She attended Nathan Hale High School[1] and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a major in telecommunications and a minor in theater.
[2] She signed with a modeling agency and worked steadily in New York City, Paris, Milan, and Los Angeles.
[2] While in Italy, she played the lead in a short experimental film about an Italian vision of the United States called Through Your Eyes.
[citation needed] Anderson has made many guest appearances on TV shows from Silk Stalkings, Dream On, Twin Peaks, to Red Shoe Diaries (Liar's Tale).
The 5-foot 11-inch brunette modeled for various fashion magazines, as well as for photographers Helmut Newton, Douglas Sutter, and sculptor Robert Graham.