
Jo Anderson
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".
Movie Appearances

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
as Elizabeth Sobel
1999

Decoration Day
as Loreen Wendell
1990

Prime Target
as Megan McGuire
1989

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993

I Saw What You Did
as Robyn Griffin
1988

Miles from Home
as Farmer's Wife
1988

JFK
as Julia Ann Mercer
1991

Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Christine
2006

Daylight
as Bloom
1996

Season of Change
as Martha Parker
1994

Dead Again
as Sister Madeleine / Starlet
1991
TV Appearances

Columbo
as Lydia Corman
1971

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Margo Dorton
2000

thirtysomething
1987

The Closer
as Leslie Phillips
2005

CSI: Miami
as Counselor
2002

Miami Vice
as Faye Nell
1984

Millennium
as Dr. Claudia Vaughn
1996

Roswell
as Nancy Parker
1999

Northern Exposure
as Jane Harris
1990

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Loreen Wendell
1951

ER
as Mrs. Cunningham
1994

Eleventh Hour
as Helen Cole
2008