Marla Johst Anderson

 Actress and Writer

Marla Johst Anderson, born in Cologne Germany, started out with a Masters in Sports Science with a double major in Outdoor Sports and Physical Theatre/Acting and Dance.

After finishing University Marla traveled around the world learning about different countries and cultures. She worked as a sailing instructor in New Zealand and Australia and furthered her acting career in Sydney through theater productions. Marla was in a feature film called “ZONDERPARK” in the role of Maria, a powerful scientist, ready to save the world.

Marla finished her acting degree at Herbert Berghof Institute in New York City, in the Hagen Core Program. After graduation she has been pursuing feature films in Hollywood and got cast as a support act in the psychological thriller "Broken Bridge" which was released in Summer 2020.

Marla is currently living near Cologne on a little farm with her family and has been busy with various commercials as well as building a MOCAP studio with her husband. They just booked a gig with the “Deutsche Bundeswehr” as Performance Capture Acting.

“Der Abenteuer Hof” is her developed kids show which she cowrites and coproduces with her husband Justin while also being the host of it. The show is produced in English and German and to be found on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOSured5yvgBPYdLBIrfk7Q

Her experiences and worldwide journey were featured in the Lonely Planet for Bali and Indonesia (2010). Another article Marla wrote was featured in “Itchy Feet” magazine (No. 6, 2009). Her first novel “Weltkind” can be found as an Ebook at various online platforms like Amazon, for example: . 

https://www.amazon.de/Weltkind-Marla-Johst-Anderson-ebook/dp/B07BPNSC5G/