Annie Potts
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
Acted in
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Janine Melnitz
I Heart Arlo
2021
as Edmee (voice)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
as Edmée (voice)
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Lamp Life
2020
as Bo Peep (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
Toy Story 4
2019
as Bo Peep (voice)
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018
as Mary
Happy Anniversary
2018
as Diane
Young Sheldon
2017
as Connie Tucker
Humor Me
2017
as Dee
Ghostbusters
2016
as Desk Clerk
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
as Self
Chicago Med
2015
as Helen
As Good As You
2015
as Dr. Laura Berg
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Olivia Brody
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
Chu and Blossom
2014
as Aunt
The Fosters
2013
as Sharon Elkin
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
The Music Teacher
2012
as Alyson/Young Alyson
Scandal
2012
as Louise Baker
GCB
2012
as Gigi Stopper
Five
2011
as Helen
Marry Me
2010
as Vivienne Carter
Fish Hooks
2010
as Nurse Fishington (voice)
Don't You Forget About Me
2010
as Self
Freshman Father
2010
as Dorothy Downs
Queen Sized
2008
as Joan Baker
The Sunday Man
2007
as Mrs. Culp
Ugly Betty
2006
as Linda
Men in Trees
2006
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Joyce Bosco
Boston Legal
2004
as Joy Espenson
Elvis Has Left the Building
2004
as Shirl
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Lenore
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
2003
as Julie Posey
Toy Story 2
1999
as Bo Peep (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sophie Devere
Any Day Now
1998
as Mary Elizabeth Sims
Over the Top
1997
as Hadley Martin
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996
as Self
Dangerous Minds
1996
as Louanne Johnson
Making 'Toy Story'
1995
as Narrated
Toy Story
1995
as Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival
1995
as Kris Lansford
Breaking the Rules
1992
as Mary Klinglitch
Love & War
1992
as Dana Palladino
Texasville
1990
as Karla Jackson
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
as Self - Host
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Janine Melnitz
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as Helen Downing
Pass the Ammo
1988
as Darla
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Louise
Designing Women
1986
as Mary Jo Shively
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Liz Carlson
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Iona
Bayou Romance
1986
as Lily
Amazing Stories
1985
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1985
Lime Street
1985
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Cindy Mills
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Amy Grady
Ghostbusters
1984
as Janine Melnitz
Why Me?
1984
as Daria
Cowboy
1983
as D.G.
Something So Right
1982
as Sunday
Remington Steele
1982
as Annie Carpenter
Heartaches
1981
as Bonnie Howard
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980
as Betty (uncredited)
Goodtime Girls
1980
as Edith Bedelmeyer
Black Market Baby
1979
as Linda Cleary
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as Flatbed Annie
King of the Gypsies
1978
as Persa
Corvette Summer
1978
as Vanessa
Busting Loose
1977