1993 graduate of DeForest Area High School, in DeForest, Wisconsin. Attended the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, earning a bachelor degree of fine arts in 1997. From there, attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, earning a master of fine arts in 2001. After leaving Rutgers, headed to the New York area to work on her acting career. After 2 years in New York, moved to Los Angeles and worked on some unsuccessful pilots before landing her role on Joey (2004) co-starring Matt LeBlanc and Drea de Matteo.
Andrea Anders
Movies
Heroine
Tru Davies, a medical grad student in Boston whose grant is suddenly pulled out from under her, takes a job at a local morgue. There, she discovers that she has the power to “re-live” the previous day over again to help the people who wrongly ended up dead. She uses…
Fun Facts
I was overweight
Quotes
When I was on Joey (2004), I started coming in immediately in the morning and looking at the ratings until, after about six months, I completely gave the whole thing up, because it occurred to me that it really didn't matter. There are so many things that can go right and so many things that can go wrong that have nothing to do with me that my attitude is: "You know what? I'm going to come in (to work) until you tell me not to"".
On early acting success: I got too big for my britches. I stopped learning and acquired a really stupid 'tough' attitude. By the time I graduated