Annie Potts Biography

Annie Potts is an American Actress and TV Personality who is best known for starring in the CBS series “Young Sheldon.” She appears as the mother to Mary Cooper. 

Annie Potts Movies and TV Shows / Career

Potts’s interest in film and stage began when she was young. She is thrilled to pursue a long career in theater, film, and TV. She is cast in the film “Young Sheldon.” Before joining the series, she starred in “GCB,” based on the book Good Christian Bitches, portraying Gigi. The character Gigi ranked one of the numerous iconic female roles she has ever created, including the role of Mary Jo Shively from “Designing Women.”

Potts’s work in “Love & War” made her an Emmy Award nominee. Also, her work in “Any Day Now” garnered her 2 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Potts has also guest-starred on “Two and a Half Men,” “Scandal,” “Ugly Betty,” “Boston Legal,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Major Crimes,” “Chicago Med,” “The Fosters,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and others. She has also made appearances in the Hallmark movies “Freshman Father” and “The Music Teacher,” with “Marry Me” for Lifetime.

Potts has also made appearances in multiple feature films like “Corvette Summer,” the “Ghostbusters” franchise, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Pretty in Pink,” “King of the Gypsies,” and “Who’s Harry Crumb?.” For that, she earned a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She was also responsible for voicing the unforgettable Bo Peep in “Toy Story I & II.”

Potts’s credits include “Humor Me,” both of which debuted at the L.A. Film Festival, and “Happy Anniversary” for Netflix, along with “Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town” Potts has been appearing in the long-running “Pippin” since making her 1st Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning black comedy “God of Carnage” of Yasmina Reza.

She has made appearances in off-Broadway productions of “Cymbeline,” “The Vagina Monologues,” “Charley’s Aunt,” “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” “Diva,” “A Little Night Music,” “Love Letters,” and “The Merchant of Venice.” Potts earned rave reviews on the west coast for performing as a distraught wife who deals with her spouse’s suicide in “Aftermath.”

This play earned the LA Times’ Critics Choice Ovation Recommendation. When coming to her education, she is a proud graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in theater. She serves as a visiting professor of drama and a dedicated board member at Stephens College. Potts is also a 1970 alumnus of Franklin-Simpson High School.

Annie Potts Age

Potts is 70 years old as of 2022. She was born on October 28, 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 28th of October every year.

Annie Potts Height

Potts stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m).

Annie Potts Family

Potts was born to Dorothy Harris (mother) and Powell Grisette Potts (father). She grew up in Kentucky alongside her 2 older sisters, Elizabeth Grissette (“Dollie”) Potts and Mary Eleanor (Potts) Hovious.

Annie Potts Husband

Potts is married to Scott Senechal. Information about their wedding and engagement is unknown. Further details about their love life will be updated as soon as it is available.

Annie Potts Ex-Husbands

Potts has been married thrice. Previously, she was married to James Hayman. Potts’s 1st husband was Steven Hartley. There will be an update of further details about her ex-husbands as soon as it is available in the limelight.

Annie Potts Children

Potts and her husband Scott Senechal take great pride in being mom and dad to their 1 son, Clay Senechal, a writer and producer. He is 41 years old as of 2022 having been born on April 21, 1981. He is well-known for Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (2016), Training Day (2017), and Deputy (2020). Potts also shares 2 sons with her ex-husband James Hayman. The names of their sons are Harry Hayman and James Hayman. Harry is 26 years old as of 2022 having been born in the year 1996. James is 30 years old as of 2022 having been born in the year 1992.

Annie Potts Net Worth

Potts has an annual estimated net worth ranging from $5 Million to $10 Million.

Annie Potts Young Sheldon

Potts is one of the main characters of the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon where she appeared as Connie Tucker. In the series, she was cast as Sheldon, Missy, and Georgie’s maternal grandmother, whom they refer to as “Meemaw” and the mother of Mary Cooper (Zoe Perry). Meemaw is a fun-loving woman who can be sarcastic and often mocks those around her, especially George and is on the other hand very patient with Sheldon and sometimes struggles to understand him. She loves Sheldon so much and calls him ‘Moonpie’, and advises his mother to trust that Sheldon will find his way. Young Sheldon is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and Potts has played the main role from 2017 to the present. The show has so far released 5 seasons and the sixth season is set to be released in 2023.

Annie Potts Accident / Injury

Potts and her ex-husband Steven Hartley once engaged in a car crash that left a number of bones below her waist broken. Also, she had compound fractures in both of her legs and she lost the heel of her right foot. Steven lost his left leg in the accident.

Annie Potts Plastic Surgery

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Potts stated that she can get cosmetic procedures whenever she wanted. She said that she hadn’t already done surgery, but she made it clear that she would do it in the future. However, she looks quite different nowadays as compared to her old photos. In the series “Young Sheldon,” she appears way younger than her age. She confirmed it that she underwent a facelift and botox.