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Monica Potter Profile |
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Birth Date: June 30, 1971
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Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Birth Name: Monica Louise Brokaw
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Height: 5'7"
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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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Other
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The song "Mrs.Potter's Lullaby" by Counting Crows was
written about her.
Has 2 sons named David and Liam
Is a vegetarian
[March 2005] Engaged to an orthopedic surgeon, Chris;
planning to get married in June.
Gave birth to a girl, Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3,
2005 weighing in at 7 lb. 3 oz.
During the 2003 TV development season, she appeared in the
CBS comedy "The Lunchbox Chronicles", which failed to get
picked up. Early in 2004, she was cast opposite Chris
O'Donnell and Jay Harrington in the unsuccessful comedy
pilot "The Amazing Westermans", also at CBS. |
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her movies and I just love hearing her talk. I think she is every guys
dream girl, I know she is mine.