Annie Potts

About

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...

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005Two and a Half MenSeries • 2003Toy Story 5Movie • 2026Young SheldonSeries • 2017Chicago MedSeries • 2015Boston LegalSeries • 2004ScandalSeries • 2012Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980Remington SteeleSeries • 1982NCIS: New OrleansSeries • 2014The FostersSeries • 2013Georgie & Mandy's First MarriageSeries • 2024Ugly BettySeries • 2006The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1985Royal PainsSeries • 2009Toy StoryMovie • 1995Toy Story 2Movie • 1999Fish HooksSeries • 2010Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade NinjaSeries • 2012Toy Story 4Movie • 2019Best MedicineSeries • 2026Joan of ArcadiaSeries • 2003