After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre in 1985 from Hendrix College[1] (where she performed in plays with Herman's Head star William Ragsdale), she began her motion picture career as a production secretary for the television feature The Tuskegee Airmen, then made minor appearances in films such as Biloxi Blues and Walk the Line, and later Shotgun Stories.
[citation needed] Canerday served as a judge for the 2006 George Lindsey/UNA Film Festival,[2] and in 2007 was cast in a national radio commercial.
[citation needed] She played the part of a bartender in the short film Third Rate Romance directed by Chase Hartsook.
She has also appeared in South of Heaven, West of Hell, the 2011 movie The Last Ride, and one episode of the animated TV series King of the Hill.
Her upcoming movies include Hellfire starring Stephen Lang and Harvey Keitel, Good Time Charley, and the short film Souvenirs, all of which are currently in post-production.