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 57 12 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 offoff Broadway In 1985 she starred in the onewoman play Marie which she had written about Marie Curie She moved from New York to Los Angeles in the mid80s Jo has studied with the actor Michael Moriarty and is a member of the prestigious Actors 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 gueststarred in such shows as CSI Eleventh Hour and Glee