Monica Potter Biography
Born: June 30, 1971
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 medical student in the Robin_Williams comedy Patch_Adams (1998). After acting in the shadow of these formidable co-stars, Potter ventured into the limelight with lead roles in two 1998 films, the romantic comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel, and Laurence and the Steve Prefontaine biopic Without_Limits, co-starring Billy_Crudup. In 1999, Potter had yet another leading role, this time in A_Cool,_Dry_Place, in which she starred with Vince_Vaughn and Joey_Lauren_Adams. Her rising star was given an additional push by her 1999 appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue, where she was photographed in the company of such fellow actors on the brink of stardom as Sarah_Polley, Giovanni_Ribisi, and Adrien_Brody. Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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