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Annie Potts Biography
Birth Name:
Anne Hampton Potts
Birth Place:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Profession
Actor, producer
Fast Facts
- Started acting at 12, playing the lead role in a summer-camp production of Heidi
- Joined a road-company production of Charley's Aunt in 1976, appearing alongside Roddy McDowall and Vincent Price
- Made her TV-movie debut in 1977's Black Market Baby
- Best-known for her seven-year stint as Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women
- Made her New York stage debut in 2000 in a production of The Vagina Monologues
- Returned to her alma mater Stephens College in 2003 to perform in a production of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music and teach a master class to theater students
- Made her Broadway debut in 2009 in God of Carnage
Awards
- 1999Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1998Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1994Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 1982Genie Awards-Best Performance by a Foreign Actress: winner
- 1979Golden Globe-New Star of the Year - Actress: nominated
Relationships
- B. Scott Senechal -- Ex-husband
- Greg Antonacci -- Ex-husband
- Steven Hartley -- Ex-husband
- Powell Grisette Potts -- Father
- Dorothy Harris Billingslea -- Mother
- Elizabeth Grisette Potts -- Sister
- Mary Eleanor Hovious -- Sister
- Clay Samuel Senechal -- Son
- Isaac Harris Hayman -- Son
- James Powell Hayman -- Son