Joey Potter Joey Potter Josephine Lynn "Joey" Potter (born 14 May, 1983) is a fictional character and "de facto" lead role from the WB television drama "Dawson's Creek", portrayed by Katie Holmes. Joey appeared in all episodes of the series, which ran from 1998–2003. Joey has been friends with Dawson Leery since they were very young. She lives with her older sister, Bessie, Bessie's son Alexander and (sometimes) boyfriend, Bodie. Her father Mike, is in and out of prison for drug trafficking. Her mother, Lillian, died of breast cancer when Joey was thirteen. Joey is also the only character to appear in
Joey Tribbiani but it is shut down before filming began in Las Vegas. He is also fired from a Burger King commercial. He filmed a role in a "Law & Order" episode that was cut from the completed episode—Joey was only "seen" as a corpse in a body bag. In seasons 6 and 7, he lands a starring role as Detective 'Mac' Machiavelli in a very short-lived, and very bad cop show called "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E", which Chandler described as "one of the worst things ever... and not just on TV." Joey had high hopes for the series, however "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E"