Potts developed an interest in the theatre when she went to see Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on a school excursion.
[1] While attending the University of Sydney, she joined the Sydney University Dramatic Society and contemplated a career in theatre after studying theatre symbiotics with an inspiring female academic.
She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in French and a Master of Philosophy in Performance Studies.
[6] Best Direction of a Play || style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won Best Direction of a Play || style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated [7] Potts is married to actor Ned Manning, with whom she had two children.
In 2010, they relocated from Sydney to Melbourne when she was appointed director of the Malthouse Theatre.