Anderson is from Edmonton, Alberta, and graduated from Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay, British Columbia.
[2] In 2014 Anderson was cast in the 2015 YTV/TeenNick series Open Heart where she played the role of Dr. London Blake, the older sister of the lead character.
[5] In 2016 Anderson had a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series The Other Kingdom, playing the Fairy Queen Titania, the lead character's mother.
[11] In 2017 she began playing the recurring role of Blake Crawford on the NBC television series Blindspot.
[12] In June 2021, Anderson was cast in the regular role of Kate Whistler in the CBS drama series NCIS: Hawai'i.