Janina Anderson is from Wales in the UK. She caught the acting bug at the tender age of 9 and spent a happy
childhood performing. Inspirational teachers quickly noticed her talent and throughout her younger years she
enjoyed playing in wonderful productions including ‘Annie’, ‘Gypsy’, ‘Oklahoma’, ‘Romeo & Juliet’, ‘Damn Yankees’,
‘Under Milk Wood ‘and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. It wasn't long before she was picked to be a part of
HTV's Wales junior drama workshop, which provided a casting pool of talent for Television in Wales. Jan also
appeared in Productions at the Sherman theatre in Cardiff for 5 years. After she left school, Jan started her
professional career with a nine month contract with The Welsh National Opera in 'Carmen'. The small screen
soon beckoned and at the tender age of 15 Jan already headed her own show, hosting the popular teenage
magazine program 'The Gen'. Her love for acting lead her to train at the Welsh College of Music and Drama to
train.
Moving to the capital of London, leads in more theatre productions and independent films beckoned. Jan’s talent
and beauty was soon noticed and she was snapped up in her first series regular at the age of only 20, in the
BBC's Prime Time drama 'Tiger Bay' playing wild child 'Jodie Marsh'. This head strong and fearless girl was much
like Janina at that time and was a joy for her to play. Soon becoming a fan favorite, she starred in Miramax's
infamous 'Human Traffic'. After filming this cult flick Janina landed the role of nurse 'Chloe Hill’ in the BBC's
popular primetime drama 'Casualty' and starred in this show for 5 years. Having itchy feet and wings that needed
to fly, Janina left this number one show and played leading characters in many more. Including news reporter
‘Sandie Booth’ in ITV’s ‘The Bill’, ‘Fran Morris’ In ‘Doctors’ and a cameo in the UK’s funniest comedy ‘French &
Saunders’ with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Her next long running series regular role was playing sexy
Lisa Hill on ITV's prime show, 'London's Burning. Lisa Hill was the firemen’s cook; only she could not actually
cook! Going back to her well-loved roots Wales, Jan played sassy Welsh Police women 'Tess Conti' on ITV's
drama series 'Nuts and Bolts'. Another fun role ensued, filming in crazy Ibiza playing mouthy Welsh girl ’Kim’ in the
kitschy comedy 'Is Harry On The Boat'.
It wasn't long before Hollywood was calling, but Jan took a few years out to train with the best in Los Angeles. This
training soon paid off, with leads in multiple films and shows including: the comedy series ‘National Banana’ by
Jerry Zucker, the award winning ‘Three Days Blind’, directed by Christopher Keith, playing another nurse in Fox's
'Prison Break' and recurring characters in the Sci-Fi networks ‘Scare Tactics’ with Tracey Morgan. Not forgetting
her roots Jan also shot the ever-popular BBC America series 'Torchwood', playing ‘Marie’ and Owen Teales
Cheating Wife in the film 'Pleasure Park' for ITV Wales.
Jan now has a new exciting role playing 'Stella' on the unforgettable HBO show 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and will
soon be seen on the big screen playing sexy teacher ‘Mrs. Macintre’ with Josh Hutchinson and Dane Cook in the
brand new comedy 'Detention', directed by the visionary genius Joseph Khan….
