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 Renaissance Court Dance, the Lecoq Improvisation and Krumping#Clowning vs. KrumpingClowning and the Commedia dell'arte.

Jo has had guest-starring appearances in many television shows, has appeared in a few movies, as well as many tv-movies. She has also starred in some television series. Recently she has guest-starred in some tv series including "The Closer" and "ER".

Filmography

TV series

• Miami Vice (1987)
• Thirtysomething (1988)
• Dream Street (1989)
• Beauty and the Beast (1990)
• Northern Exposure (1992-1993)
• Sisters (1991)
• High Incident (1997)
• Millennium (1997)
• Legacy (1998)
• Roswell (1999-2001)
• The Closer (2005)
• ER (2006)
• C.S.I. (2007)
• C.S.I. Miami (2007)

Movies

• Heaven Help Us (1985)
• Miles from Home (1988)
• Dead Again (1991)
• JFK (1991)
• Season Of Change (1994)
• Daylight (1996)
• Rain (2001)
• Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)

TV films

• I Saw What You Did (1988)
• Prime Target (1989)
• Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990)
• Decoration Day (1990)
• Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993)
• One Woman's Courage (1994)
• Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
• From The Earth to the Moon (1998)
• The Sky's On Fire (1998)

External links

• Jo Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com Summary
• JoAnderson.com
• Explore the Works of Jo Anderson - Amazon.com