Background
Anja Coleby was born and raised in Sydney.
Anja Coleby was born and raised in Sydney.
She graduated with a journalism degree at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales before starting an acting career for about a decade. She later graduated with a science degree at Macquarie University in Sydney and then worked as a researcher for National Geographic Society and Becker Entertainment.
Anja Coleby has appeared in a number of science fiction and action series, and in Australian film and television She later played a small role as Crystal in the Australian soap Breakers. She also appeared as a guest role in Australian television series including the crime drama Water Rats in 1997, and the medical drama All Saints in 2002.
She also appeared in one episode of each science fiction and adventure series The Lost World (2000) as Hippolita, Farscape (2002) as Ponara, and BeastMaster (2001) as Queen Lyoka.
Anja changed her surname from Coleby to Taylor in 2005 when she began reading the news for Arena television Since then, Anja has presented and narrated alone a number of small documentaries about different fields such as medecine, nature, technology and education. In addition of being a reporter, Anja has also been a producer and researcher of these episodes among many others
Anja started working in early 2013 with fellow reporters Simon Pampena and Derek Muller, presenting many other documentaries and doing an entire roadtrip from Western Australia to the state of Victoria. They started in Perth with a ride in an electric car, and then went to the gold mine of Kalgoorlie.
They moved to Lake Lefroy to discover the giant salt lakes and then to South Australia to discover Weebubbie Cave, the deepest cave in the Nullarbor.
They discovered the Eucla sand hills, the different species of the desert in Nullarbor, the beach of Yalata and its mulloway, and went to Coonawarra wine region to discover its wine. They followed their trip in Victoria to first discover a place in Warrnambool with penguin patrols who have been threatened by predators like foxes. They then visited a national park invaded of koalas, discovered coastal waters of the state of Victoria by mapping underwater, and finally ended in Melbourne flying in a hot air balloon.
After her long Australian roadtrip, Anja has narrated again other documentaries alone.
Anja has also briefly modelled for Australian sport magazine Inside Sport, in which she appeared in a number of swimming suits.
She was a main cast member of the television series Flipper, playing the character Holly Myers for three seasons. She has continued to work in Australian television, and is now a producer and reporter for the American Broadcasting Company science program Catalyst, in which she has been a member of the team since 2006.