Born in Canada and moving to the USA, the story goes that Anderson initially found fame when, whilst sitting in the crowd at a football match, she appeared on the big screen to the cheers of the crowd. She was then signed up as a model, and eventually moved to LA to appear in Playboy and become an actress.
It didn't take long before she was cast as Lisa, the "Tool Time Girl" on the popular sitcom, Home Improvement. 2 years later, she left the show and starred in what would arguably be her biggest role, as CJ Parker in Baywatch, aka "the most watched TV show in the world".
You can see why the show was so popular.
A year before she left Baywatch, she appeared in her only lead role feature film, Barb Wire. Savaged by critics, the film did very poorly.
After Baywatch, she starred as Valerie Irons in her own TV show, V.I.P. which lasted 4 seasons. A few guest appearances later, it wasn't until the Fox Network aired her sitcom Stacked, set in a coffee/book shop. Co-starring Christopher Lloyd, this show had a few good laughs, for an American show anyway.
Since then she has spoken out for PETA against Kentucky Fried Chicken, appeared in Australia's Big Brother, and had a cameo in the movies Borat, and Superhero Movie.
Hilarious!
Anyway, during her time on V.I.P, I managed to find her fanmail address, and wouldn't you know it, I received a successful reply in the mail. Booya!
Oh yeah, she also married a couple of blokes, and filmed a couple of home-made sex videos... but that was before it was "the cool thing to do".
It's a pity that things are noy COOL anymore LOL
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