Monica Potter

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Born June 30, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Birth Name Monica Gregg Brokaw

Nicknames Mocky
Mon

Height 5' 7" (1,7 m)

Mini Bio (1)

From Cleveland to Hollywood, actress, producer, entrepreneur, funny woman, tear-
jerker, designer, decorator, builder, creator, fixer, cook, cleaner, host, wife, Browns
fan, homemaker, (very) amateur bowler and -her favorite title- mom, Monica Potter
has achieved success in several different ways....save having a concise bio intro.

Monica Potter was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Nora Marie
(Sexton), a homemaker and part-time cleaning lady, and Paul Ely Brokaw, Jr., who
-among many other widely-used innovations- invented the first flame-resistant car
wax. Her maternal grandparents were Irish.

A passionate creator by genes and trade, Potter, along with her 12-person "Monica
Potter Home" team, is producing a line of natural, locally-crafted home and beauty
products sold on mrspotter.com as well as the company's first standalone store,
which opened in Garrettsville Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, this February. Building
the company had been a dream for Potter. Through it, she aims to supplement the
beauty and comfort of customers' homes at an affordable price, while creating
sustainable job opportunities in the area. Appropriately enough, "Monica Potter
Home" is headquartered in Potter's own childhood house in Cleveland; a structure
Potter recently bought and renovated as part of an initiative to improve the
neighborhood's condition.

When not running a company and knocking down walls, Potter is at work producing
a sitcom, with Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Television, in which she will star
as a mom, living under the same roof as her three ex-husbands. The script is in
development and a pilot will be shot this spring. She is also producing a docu-
series, tracking the renovation of her childhood home, with her favorite cast of
characters...her family.

To the dismay of its extraordinarily vocal fans, Potter recently wrapped production
on five seasons of NBC's acclaimed drama series, Parenthood: Uma História de
Família (2010). For her portrayal of "Kristina Braverman" and her struggles to raise
three children (including one with Autism), an emotional battle with breast cancer
and run for mayor, Potter has garnered a 2014 Golden Globes nomination, a 2013
Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, a TCA Award
nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama & continued Emmy buzz.

Potter's previous television credits include roles in Justiça Sem Limites (2004), for
which Potter and her castmates were nominated for a 2005 Screen Actors Guild
award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series,
TNT's Confie em Mim(2009), USA's Erros Irreversíveis (2004) and the beginning of
it all, The Young and the Restless (1973).

Potter burst onto the film scene with her co-starring role, opposite Nicolas Cage in
Simon West's Con Air: Rota de Fuga (1997). She then starred, with Robin Williams,
in the acclaimed dramedy, Patch Adams, o Amor é Contagioso (1998)" and
appeared opposite Morgan Freeman in the thriller, Na Teia da Aranha (2001). Other
film credits include the comedies, Cinco Evas e um Adão (2001) and Os Encontros
de Lucy (2002), the mega-hit horror classic Jogos Mortais (2004), Prova de
Fogo (1998), Educação às Avessas (2008) and A Última Casa (2009).

Potter resides in both Cleveland and Los Angeles with her family.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: SS