Annie Potts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1952
- Birthplace
- 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
as Bo Peep (voice)
40 Dates and 40 Nights 2026
as Gigi
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 2024
as Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021
as Janine Melnitz
Arlo the Alligator Boy 2021
as Edmée (voice)
Lamp Life 2020
as Bo Peep (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters 2020
as Self
Toy Story 4 2019
as Bo Peep (voice)
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town 2018
as Mary
Happy Anniversary 2018
as Diane
Humor Me 2017
as Dee
Ghostbusters 2016
as Desk Clerk
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond 2015
as Self
As Good As You 2015
as Dr. Laura Berg
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey 2014
as Self
Chu and Blossom 2014
as Aunt
The Music Teacher 2012
as Alyson/Young Alyson
Five 2011
as Helen
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
Elvis Has Left the Building 2004
as Shirl
The Designing Women Reunion 2003
Actor
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story 2003
as Julie Posey
Toy Story 2 1999
as Bo Peep (voice)
Amazing Stories: The Movie III 1998
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' 1996
as Self
The Making of Toy Story 1995
as Narrator
Toy Story 1995
as Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival 1995
as Kris Lansford
Meggamorphosis 1993
as The Egg
Breaking the Rules 1992
as Mary Klinglitch
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
Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986
as Liz Carlson
Pretty in Pink 1986
as Iona
Bayou Romance 1986
as Lily
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
Heartaches 1981
as Bonnie Howard
The Scarlett O'Hara War 1980
as Betty (uncredited)
Black Market Baby 1979
as Linda
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers 1979
as Flatbed Annie
King of the Gypsies 1978
as Persa
Corvette Summer 1978
as Vanessa
Credits from TMDB.