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Jo Anderson

Jo Anderson

Born: 1958-06-29 • 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".

Filmography
Fat Rose and Squeaky poster
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006 • Christine
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire poster
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
1999 • Elizabeth Sobel
Daylight poster
Daylight
1996 • Bloom
Season of Change poster
Season of Change
1994 • Martha Parker
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor poster
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
JFK poster
JFK
1991 • Julia Ann Mercer
Dead Again poster
Dead Again
1991 • Sister Madeleine / Starlet
Decoration Day poster
Decoration Day
1990 • Loreen Wendell
Prime Target poster
Prime Target
1989 • Megan McGuire
Miles from Home poster
Miles from Home
1988 • Farmer's Wife
I Saw What You Did poster
I Saw What You Did
1988 • Robyn Griffin