Anderson played Erica Templeton on All Saints until 30 September 2008, when her character was pronounced dead, as she had been missing for more than 3 weeks.

In 2019 Anderson joined the cast of Harrow playing Dr. Grace Molyneux, a junior medical examiner with a mysterious past and Harrow's love interest for Season 2, Anderson was also a part of Season 3 filming and revealed during an interview with TV Week she had just returned to work after giving birth to her daughter only 3 weeks beforehand.

From 14 November 2011 to 10 December 2011, Anderson was cast as the leading role of Hypatia, in Queensland Theatre Company's Fractions, by Marcel Dorney.

[4] Hypatia is a brilliant female mathematician and philosopher who, 1600 years ago, was responsible for the Library of Alexandria - a collection of all the knowledge in her world.

[4] Anderson has been nominated for a Logie Award in 2007 for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role as Erica Templeton in All Saints but lost out to Amy Mathews from Home and Away.