Background
Anders was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Was raised in DeForest, Wisconsin. And now lives in Los Los Angeles
Anders was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Was raised in DeForest, Wisconsin. And now lives in Los Los Angeles
She graduated from DeForest Area High School in DeForest, Wisconsin, in 1993. And received a Bachelor"s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1997.
In 2001, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University. Her brother is director Sean Anders. Theatre Television and film One of Anders" first appearances on television was a commercial for Dannon that ran in the 1990s and then again around 2006.
She also appeared on an episode of Law And Order " The Fire This Time" (2001) as a teenager Emily Hoyt Anders is most notable for her work on Joey as lawyer Alex Garrett and on the ensemble situation comedy The Class as Nicole Allen (née Campbell), an ex-football player"s wife.
She appeared in all episodes of both Joey and The Class. Both shows were shortly canceled.
Anders has also made guest appearances on One Life to Live, Law & Order, Guiding Light, and Tru Calling. She appeared in five episodes of Home Box Office drama series Oz as Donna Degenhart in 2003 and made a minor appearance in the 2004 film The Stepford Wives, playing the part of Heather.
Anders also appeared on Numb3rs in 2008.
Anders appeared in two unsuccessful television pilots, Spellbound and News To Maine. More recently, Anders appeared on Better Office Ted, a single-camera workplace comedy written by Victor Fresco for American Broadcasting Company. In 2011, Anders co-starred in the television series Mr. Sunshine alongside creator Matthew Perry.
American Broadcasting Company picked up the comedy as a midseason replacement for the 2010-2011 television season.
In May 2011, American Broadcasting Company cancelled this series. Also in 2011, Anders appeared briefly as a cheerleader in the music video "Revenge of the Nerds", a rap song recorded by her former Better Office Ted co-star Malcolm Barrett under the stage name "Verbal".
The video features all the other main actors from the Better Office Ted series in cameos either as their television characters or, in the case of Anders, new characters. Anders began dating actor Matt LeBlanc in 2006 when they worked together on the short-lived television series, Joey.
They confirmed their relationship ended in 2015.