She graduated with a journalism degree[1] at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales before starting an acting career for about a decade.
She later graduated with a science degree at Macquarie University in Sydney[1] and then worked as a researcher for National Geographic Society and Becker Entertainment.
She also appeared in one episode of each science fiction and adventure series The Lost World (2000) as Hippolita, Farscape (2002) as Ponara, and BeastMaster (2001) as Queen Lyoka.
Anja started working in early 2013 with fellow reporters Simon Pampena and Derek Muller, presenting many other documentaries and doing an entire trip from Western Australia to the state of Victoria.
They then visited a national park invaded of koalas, discovered coastal waters of the state of Victoria by mapping underwater, and finally ended in Melbourne flying in a hot air balloon.