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| Birth Name(s) : Monica Louise Potter |
Date of Birth: June 30, 1971 |
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| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Monica Potter Biography
Monica Lousie Potter was born on June 30th, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up just off of picturesque Lake Erie in a blue-collar Roman Catholic family.
Her father was the inventor of the first flame-resistant car wax, but never cashed in on the invention's profits, being a salaried inventor. While not born with a silver spoon, Monica grew up in a happy family with three other siblings.
Miss Potter first dipped her toe in the ocean of show business back in Cleveland. Her father sent a blossoming 12-year-old Monica's photograph to a local modeling agency, which hired her immediately. Her father was soon driving her all over the Cleveland area for different jobs and interviews. "[My] Dad was everything from my secret agent and manager to my biggest fan."
Her family soon encouraged her to pursue a career as an actress. When she was 18, she moved to Miami, Florida, and landed a job on a children's show that shot in Peru, which she described as the "disaster of disasters." She gave birth to her first child a year later when she was nineteen; she hasn't publicly disclosed the identity of the father.
When she was 24, Monica moved on to Hollywood with a small child in tow and another on the way, where her first job was on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
Soon she landed a role in the 1996 film, Bulletproof, which she followed up with the straight-to-video Richard Grieco and Yasmine Bleeth juggernaut, Heaven or Vegas. For years she was a typical struggling actress in B-films and low-paying jobs.
She had her first break through in 1997's Con Air with actor-turned-hack, Nicolas Cage. She soon landed roles in box-office smashes like Patch Adams and the recent Along Came a Spider, and had the chance to look pretty in the Freddy Prinze Jr. flick, Head Over Heels (enough said). Monica also won critical acclaim in the 1998 film, Without Limits about the track star, Steve Prefontaine.
Monica has proven herself a hard-luck kid who has risen from a small town to the gleaming towers of Hollywood fame. While not quite a household name yet, be on the lookout for this blonde to take over your entertainment universe. |
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Additional Monica Potter Biography
Potter, one of four daughters, was born Monica Gregg Brokaw in Cleveland, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family. Her father, Paul Brokaw, was an inventor who invented the first flame-resistant car wax, and her mother, Nancy, was a secretary. During her childhood, she was a part of the St. Jerome Parish in Cleveland, and attended the local elementary school, as well as Villa Angela Catholic School for Girls, before graduating from Euclid High School. She also spent part of her early years in Arab, Alabama. Potter had wanted to be an actress since childhood, as well as a nun.
At the age of twelve, Potter started modeling and appearing in commercials in Chicago and Miami, before deciding to pursue an acting career. Her very first role on television was as a "Dalina" in the English version of the Peruvian TV show Nubeluz. Then she found a role on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. She has since appeared in several feature films, including Con Air (playing the wife of Nicolas Cage's character) and starring opposite Robin Williams in Patch Adams. In 1998, she also played the love interest, and eventual girlfriend of Steve Prefontaine, in the movie Without Limits. In 2001, she had two major roles, co-starring with Freddie Prinze Jr. in Head Over Heels, and with Morgan Freeman in the thriller Along Came a Spider. She was a series regular on Boston Legal but left after the first season.
Adam Duritz of Counting Crows wrote the song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" about her after seeing her in a film. This led to a relationship between the two.
Potter was married to Tom Potter from 1990 to 1998 and they have two sons. She married Daniel Christopher Allison, an orthopedic surgeon, in June of 2005. Potter and Allison had their first child, a daughter named Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3, 2005. |
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