<P> `` Joey Potter is a headstrong , vibrant , wily , sultry , and determined go - getter . And yet , in a gloriously contradictory manner , in spite of her tough - as - nails exterior demeanor , Joey 's also a frail , sometimes uncertain , emotionally sensitive , in - need - of - love person '' , said the show 's official book . Joey , named for Jo in Little Women , for years had been climbing in Dawson 's bedroom window and platonically sharing his bed . Joey 's mother had died from cancer when Joey was thirteen and her father , Mike ( Gareth Williams ) , was in prison for `` conspiracy to traffic in marijuana in excess of 10,000 pounds . '' Her harried , unmarried , and very pregnant sister , Bessie ( Nina Repeta ) , about ten years older than Joey , was raising her while running the Ice House restaurant , where Joey worked as a waitress . GQ described Joey as `` kind of an uptight fussbudget -- one who 's always twisted up over doing the right thing and bungling - up ways to hook up with her crush and across the creek neighbor , Dawson . '' </P>
<P> `` Joey Potter is a headstrong , vibrant , wily , sultry , and determined go - getter . And yet , in a gloriously contradictory manner , in spite of her tough - as - nails exterior demeanor , Joey 's also a frail , sometimes uncertain , emotionally sensitive , in - need - of - love person '' , said the show 's official book . Joey , named for Jo in Little Women , for years had been climbing in Dawson 's bedroom window and platonically sharing his bed . Joey 's mother had died from cancer when Joey was thirteen and her father , Mike ( Gareth Williams ) , was in prison for `` conspiracy to traffic in marijuana in excess of 10,000 pounds . '' Her harried , unmarried , and very pregnant sister , Bessie ( Nina Repeta ) , about ten years older than Joey , was raising her while running the Ice House restaurant , where Joey worked as a waitress . GQ described Joey as `` kind of an uptight fussbudget -- one who 's always twisted up over doing the right thing and bungling - up ways to hook up with her crush and across the creek neighbor , Dawson . '' </P>
who played joey 's dad on dawson 's creek
who played joey 's dad on dawson 's creek
Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams