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Jo Anderson

Jo Anderson

Birthday: 1958-06-29 | Place of Birth: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

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".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1999
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire

as    Elizabeth Sobel

1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as    Wendy Simmons

1991
Dead Again

as    Sister Madeleine / Starlet

1990
Decoration Day

as    Loreen Wendell

1988
I Saw What You Did

as    Robyn Griffin

1987
Beauty and the Beast

as    Diana Bennett