
Annie Potts
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-10-28 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Annie Potts
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–present).
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
Acting
40 Dates and 40 Nights
as Gigi
(2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Janine Melnitz
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Janine Melnitz
(2021)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Edmée (voice)
(2020)
Lamp Life
as Bo Peep (voice)
(2020)
(2019)
Toy Story 4
as Bo Peep (voice)
(2018)
Happy Anniversary
as Diane
(2018)
(2017)
Humor Me
as Dee
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Desk Clerk
(2015)
As Good As You
as Dr. Laura Berg
(2015)
(2014)
Chu and Blossom
as Aunt
(2014)
(2012)
The Music Teacher
as Alyson/Young Alyson
(2011)
Five
as Helen
(2010)
Don't You Forget About Me
as Self
(2010)
Freshman Father
as Dorothy Downs
(2008)
Queen Sized
as Joan Baker
(2007)
The Sunday Man
as Mrs. Culp
(2004)
Elvis Has Left the Building
as Shirl
(2003)
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
as Julie Posey
(2003)
(1999)
Toy Story 2
as Bo Peep (voice)
(1996)
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self
(1995)
Toy Story
as Bo Peep (voice)
(1995)
Making 'Toy Story'
as Narrator
(1995)
Her Deadly Rival
as Kris Lansford
(1992)
Breaking the Rules
as Mary Klinglitch
(1990)
Texasville
as Karla Jackson
(1989)
Ghostbusters II
as Janine Melnitz
(1989)
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Helen Downing
(1989)
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Self - Host
(1988)
She's Having a Baby
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
(1988)
Pass the Ammo
as Darla
(1988)
Family Dog
as Mrs. Bev Binford
(1987)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Louise
(1986)
Pretty in Pink
as Iona
(1986)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Liz Carlson
(1986)
Bayou Romance
as Lily
(1984)
Ghostbusters
as Janine Melnitz
(1984)
Crimes of Passion
as Amy Grady
(1984)
Why Me?
as Daria
(1984)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Cindy Mills
(1983)
Cowboy
as D.G.
(1982)
Something So Right
as Sunday
(1981)
Heartaches
as Bonnie Howard
(1980)
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Betty (uncredited)
(1979)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as Flatbed Annie
(1979)
Black Market Baby
as Linda Cleary
(1978)
Corvette Summer
as Vanessa
(1978)
King of the Gypsies
as Persa