Annie Potts

Annie Potts' return to series television will add another role to the many iconic female roles she has created, including the wonderful Mary Jo Shively from "Designing Women." Potts' work in "Love & War" garnered her an Emmy Award nomination, and with "Any Day Now" she scored two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In addition she has played recurring or guest star roles on such series as "Law & Order: SVU," "Huff," "Joan of Arcadia," "Men in Trees," "Ugly Betty," "Two and a Half Men" and "Boston Legal." She also starred in the Hallmark movie "Freshman Father" and in "Marry Me" for Lifetime.

Potts has appeared in numerous feature films, including "Corvette Summer," for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, "King of the Gypsies," "Ghostbusters I & II," "Pretty in Pink," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Who's Harry Crumb?" and "Elvis Has Left the Building." Additionally she voiced the memorable Bo Peep in "Toy Story I & II."

She made her Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning black comedy, "God of Carnage," replacing Tony nominee Hope Davis. She appeared in off-Broadway productions such as "The Vagina Monologues," "Diva," "Love Letters," "Charley's Aunt," "The Merchant of Venice," "A Little Night Music," "Cymbeline" and "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds." Most recently she received rave reviews for her performance as a distraught wife dealing with her husband's suicide in "Aftermath." The play received the LA Times' Critics Choice Ovation Recommendation.

Born in Nashville and raised in Kentucky, Potts was the youngest of three girls. Interested in stage and film at an early age, she received her BA in Theater from Stephens College in Missouri, where she's currently a visiting professor of Drama and a dedicated Board Member.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Franklin, KY
BIRTHDATE: October 28