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

• 202640 Dates and 40 Nights — Gigi
• Best Medicine — Aunt Joan
• 2026Toy Story 5 — Bo Peep (voice)
• Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage — Meemaw
• 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire — Janine Melnitz
• 2021Arlo the Alligator Boy — Edmée (voice)
• 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Janine Melnitz
• I Heart Arlo — Edmee (voice)
• 2020Lamp Life — Bo Peep (voice)
• The Movies That Made Us — Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
• 2019Toy Story 4 — Bo Peep (voice)
• 2018Happy Anniversary — Diane
• 2018Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town — Mary
• 2017Humor Me — Dee
• Young Sheldon — Connie Tucker
• 2016Ghostbusters — Desk Clerk
• 2015As Good As You — Dr. Laura Berg
• Chicago Med — Helen
• 2014Chu and Blossom — Aunt
• NCIS: New Orleans — Olivia Brody
• Instant Mom — Roberta Montgomery
• The Fosters — Sharon Elkin
• Animal Practice — Virginia Coleman
• GCB — Gigi Stopper
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Tawny Zingwald (voice)
• Scandal — Louise Baker
• 2012The Music Teacher — Alyson/Young Alyson
• 2011Five — Helen
• Fish Hooks — Nurse Fishington (voice)
• 2010Freshman Father — Dorothy Downs
• Marry Me — Vivienne Carter
• Royal Pains — Mrs. Sacani
• 2008Queen Sized — Joan Baker
• 2007The Sunday Man — Mrs. Culp
• Men in Trees — Mary Alice O'Donnell
• Ugly Betty — Linda
• Close to Home — Marla Dodds
• Grey's Anatomy — Joyce Bosco
• Boston Legal — Joy Espenson
• 2004Elvis Has Left the Building — Shirl
• 2003Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story — Julie Posey
• Joan of Arcadia — Lieutenant Lucy Preston
• 2003The Designing Women Reunion
• Two and a Half Men — Lenore
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sophie Devere
• 1999Toy Story 2 — Bo Peep (voice)
• 1998Amazing Stories: The Movie III — Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
• Any Day Now — Mary Elizabeth Sims
• Over the Top — Hadley Martin
• Dangerous Minds — Louanne Johnson
• 1995Her Deadly Rival — Kris Lansford
• 1995The Making of Toy Story — Narrator
• 1995Toy Story — Bo Peep (voice)
• 1993Meggamorphosis — The Egg
• 1992Breaking the Rules — Mary Klinglitch
• Love & War — Dana Palladino
• 1990Texasville — Karla Jackson
• 1989Ghostbusters II — Janine Melnitz
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Helen Downing
• 1988Pass the Ammo — Darla
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Annie Potts (uncredited)
• 1987The Man Who Fell to Earth — Louise
• 1986Bayou Romance — Lily
• Designing Women — Mary Jo Shively
• 1986Jumpin' Jack Flash — Liz Carlson
• 1986Pretty in Pink — Iona
• Amazing Stories — Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
• Lime Street
• The Comedy Factory — Annie
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Wordplay")
• 1984Crimes of Passion — Amy Grady
• 1984Ghostbusters — Janine Melnitz
• 1984It Came Upon the Midnight Clear — Cindy Mills
• 1984Why Me? — Daria
• 1983Cowboy — D.G.
• Remington Steele — Annie Carpenter
• 1982Something So Right — Sunday
• 1981Heartaches — Bonnie Howard
• Goodtime Girls — Edith Bedelmeyer
• Magnum, P.I. — Tracy Spencer
• 1980The Scarlett O'Hara War — Betty (uncredited)
• 1979Black Market Baby — Linda
• 1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers — Flatbed Annie
• 1978Corvette Summer — Vanessa
• 1978King of the Gypsies — Persa
• Busting Loose

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2024Returning to the Firehouse: Making Frozen Empire — Self
• 2022Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2022Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2015Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond — Self
• 2014Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey — Self
• 2010Don't You Forget About Me — Self
• The Talk — Self
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• 1996The Story Behind 'Toy Story' — Self
• 1989Hanna-Barbera's 50th — Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self