
Jo Anderson
Department: Acting
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".
Known For

Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
1999

Decoration Day
1990

Prime Target
1989

I Saw What You Did
1988

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993

Miles from Home
1988

JFK
1991

Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006

Daylight
1996

Season of Change
1994

Dead Again
1991

Columbo
1971

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

thirtysomething
1987

The Closer
2005

CSI: Miami
2002

Miami Vice
1984

Beauty and the Beast
1987

Millennium
1996

Roswell
1999

Northern Exposure
1990

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

ER
1994

Eleventh Hour
2008

Dream Street
1989

Perception
2012

From the Earth to the Moon
1998

Glee
2009

Northern Exposure
1990