Toni Potter
Toni Potter (born 1978/1979) [1] is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role on the New Zealand medical drama, Shortland Street . Contents 1 Early life 2 Shortland Street 3 Recognition 4 References 5 External links Early life Potter grew up with her sister, mother and father who was in the army in Papakura, Waiouru and Upper Hutt. [2] She spent her high school years in Christchurch where she acted with community theatre groups including outdoor Shakespeare productions and Contemporary dance groups. She moved to Auckland in 1998 to take up a place in the Bachelor of Performing Arts degree at UNITEC, majoring in acting. [2] Shortland Street Potter played Alice Piper, a senior nurse troubled by alcohol and severe bad luck with men, from 2005 to 2009. She featured in a number of major storylines, including one in 2008 in which she was captured by Joey Henderson, who was revealed as the Ferndale Strangler. He took out her appendix, but she...