Monica Potter is an American actress, best known for her roles in films Con Air, Patch Adams, Along Came a Spider, and Saw. She appears as Kristina Braverman in the NBC drama series Parenthood, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress (2013)
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013), TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance (2005)
Movies
“Con Air” (1997), “Head Over Heels” (2001), “Saw” (2004), “A Cool, Dry Place” (1998), “Without Limits” (1998), “The Very Thought of You” (1998), “Lower Learning” (2008), “The Last House On The Left” (2009)
TV Shows
“The Young And Restless” (1994), “Boston Legal”, “Parenthood” (2010-2015), "Trust Me" (2009)
Star Sign
Cancer
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[on who deserves the 2013 Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series] I love Anna Gunn. She's great. And we share the same manager, so I feel like there's a sisterhood there.
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"If something strikes me as really funny, very intriguing or really touching, then I just go and do it. It's never about managing my career in a way that this would be a good move. I have enough people telling me what to do, so I think that when I read something, if I admire the writing and who's directing it, I just go for it." Interview, April 2001.
Potter and Christopher Allison had their first child, daughter named Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3, 2005.
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She appeared as "Dalina" for the pilot of the US version of the Peruvian TV show Nubeluz (1990), which was never aired.
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During the 2003 TV development season, she appeared in the CBS comedy The Lunchbox Chronicles (2003), 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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Gave birth to a girl, Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3, 2005 weighing in at 7 lb. 3 oz.
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