Jo Anderson

Jo Anderson

  • Birthday: 1958-06-29
  • Place of birth: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Jo Anderson was born on June 29th in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in suburban Tenafly, New Jersey and was one of four children in her family. She has naturally red hair and blue eyes. She is 5'7 1/2" tall. Jo began to write poetry and prose at age fourteen. She attended Adelphi University on Long Island, NY. She is a woman of many talents. She studied dance for years, and is a writer and a poet, as well as being an actress. She began her acting and dancing career in Manhattan. She has been in a number of theatrical productions in New York, both off and off-off Broadway. In 1985, she starred in the one-woman play "Marie", which she had written about Marie Curie. She moved from New York to Los Angeles in the mid-80s. Jo has studied with the actor Michael Moriarty and is a member of the prestigious Actor's Studio. Her other studies include the Chekhov Studio, the Lecoq Improvisation and Clowning and the Comedia del Arte. Jo has starred in several television shows, appeared in many films, as well as many TV movies. Recently she starred in the film "Fat Rose and Squeaky" and has guest-starred in such shows as "CSI", "Eleventh Hour", and "Glee".

Filmography

Season of Change

1994

As Martha Parker

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire

1999

As Elizabeth Sobel

Fat Rose and Squeaky

2006

As Christine

Decoration Day

1990

As Loreen Wendell

I Saw What You Did

1988

As Robyn Griffin

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

As Wendy Simmons

Dead Again

1991

As Sister Madeleine / Starlet

Prime Target

1989

As Megan McGuire

Miles from Home

1988

As Farmer's Wife

Daylight

1996

As Bloom

JFK

1991

As Julia Ann Mercer

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