Monica Potter Biography, Net Worth, Wiki, Photos, Age, Boyfriend

Monica Potter Biography

Potter was born Monica Gregg Brokaw 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. She has three sisters (Kerry, Jessica, and Brigette). During her childhood, she attended the Villa Angela Academy and graduated from Euclid High School.

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, she worked in a sub sandwich shop and did some modeling for newspaper and magazine ads and local commercials. After appearing in several commercials in Chicago, Potter relocated to Los Angeles in 1994. In 1995 she appeared in the Alan Jackson music video for “Tall, Tall Trees

She made her screen debut in 1994, on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Sharon Newman. In 1995, Potter was featured in the music video for the song “Tall, Tall Trees” by country artist Alan Jackson. 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, and also appeared in the British comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel, and Laurence (1998).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.

In 2004, Potter played the role of Alison Gordon in the first Saw film. Later Potter worked on television. She was a cast member of the ABC legal drama Boston Legal but left during the second season. In 2009, Potter became a cast member of the new TNT series Trust Me which was canceled after the first season due to low ratings. In 2009, she had a lead role in the horror-thriller remake of Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left, opposite Tony Goldwyn.

Potter played the role of Kristina Braverman in the comedy-drama Parenthood, receiving critical acclaim for her performance in the fourth season. In 2013, she won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film for her role in the show.

In 2014, Potter created Monica Potter Home, an upscale home goods, natural skin care, and home decor business in Cleveland, Ohio. The business began based on her skincare regimen that made use of Sea Buckthorn essential oils. Her father started using a balm, a natural product, on her when she was a young child because of her eczema. The business is a family affair; her mother and sisters work for her in business. In 2017, with the business failing, she collaborated with Marcus Lemonis of CNBC’s The Profit. She and her business appeared with her family and coworkers in Season 5, Episode 4.

In 2015, Potter was joined by her mother and all three sisters on Celebrity Family Feud. The following year, she appeared in an HGTV reality series titled Welcome Back Potter, which chronicled the purchase and restoration of her childhood home in Cleveland, Ohio thirty years after the family sold it in 1987.

What is Monica Potter Net Worth?

Monica Potter is worth anywhere from $490,000 to $989,000.

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