Annie Potts - wikipedia Annie Potts Annie Potts Potts in 1989 Anne Hampton Potts ( 1952 - 10 - 28 ) October 28, 1952 ( age 65 ) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1976 -- present Spouse ( s ) Steven Hartley ( m. 1973 ; div. 1978 ) Greg Antonacci ( m. 1978 ; div. 1980 ) B. Scott Senechal ( m. 1981 ; div. 1989 ) James Hayman ( m. 1990 ) Children Anne Hampton Potts ( born October 28, 1952 ) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her roles in popular 1980s films such as Ghostbusters ( 1984 ), Ghostbusters II ( 1989 ), Pretty in Pink ( 1986 ), Jumpin ' Jack Flash ( 1986 ), and Who 's Harry Crumb ? ( 1989 ). In the 1990s, she voiced Bo Peep in the animated films Toy Story ( 1995 ) and Toy Story 2 ( 1999 ). She is also known for playing Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women ( 1986 -- 1993 ). Potts was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1994 for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War ( 1993 -- 1995 ), and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now ( 1998 -- 2002 ). In 2012, she starred as Gigi Stopper on the ABC comedy - drama series GCB. She currently portrays Connie ( Meemaw ) on the CBS situation comedy Young Sheldon. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 4.4 Stage 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life and education Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, as the third daughter of Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris ( née Billingslea ) Potts. Her older sisters are Mary Eleanor ( Potts ) Hovious and Elizabeth Grissette ( `` Dollie '' ) Potts. They grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin - Simpson High School in 1970. She received a bachelor in fine arts degree ( in theater arts ) from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. At the age of 21, Potts was the victim of a car accident that left several bones below her waist broken. Career Potts made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark Hamill. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1979 for her role in the film. In 1982, she won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress for her role in the film Heartaches, about a young woman married to a stock car racer and carrying his friend 's child. In 1980, she played Edith Bedelmeyer, a woman who shared an attic apartment with three other women ( played by Georgia Engel, Lorna Patterson, and Francine Tacker ) on the short - lived comedy series, Goodtime Girls. Potts played receptionist Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters film series and then achieved fame as the pragmatic interior designer Mary Jo Shively on the CBS television sitcom Designing Women ( 1986 -- 1993 ), and has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1994 for role as Dana Palladino on Love & War ( 1993 -- 1995 ). Other notable roles include Mary Elizabeth ( O'Brien ) Sims on the Lifetime Television drama series Any Day Now ( 1998 -- 2002 ), for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, the voice of Little Bo Peep in the first two Toy Story films, a supporting role in John Hughes 's Pretty in Pink, and guest - starring roles on such CBS 's television series as Magnum, P.I., Joan of Arcadia, Close to Home, Two and a Half Men, and ABC 's Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, and Boston Legal. She played a recurring role as Sophie Devere in the NBC 's Law & Order : Special Victims Unit from 2005 to 2009. Potts has done work on audio books, including as the narrator and heroine of Larry McMurtry 's Telegraph Days. She starred in the film version of McMurtry 's Texasville, a sequel to The Last Picture Show. She made her Broadway debut upon joining the cast of the Tony Award -- winning play God of Carnage on November 17, 2009, succeeding Hope Davis in the role. In 2012, Potts starred as Elizabeth `` Gigi '' Stopper in ABC 's comedy - drama series GCB, with Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, and Marisol Nichols. She says she based her portrayal of the character on Dixie Carter, adding, `` Were she still alive, the role would have been hers and should have been. '' Potts also played a leading role in the 2012 Hallmark Channel original musical movie The Music Teacher, about a high - school music teacher who is on the brink of losing her beloved school music program because of district budget cuts. In an effort to spare the program, Daley 's former students band together to stage a musical to raise money to keep the program alive. In March 2013, Potts signed on for the lead role of the ABC comedy - drama pilot Murder in Manhattan about a mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths. ABC later looked for a cable network to distribute the series, opting not to air it on network television. In late 2013, it was announced that Potts would join Diane Paulus ' critically acclaimed revival of Pippin beginning January 21, 2014. She replaced Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh in the role of Pippin 's grandmother Berthe. This marked her first appearance in a Broadway musical. Personal life This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( June 2016 ) Potts is the mother of three sons : Clay ( with third husband Scott Senechal, born 1981 ), and two with James Hayman : James ( called Doc, born 1992 ), and Harry ( born 1996 ). She is a board member of Stephens College, and has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for the college for many years. