Annie Potts returned to series television in the CBS hit comedy, Young Sheldon from creators Chuck Lorre and Steve Molaro.  Her character ‘Meemaw’ was a fan favorite and earned numerous Critics’ Choice nominations for her work.  She continued to portray the character while guest starring on the spinoff, Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. Potts is known for creating many iconic female roles including the wonderful ‘Mary Jo Shively’ from Designing Women. Her work in Love & War garnered her an Emmy nomination and with Any Day Now, she scored two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In addition, she has played recurring roles on Chicago Med, Law & Order: SVU and The Fosters, as well as guest starring on Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Major Crimes and Two and a Half Men. Potts also starred in the Hallmark movies, The Music Teacher and Freshman Father, along with Marry Me for Lifetime.

Potts reprised her role as the memorable ‘Janine Melnitz’ in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the latest films in the franchise, as well as the loveable ‘Bo Peep’ in the highly successful fourth installment of Toy Story, which won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. She originated the character in the first Toy Story and appeared again in Toy Story 2. Her numerous other feature film credits include Pretty in Pink, Texasville (Peter Bogdanovich’s sequel to The Last Picture Show), Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Who’s Harry Crumb?, King of the Gypsies and Corvette Summer for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination.  Other recent credits include Happy Anniversary for Netflix along with Izzy Gets the F@#k Across Town and Humor Me, both of which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Potts made her Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award winning black comedy, God of Carnage and also appeared in the long running Pippin. She appeared in off-Broadway productions of 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.  On the West Coast, she received rave reviews for her performance of 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 BFA in Theater from Stephens College in Missouri where she’s currently a visiting professor of Drama and a dedicated Board Member. Potts is also an ambassador for White Pony Express, an organization that feeds and clothes those in need in the Bay Area.   Additionally, she wrote a children’s book about a young boy named Kemarley Brooks titled Kemarley of Anguilla, with all proceeds going to the Arijah Children’s Foundation, an important cause in Anguilla.

Furthermore Potts, along with her husband director/producer Jim Hayman, joined another industry couple to form “All Are One,” an organization created to alleviate the suffering of so many folks during the Coronavirus pandemic.  Their focus was to gather donations to gift anonymously to people in need.  The initiative kicked off in Northern California and expanded across the country.  Currently Potts devotes time to The Heart Channels, an organization she founded to provide guidance, resources and funds to people at critical crossroads in their lives.