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Home/People/Annie Potts
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Born
Oct 28, 1952
Age 73
Place of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

54
Movies
46
TV Shows
Also Known As
Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts
Anne Hampton Potts
安妮·帕茲
애니 포츠
آنی پاتس
IMDb Profile

Annie Potts

Acting

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
Toy Story 5 poster

Toy Story 5

as Bo Peep (voice)
2026
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Janine Melnitz
2024
Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Janine Melnitz
2021
Arlo the Alligator Boy poster

Arlo the Alligator Boy

as Edmée (voice)
2021
Lamp Life poster

Lamp Life

as Bo Peep (voice)
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

as Self
2020
Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4

as Bo Peep (voice)
2019
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town poster

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

as Mary
2018
Happy Anniversary poster

Happy Anniversary

as Diane
2018
Humor Me poster

Humor Me

as Dee
2017
Ghostbusters poster

Ghostbusters

as Desk Clerk
2016
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond poster

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

as Self
2015
As Good As You poster

As Good As You

as Dr. Laura Berg
2015
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey poster

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

as Self
2014
Chu and Blossom poster

Chu and Blossom

as Aunt
2014
The Music Teacher poster

The Music Teacher

as Alyson/Young Alyson
2012
Five poster

Five

as Helen
2011
Don't You Forget About Me poster

Don't You Forget About Me

as Self
2010
Freshman Father poster

Freshman Father

as Dorothy Downs
2010
Queen Sized poster

Queen Sized

as Joan Baker
2008