Monica Potter
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Monica Potter is an American actress who began acting at the Cleveland Play House as a child. Her first screen role came in 1994 on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Sharon Newman. She went on to appear in films including Con Air (1997), Patch Adams (1998), Without Limits (1998), Along Came a Spider (2001), and Head Over Heels (2001). She played Alison Gordon in the first Saw film (2004) and had a lead role in the 2009 horror remake The Last House on the Left. On television, she was a series regular on Boston Legal and starred as Kristina Braverman in the NBC drama Parenthood from 2010 to 2015, winning a Critics' Choice Television Award for her supporting role in a drama series in 2013 and receiving a Golden Globe nomination. She was also a series regular on the CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd.
55years old
Turns 56 on June 30in 232 days
- Born Cleveland
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Monica Gregg Potter
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 28 years1996 to 2024
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First role
Potter's screen debut came in 1994 on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, where she played Sharon Newman.
Early training
Potter began her acting career at the Cleveland Play House, where she performed while she was still in elementary school.
Behind the camera
Potter created Monica Potter Home in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2014. The business offers natural skin care, home decor and upscale home goods.
Monica Potter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Monica Potter's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$705 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$224M31.8% of the total
- 2$202M28.7% of the total
- 3$105M14.9% of the total
- 4$104M14.8% of the total
- 5$33M4.6% of the total
- 6$23M3.2% of the total
- 7$13M1.9% of the total
- 8$777K0.1% of the total
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