Monica Potter facts for kids
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Monica Potter
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Potter in 2013
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| Born | June 30, 1971 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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Tom Potter
(m. 1990; div. 1998)Daniel Christopher Allison
(m. 2005; div. 2018) |
| Children | 3 |
Monica Potter (born June 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is famous for her roles in movies like Con Air, Patch Adams, and Along Came a Spider. She also acted in the horror films Saw and The Last House on the Left.
On television, Monica Potter was a regular on Boston Legal. She also played Kristina Braverman in the NBC drama Parenthood. For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She was also a regular on the CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd.
Potter also started her own business called Monica Potter Home. It sells home goods, natural skin care, and home decor. Her family business was even featured on the TV show The Profit.
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Early Life and Acting Dreams
Monica Potter was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother worked as a hospital secretary. Her father invented a special flame-resistant car wax. Monica has three sisters: Kerry, Jessica, and Brigette.
Her grandparents on her mother's side were from Ireland. She grew up in the Catholic faith. When she was a child, Monica even wanted to become a nun.
School Days and First Jobs
Monica went to Villa Angela Academy and later graduated from Euclid High School. She also spent some of her early years in Arab, Alabama. From a young age, Monica wanted to be an actress.
She started acting at the Cleveland Play House when she was still in elementary school. At age 12, she began working at a flower shop. Later, as a teenager, she worked in a sandwich shop. She also did some modeling for newspapers, magazines, and local commercials.
After appearing in several commercials in Chicago, Monica moved to Los Angeles in 1994. In 1995, she was in the music video for Alan Jackson's song "Tall, Tall Trees".
Acting Career Highlights
Monica Potter started her acting career on TV in 1994. She appeared on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Sharon Newman. In 1995, she was in the music video for the country song "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson.
Big Screen Roles
Soon, she started acting in movies. In 1997, she was in Con Air, playing the wife of Nicolas Cage's character. She also starred with Robin Williams in the movie Patch Adams in 1998. That same year, she played the girlfriend of runner Steve Prefontaine in Without Limits. She also appeared in the British comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence.
In 2001, Monica had two important movie roles. She co-starred with Freddie Prinze, Jr. in Head Over Heels. She also acted in the thriller Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman. This movie was based on a popular book by James Patterson.
In 2004, Potter played Alison Gordon in the first Saw horror movie.
Television Success
After her movie roles, Monica worked a lot on television. She was part of the cast of the ABC legal drama Boston Legal. She left the show during its second season. In 2009, she joined the new TNT series Trust Me. However, that show was canceled after one season. Also in 2009, she had a main role in the horror movie remake The Last House on the Left.
Monica Potter played Kristina Braverman in the TV show Parenthood. She received great praise for her acting in the fourth season. In 2013, she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her work on Parenthood.
Monica Potter Home Business
In 2014, Monica Potter started her business, Monica Potter Home. It is a company in Cleveland, Ohio, that sells fancy home items, natural skin care products, and home decor. The idea for the business came from her own skin care routine. She used Sea Buckthorn essential oils.
When she was a young child, her father used a natural balm on her because she had eczema. Her business is a family effort. Her mother and sisters work with her in the company. In 2017, when the business was having trouble, she worked with Marcus Lemonis from CNBC's The Profit. She and her family appeared on the show to get help with the business.
In 2015, Monica, her mother, and her three sisters appeared on Celebrity Family Feud. The next year, she was in an HGTV reality show called Welcome Back Potter. This show was about her buying and fixing up her childhood home in Cleveland, Ohio. She had sold the house with her family 30 years earlier in 1987.
Music Connection
In 2016, Counting Crows' singer Adam Duritz shared a secret. He said that the band's song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" was written about an imaginary version of Monica. They had never met when he wrote it. Duritz later explained that they met by chance for dinner on the day the band was recording the song. Monica then went back to the studio with Duritz to watch them record. They became friends. A tape he had given her that night helped save the song. The band thought they had ruined it and almost didn't put it on their album.
Personal Life
Monica Potter was married to Tom Potter from 1990 to 1998. They had two sons together, Daniel and Liam. In 2005, Monica married Daniel Christopher Allison, who is an orthopedic surgeon.
Monica and Daniel Allison have one child. In March 2015, her husband joined the US Navy Reserve as a doctor. He started with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In February 2018, Monica and Daniel filed for divorce.
Monica Potter's father passed away in 2002 from cardiovascular disease.
Images for kids
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Potter in 2013
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Potter in 2010
See also
In Spanish: Monica Potter para niños
