Monica Potter
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Potter at Paleyfest 2013
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| Born |
Monica Gregg Brokaw June 30, 1971 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Tom Potter (m. 1990–98) Daniel Christopher Allison (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
Monica Potter (born Monica Gregg Brokaw; June 30, 1971) is an American actress, best known for starring in Con Air, amongst other films. She was in a long-running, Golden Globe nominated role as Kristina Braverman in the NBC drama series Parenthood.
Monica was born on June 30, 1971, in Cleveland, Ohio to Nancy and Paul Brokaw. Her mother was a secretary in a hospital, and her father invented the first flame-resistant car wax. Potter has three sisters (Kerry, Jessica, and Brigette). Her maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants, and she was raised Catholic.
During her childhood she attended the Villa Angela Academy, and graduated from Euclid High School. She also spent part of her early years in Arab, Alabama. Potter had wanted to be an actress since childhood. She began acting at the Cleveland Play House when she was in elementary school. Starting at age 12, she worked at a flower shop, and later in her teens, a sub sandwich shop and did some modeling for newspaper and magazine ads and some local commercials. She also did a few commercials in Chicago, went to Miami to film a Seinfeld pilot, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1994. In 1995 she appeared in the Alan Jackson music video for "Tall , Tall , Trees"
Potter made her screen debut in 1994, on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Sharon Newman. She later 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 played the love interest of doomed distance runner 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 in the thriller Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman, based on the James Patterson best-seller.
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