Annie Potts

Acting

Annie Potts

Born October 28, 1952Nashville, Tennessee, USA100 credits

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

Filmography

Toy Story 5
2026Toy Story 5
as Bo Peep (voice)Movie
Best Medicine
2026Best Medicine
as Aunt JoanTV
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Janine MelnitzMovie
Sherri
2022Sherri
as Self - GuestTV
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Janine MelnitzMovie
I Heart Arlo
2021I Heart Arlo
as Edmee (voice)TV
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Edmée (voice)Movie
Lamp Life
2020Lamp Life
as Bo Peep (voice)Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019The Movies That Made Us
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)TV
Toy Story 4
2019Toy Story 4
as Bo Peep (voice)Movie
Young Sheldon
2017Young Sheldon
as Connie TuckerTV
Humor Me
2017Humor Me
as DeeMovie
Ghostbusters
2016Ghostbusters
as Desk ClerkMovie
Chicago Med
2015Chicago Med
as HelenTV
As Good As You
2015As Good As You
as Dr. Laura BergMovie
NCIS: New Orleans
2014NCIS: New Orleans
as Olivia BrodyTV
Instant Mom
2013Instant Mom
as Roberta MontgomeryTV
The Fosters
2013The Fosters
as Sharon ElkinTV
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
as Tawny Zingwald (voice)TV
Animal Practice
2012Animal Practice
as Virginia ColemanTV
The Music Teacher
2012The Music Teacher
as Alyson/Young AlysonMovie
Scandal
2012Scandal
as Louise BakerTV
GCB
2012GCB
as Gigi StopperTV
Five
2011Five
as HelenMovie
Marry Me
2010Marry Me
as Vivienne CarterTV
The Talk
2010The Talk
as SelfTV
Fish Hooks
2010Fish Hooks
as Nurse Fishington (voice)TV
Freshman Father
2010Freshman Father
as Dorothy DownsMovie
Royal Pains
2009Royal Pains
as Mrs. SacaniTV
Queen Sized
2008Queen Sized
as Joan BakerMovie
The Sunday Man
2007The Sunday Man
as Mrs. CulpMovie
Ugly Betty
2006Ugly Betty
as LindaTV
Men in Trees
2006Men in Trees
as Mary Alice O'DonnellTV
Close to Home
2005Close to Home
as Dr. Marla DoddsTV
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
as Joyce BoscoTV
Boston Legal
2004Boston Legal
as Joy EspensonTV
Joan of Arcadia
2003Joan of Arcadia
as Lieutenant Lucy PrestonTV
Toy Story 2
1999Toy Story 2
as Bo Peep (voice)Movie
Any Day Now
1998Any Day Now
as Mary Elizabeth SimsTV
Over the Top
1997Over the Top
as Hadley MartinTV
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
Dangerous Minds
1996Dangerous Minds
as Louanne JohnsonTV
Making 'Toy Story'
1995Making 'Toy Story'
as NarratorMovie
Toy Story
1995Toy Story
as Bo Peep (voice)Movie
Her Deadly Rival
1995Her Deadly Rival
as Kris LansfordMovie
Meggamorphosis
1993Meggamorphosis
as The EggMovie
Breaking the Rules
1992Breaking the Rules
as Mary KlinglitchMovie
Love & War
1992Love & War
as Dana PalladinoTV
Texasville
1990Texasville
as Karla JacksonMovie
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Self - HostMovie
Ghostbusters II
1989Ghostbusters II
as Janine MelnitzMovie
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989Who's Harry Crumb?
as Helen DowningMovie
Pass the Ammo
1988Pass the Ammo
as DarlaMovie
She's Having a Baby
1988She's Having a Baby
as Annie Potts (uncredited)Movie
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Liz CarlsonMovie
Designing Women
1986Designing Women
as Mary Jo ShivelyTV
Pretty in Pink
1986Pretty in Pink
as IonaMovie
Bayou Romance
1986Bayou Romance
as LilyMovie
Amazing Stories
1985Amazing Stories
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)TV
The Twilight Zone
1985The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Wordplay")TV
Crimes of Passion
1984Crimes of Passion
as Amy GradyMovie
Ghostbusters
1984Ghostbusters
as Janine MelnitzMovie
Why Me?
1984Why Me?
as DariaMovie
Cowboy
1983Cowboy
as D.G.Movie
Remington Steele
1982Remington Steele
as Annie CarpenterTV
Heartaches
1981Heartaches
as Bonnie HowardMovie
Magnum, P.I.
1980Magnum, P.I.
as Tracy SpencerTV
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Betty (uncredited)Movie
Goodtime Girls
1980Goodtime Girls
as Edith BedelmeyerTV
Black Market Baby
1979Black Market Baby
as Linda ClearyMovie
Corvette Summer
1978Corvette Summer
as VanessaMovie