![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: June 30, 1971 Biography:With looks that have been compared to "Julia Roberts"', "Monica Potter" emerged as one of the more promising actresses of the late '90s. The second of four girls in a close-knit family, Potter was raised in Cleveland, OH, where she was born on June 30, 1971. At the age of 12, she started modeling and doing commercials, and she further pursued her career with modeling stints in Chicago and Miami. Her dedication to acting became evident with a move to Los Angeles in 1994, where she was soon cast in the CBS soap The Young and the Restless.
Potter's film debut came with a minor part in the 1996 "Adam Sandler" comedy "Bulletproof", followed by a leading role in the "Richard Grieco" vehicle "Heaven or Las Vegas", which played briefly in theaters before hightailing it to video. Fortunately, more high-profile work was to come, first as "Nicolas Cage"'s wife in the 1997 action film "Con Air" and then as a... Full Biography
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