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Monica Potter (born Monica Louise Brokaw on June 30, 1971) is an American actress.

Growing up

She was born in Cleveland, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family. Growing up, she was a part of the St. Jerome Parish in Cleveland, and went to the elementary school there as a child. She first attended high school at Villa Angela Catholic School for Girls, then later graduated from Euclid High School.

She is one of four daughters of an inventor and a secretary. Monica says that she knew from childhood that she wanted to be an actress one day. She almost became a nun, but for the fact that she was married and pregnant at 19.

Career

Potter started modeling and doing commercials at the age of 12 in both Chicago and Miami before she decided to try out acting.

Monica started her acting career on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. She then landed feature film roles opposite Nicolas Cage in Con Air
, Robin Williams in Patch Adams
, Freddie Prinze Jr. in Head Over Heels, Yasmine Bleeth in Heaven or Vegas
, and Morgan Freeman in the thriller Along Came a Spider
. She currently has a recurring role on the television series Boston Legal.

Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows allegedly wrote the song Mrs. Potter's Lullaby about her after watching Patch Adams.

Personal life

Potter was previously married to Tom Potter, with whom she has two sons. She is now married to Daniel Christopher Allison, an orthopedic surgeon. Potter and Allison welcomed their first child, a daughter named Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3, 2005.

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