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Annie Potts

Acting

Born October 28, 1952 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Also known as Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts · Anne Hampton Potts · 安妮·帕茲

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

Awards & recognition

  • Genie AwardBest Performance by a Foreign Actress · 1982
  • Audie AwardBest Female Narrator
  • Golden Globe AwardNew Star of the Year – Actress · 1979 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Chicago Med

2015as Helen

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

2012as Tawny Zingwald (voice)

Instant Mom

2013as Roberta Montgomery

Toy Story 3

2010as Bo Peep

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Joyce Bosco

Young Sheldon

2017as Connie Tucker

Toy Story

1995as Bo Peep (voice)

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

2024as Connie Tucker

Boston Legal

2004as Joy Espenson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Sophie Devere

Toy Story 2

1999as Bo Peep (voice)

Toy Story 4

2019as Bo Peep (voice)

The Fosters

2013as Sharon Elkin

Two and a Half Men

2003as Lenore

Amazing Stories

1985as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)

Ghostbusters

1984as Janine Melnitz

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Best Medicine

2026as Aunt Joan

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021as Janine Melnitz

The Movies That Made Us

2019as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)

NCIS: New Orleans

2014as Olivia Brody

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Tracy Spencer

Scandal

2012as Louise Baker

Lamp Life

2020as Bo Peep (voice)

Five

2011as Helen

Remington Steele

1982as Annie Carpenter

Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story

2003as Julie Posey

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2019as Self

Designing Women

1986as Mary Jo Shively

Marry Me

as Vivienne Carter

Arlo the Alligator Boy

2021as Edmée (voice)

Royal Pains

2009as Mrs. Sacani

Pretty in Pink

1986as Iona

Ghostbusters II

1989as Janine Melnitz

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024as Janine Melnitz

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Fish Hooks

2010as Nurse Fishington (voice)

Ugly Betty

2006as Linda

Love & War

as Dana Palladino

Crimes of Passion

1984as Amy Grady

GCB

2012as Gigi Stopper

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986as Liz Carlson

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989as Helen Downing

She's Having a Baby

1988as Annie Potts (uncredited)

Close to Home

2005as Dr. Marla Dodds

Something So Right

1982as Sunday

King of the Gypsies

1978as Persa

Happy Anniversary

2018as Diane

Humor Me

2017as Dee

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self