40 Dates and 40 Nights
2026 · Movie
as Gigi
Annie Potts
1952-10-28
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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 (2017–2024). 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
Filmography
Toy Story 5
2026 · Movie
as Bo Peep (voice)
Best Medicine
2026 · TV Show
as Aunt Joan
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
as Janine Melnitz
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024 · TV Show
as Meemaw
Sherri
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
as Self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Movie
as Janine Melnitz
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021 · Movie
as Edmée (voice)
I Heart Arlo
2021 · TV Show
as Edmee (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
as Self
Lamp Life
2020 · Movie
as Bo Peep (voice)
Stars in the House
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Reunited Apart
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Toy Story 4
2019 · Movie
as Bo Peep (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · TV Show
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
as Self
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018 · Movie
as Mary
Happy Anniversary
2018 · Movie
as Diane
Humor Me
2017 · Movie
as Dee
Young Sheldon
2017 · TV Show
as Connie Tucker
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
as Desk Clerk
As Good As You
2015 · Movie
as Dr. Laura Berg
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015 · Movie
as Self
Chicago Med
2015 · TV Show
as Helen
Chu and Blossom
2014 · Movie
as Aunt
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014 · Movie
as Self
NCIS: New Orleans
2014 · TV Show
as Olivia Brody
The Fosters
2013 · TV Show
as Sharon Elkin
Instant Mom
2013 · TV Show
as Roberta Montgomery
The Music Teacher
2012 · Movie
as Alyson/Young Alyson
GCB
2012 · TV Show
as Gigi Stopper
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012 · TV Show
as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
Scandal
2012 · TV Show
as Louise Baker
Animal Practice
2012 · TV Show
as Virginia Coleman
Five
2011 · Movie
as Helen
Don't You Forget About Me
2010 · Movie
as Self
Freshman Father
2010 · Movie
as Dorothy Downs
Marry Me
2010 · TV Show
as Vivienne Carter
The Talk
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Fish Hooks
2010 · TV Show
as Nurse Fishington (voice)
Royal Pains
2009 · TV Show
as Mrs. Sacani
Queen Sized
2008 · Movie
as Joan Baker
The Sunday Man
2007 · Movie
as Mrs. Culp
Men in Trees
2006 · TV Show
as Mary Alice O'Donnell
Ugly Betty
2006 · TV Show
as Linda
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV Show
as Joyce Bosco
Close to Home
2005 · TV Show
as Marla Dodds
Elvis Has Left the Building
2004 · Movie
as Shirl
Boston Legal
2004 · TV Show
as Joy Espenson
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
2003 · Movie
as Julie Posey
The Designing Women Reunion
2003 · Movie
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · TV Show
as Lieutenant Lucy Preston
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV Show
as Lenore
Toy Story 2
1999 · Movie
as Bo Peep (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Sophie Devere
Any Day Now
1998 · TV Show
as Mary Elizabeth Sims
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
Over the Top
1997 · TV Show
as Hadley Martin
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996 · Movie
as Self
Dangerous Minds
1996 · TV Show
as Louanne Johnson
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Toy Story
1995 · Movie
as Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival
1995 · Movie
as Kris Lansford
The Making of Toy Story
1995 · Movie
as Narrator
Meggamorphosis
1993 · Movie
as The Egg
Breaking the Rules
1992 · Movie
as Mary Klinglitch
Love & War
1992 · TV Show
as Dana Palladino
Texasville
1990 · Movie
as Karla Jackson
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
as Janine Melnitz
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989 · Movie
as Helen Downing
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989 · Movie
as Self - Host
Pass the Ammo
1988 · Movie
as Darla
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Movie
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987 · Movie
as Louise
Pretty in Pink
1986 · Movie
as Iona
Bayou Romance
1986 · Movie
as Lily
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 · Movie
as Liz Carlson
Designing Women
1986 · TV Show
as Mary Jo Shively
Amazing Stories
1985 · TV Show
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as (segment "Wordplay")
Lime Street
1985 · TV Show
The Comedy Factory
1985 · TV Show
as Annie
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
as Janine Melnitz
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Movie
as Amy Grady
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · Movie
as Cindy Mills
Why Me?
1984 · Movie
as Daria
Cowboy
1983 · Movie
as D.G.
Something So Right
1982 · Movie
as Sunday
Remington Steele
1982 · TV Show
as Annie Carpenter
Heartaches
1981 · Movie
as Bonnie Howard
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980 · Movie
as Betty (uncredited)
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · TV Show
as Tracy Spencer
Goodtime Girls
1980 · TV Show
as Edith Bedelmeyer
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Movie
as Flatbed Annie
Black Market Baby
1979 · Movie
as Linda
King of the Gypsies
1978 · Movie
as Persa
Corvette Summer
1978 · Movie
as Vanessa
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Busting Loose
1977 · TV Show
People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
