shively · 163 eps
Best Medicine
Aunt Joan · 14 eps
Remington Steele
Annie Carpenter · 1 eps
Fish Hooks
Nurse Fishington (voice) · 2 eps
Close to Home
Marla Dodds · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice) · 1 eps
Instant Mom
Roberta Montgomery · 1 eps
Any Day Now
Mary Elizabeth Sims · 88 eps
Love & War
Dana Palladino · 44 eps
The Movies That Made Us
Janine Melnitz (archive footage) · 1 eps
I Heart Arlo
Edmee (voice) · 5 eps
Men in Trees
Mary Alice O'Donnell · 4 eps
Dangerous Minds
Louanne Johnson · 17 eps
GCB
Gigi Stopper · 10 eps
The Comedy Factory
Annie · 1 eps
Animal Practice
Virginia Coleman · 2 eps
Over the Top
Hadley Martin · 12 eps
Goodtime Girls
Edith Bedelmeyer · 13 eps
Lime Street
1 eps
Marry Me
Vivienne Carter · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 2 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Stars in the House
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · 1 eps
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
Don't You Forget About Me
Self
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Self - Host
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self