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1978 Corvette Summer Vanessa King of the Gypsies Persa 1981 Heartaches Bonnie Howard 1984 Ghostbusters Janine Melnitz Crimes of Passion Amy Grady 1986 Pretty in Pink Iona Jumpin ' Jack Flash Liz Carlson The Man Who Fell to Earth Louise Pass the Ammo Darla She 's Having a Baby Herself Cameo Who 's Harry Crumb ? Helen Downing Ghostbusters II Janine Melnitz Texasville Karla Jackson Breaking the Rules Mary Klinglitch 1995 Toy Story Bo Peep Voice role 1999 Toy Story 2 Bo Peep Voice role Elvis Has Left the Building Shirl 2007 The Sunday Man Mrs. Culp Short film 2014 Chu and Blossom 2015 As Good As You Dr. Laura Berg 2016 Ghostbusters Vanessa the hotel clerk Cameo Two for One Ginny Maxwell 2017 Humor Me Dee Izzy Gets the F * ck Across Town Mary 2018 Happy Anniversary Diane 2019 Toy Story 4 Bo Peep In pre-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1977 Black Market Baby Linda Cleary Movie 1977 Busting Loose Helene 3 episodes 1978 Family Caddy Wilde Episode : `` Magic '' 1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie : Lady Truckers Flatbed Annie Movie 1979 Visions Ellen Episode : `` Ladies in Waiting '' 1980 Goodtime Girls Edith Bedelmeyer 12 episodes 1982 Something So Right Sunday Movie Bayou Romance Lily Movie Cowboy D.G. Movie Remington Steele Annie Carpenter Episode : `` Steele Crazy After All These Years '' 1984 Why Me ? Daria Movie It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Cindy Mills Movie 1985 The Twilight Zone Cathy Lowery Episode : `` Wordplay '' 1983 -- 1986 Magnum, P.I. Tracy Spencer 2 episodes CBS Schoolbreak Special Kathy Sanders `` My Dissident Mom '' Amazing Stories Mrs. Bev Binford ( voice ) Episode : `` The Family Dog '' 1986 -- 1993 Designing Women Mary Jo Shively 163 episodes 1993 -- 1995 Love & War Dana Palladino 44 episodes 1995 Her Deadly Rival Kris Lansford Movie 1996 -- 1997 Dangerous Minds LouAnne Johnson 17 episodes Over the Top Hadley Martin 12 episodes 1998 Hercules Syrinx the Muse ( voice ) Episode : `` Hercules and the Muse of Dance '' 1999 Johnny Bravo Wrangler ( voice ) 1 episode 1998 -- 2002 Any Day Now Mary Elizabeth ' M.E. ' Sims 88 episodes 2003 Defending Our Kids : The Julie Posey Story Julie Posey Movie Huff Doris Johnson 4 episodes 2004 -- 2005 Joan of Arcadia Lieutenant Lucy Preston 11 episodes 2005 Close to Home Dr. Marla Dodds Episode : `` Divine Directions '' 2007 Men in Trees Mary Alice O'Donnell 4 episodes 2008 Ugly Betty Linda Episode : `` Zero Worship '' Boston Legal Joy Espenson Episode : `` The Bad Seed '' Queen Sized Joan Baker Movie 2005 -- 2009 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Sophie Devere 4 episodes 2009 Two and a Half Men Lenore Episode : `` Mmm, Fish. Yum. '' Marry Me Vivienne Carter Miniseries 2011 Five Charlotte 's Mom Movie 2012 GCB Gigi Stopper 10 episodes The Music Teacher Alyson Daley Movie Fish Hooks Nurse Fishington ( voice ) 3 episodes Animal Practice Virginia Coleman 2 episodes 2013 - 2018 The Fosters Sharon Foster 11 episodes 2013 Randy Cunningham : 9th Grade Ninja Tawny Zingwald ( voice ) Episode : `` Stank 'd to the Future / Wave Slayers '' Grey 's Anatomy Joyce Episode : `` Map of You '' 2014 Instant Mom Roberta Montgomery Episode : `` True Romance '' Young & Hungry Donna Kaminski ( voice ) Episode : `` Pilot '' ; uncredited 2015 Major Crimes Clarissa Episode : `` Special Master : Part Two '' NCIS : New Orleans Olivia Brody Episode : `` Broken Hearted '' 2015 -- 2016 Chicago Med Helen Recurring role ; 5 episodes 2016 Scandal Louise Baker Episode : `` Buckle Up '' Royal Pains Mrs. Sacani 2 episodes 2017 -- present Young Sheldon `` Meemaw '' Constance Main cast Video games Year Title Role Notes 1999 Toy Story 2 : Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue Bo Peep ( voice ) 2009 Ghostbusters : The Video Game Janine Melnitz ( voice ) Toy Story 3 : The Video Game Bo Peep ( voice ) Stage Year Title Role Notes 2009 -- 10 God of Carnage Annette 2014 Pippin Berthe Awards and nominations Year Association Work Result 1978 Golden Globe Awards New Star of the Year -- Actress Corvette Summer Nominated 1981 Genie Awards Best Performance by a Foreign Actress Heartaches Won Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Love & War Nominated 1999 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Any Day Now Nominated References Jump up ^ `` Annie Potts ''. Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 27. Jump up ^ Allport, Brandy Hilboldt ( 2006 - 10 - 28 ). `` A.M. Stir ''. The Florida Times - Union. Jump up ^ `` Tips From Greg Vanvakaris, DC, CSCS ''. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Awards for Annie Potts ''. IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ Potts 's Broadway debut Jump up ^ `` Good Christian Belles ''. ABC. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ Elavksy, Cindy ( 2012 - 03 - 05 ). `` Celebrity Extra ''. Downriver Sunday Times. Retrieved 2012 - 03 - 16. Jump up ^ Annie Potts to Star in Hallmark Movie ' The Music Teacher ' ( Exclusive ), The Hollywood Reporter, 2 / 21 / 2012 by Lesley Goldberg Jump up ^ `` Annie Potts To Star In ABC Pilot ' Murder In Manhattan ' ''. Deadline. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ Lesley Goldberg ( 9 May 2013 ). `` ABC Studios to Shop ' Murder in Manhattan ' to Other Networks ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Annie Potts Will Join Tony Award - Winning Broadway Revival of Pippin in 2014 ''. Playbill. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.biography.com/people/annie-potts-17175702 Jump up ^ `` Annie Potts To Make Cameo In Paul Feig 's Ghostbusters Reboot ''. Jump up ^ `` Toy Story 4 Plot Revealed by Disney Chief : Woody Will Find Love ( With Bo Peep ! ) ''. usmagazine.com. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Annie Potts. 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