Andrea Anders was born in 1975 in Madison Wisconsin but raised in DeForest within the same State She graduated from DeForest Area High School in 1993 subsequently received his BFA from the University Wisconsin Stevens Point and finally got his MFA from Rutgers University In 2001 she began his career in theatre She participated in works such as Proof The Graduate On the Jump New Doors Cold Tender and New World Rhapsody She made her debut before the cameras in the year 1998 in an episode of the series One Life to Live and since then has mainly developed her career in television She is known primarily for playing the lawyer Alex Garrett in the series Joey a spinoff of Friends starring Matt LeBlanc Others of her regular units were in Oz where she played the role of Donna Degenhart She was also Nicole Allen in The Class between 2006 and 2007 and Linda Zwordling in ABC Better of Ted comedy You can see her in the role of Alice in the new sitcom written produced and starring Matthew Perry Mr Sunshine Others of her credits in the small screen include participations in Law and order The Guiding Light Tru Calling and Numb3rs Could it be also in the telefilms Spellbound and The Big D On the big screen she debuted in 2004 in the comedy Perfect women starring Nicole Kidman Bette Midler Glenn Close and Matthew Broderick She later was seen in Never Been Thawed and Sex Drive With respect to her personal life is the sister of director Sean Anders and since 2006 is in a couple with actor Matt LeBlanc