About Esther Anderson (Australian actress)
Esther Jackie Anderson (born 13 June 1979) is an Australian actress and model, best known for her role as Charlie Buckton on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2008 until 2012. She was nominated for two Gold Logie Awards in 2010 and 2012. After leaving Home and Away, Anderson starred in the NBC television drama Siberia and was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia. == Early life == Anderson was born on 13 June 1979 and she grew up in Geelong. Anderson is a model and she lived in Japan for six years, travelling between the country and Europe for work. She appeared in a number of television commercials in Japan, which led her to move to Melbourne to take acting courses, as she wanted to begin acting and presenting. == Career == In 2007, Anderson landed a presenting role on the Victorian version of Australian travel show Postcards. A year later, she secured an audition for television soap opera Home and Away and was cast as police constable Charlie Buckton. Producers introduced a lesbian plot for Charlie and Kate Bell's character Joey Collins to boost the shows ratings. It was Anderson's first big storyline and she was required to work more hours.
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