Annie Potts
Actress
Birth Date: October 28, 1952
Age: 72 years old
Birth Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Spouses: James Hayman, Greg Antonacci
Annie Potts is an American film and TV actress best known for her roles in "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Designing Women" (1986-1993), "Young Sheldon" (CBS, 2017- ), and three of the four "Toy Story" movies, in which she voiced the role of Bo Peep.
Born in Nashville and raised in Kentucky, Potts always dreamt of becoming an actress. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri where she first began taking drama courses. After graduating, Potts continued her acting studies with post-graduate work in California. However, Potts's burgeoning acting career was nearly derailed in her early 20s when she and her then husband were involved in a major car accident in New Mexico. Potts survived, thankfully, but broke several bones as a result from the wreck and was laid up for weeks in the hospital.
After recovering from the accident, Potts pushed forward with her fledgling acting career. She made her feature film debut in 1978's "Corvette Summer" which also starred Mark Hamill, who was fresh off his starring role in the blockbuster "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" (1977). Potts continued nabbing roles throughout the early 1980s but it was her supporting role as a wise-cracking secretary in 1984's "Ghostbusters" that really put her on the map. The huge success of "Ghostbusters" put Potts into the purview of casting agents seemingly overnight and before long she was appearing in popular 80s films like "Crimes of Passion" (1984), "Pretty in Pink" (1986), and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986).
Then in 1986 Potts joined the cast of the CBS sitcom "Designing Women." She played the role of Mary Jo Shively on the series, which also starred Delta Burke and Dixie Carter. Potts appeared in all 163 episodes of the series, which ended its 7 season run in 1993. Potts' next big role came in 1995 when she was cast as the voice of Bo Peep in the Pixar animated film "Toy Story" (1995). Potts reprised her role as Bo Peep in two subsequent "Toy Story" sequels, including 2019's "Toy Story 4." Potts continued acting regularly in both films and on TV shows well into the 2010s.
In 2013 she landed a recurring role on "The Fosters" (Freeform, 2013-18). In 2017 she joined the cast of the highly anticipated spin-off series "Young Sheldon." The sitcom, which was told from the point-of-view of Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS, 2007-2019) at 9-years-old, was an immediate success, and premiered its third season in the fall of 2019.
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Georgie & Mandy's First MarriageStream
Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireStream
Made in America
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson ShowStream
CBS Fall Preview
CBS Mornings
I Heart Arlo
Ghostbusters: AfterlifeStream
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Lamp Life
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream
Access Daily
Toy Story 4Stream
Happy AnniversaryStream
Young SheldonStream
Humor Me
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
GhostbustersStream
All at Once
Chicago MedStream
NCIS: New OrleansStream
Chu and Blossom
The Real
The FostersStream
Home & Family
Major CrimesStream
Animal PracticeStream
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GCBStream
The Revolution
The Music Teacher
The Chew
Long Island MediumStream
Q With Jian Ghomeshi
Five
Marry Me
The Talk
Freshman Father
Royal PainsStream
Kids With Cameras
Queen Sized
The Better Show
The Sunday Man
Ugly BettyStream
Men in Trees
etalk
Close to Home
Grey's AnatomyStream
Boston LegalStream
Tavis Smiley
Elvis Has Left the Building
Joan of Arcadia
Two and a Half MenStream
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream
Zaštitimo našu decu: Priča o Džuli Pouzi
The Designing Women Reunion
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Algún Día de Estos
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream
Toy Story 2Stream
Any Day Now
Over the Top
The View
Dangerous Minds
Her Deadly Rival
Toy StoryStream
Love & WarStream
Breaking the Rules
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Texasville
Folies de jeunesse
Who's Harry Crumb?Stream
Rompiendo Todas las Reglas
Pass the Ammo
Le Paradis à la fin de vos jours
Designing WomenStream
Hearts of Steel
Pretty In PinkStream
Jumpin' Jack FlashStream
Amazing StoriesStream
The Twilight Zone
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Why Me?
Crimes of PassionStream
GhostbustersStream
Cowboy
Bayou Romance
Something So Right
Entertainment Tonight
Heartaches
Coeurs à l'envers
Magnum, P.I.Stream
Goodtime Girls
Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers
King of the Gypsies
Corvette SummerStream
Hollywood High
Black Market Baby
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonStream
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