Andrea Hope Elson first realized her love for acting at age eleven when she
played the lead in a sixth grade production of "Alice in Wonderland".
Born on March 6, 1969 in New York City, this green-eyed actress grew up
traveling because of her father's job in advertising. Before she was
ten years old, she had lived in New York, Chicago, San Diego and Los
Angeles. While in San Diego, Andrea got an agent and won the first part
she auditioned for. It was for a commercial, and, from then on, one
acting job followed another. She landed guest-starring parts on
Simon & Simon (1981),
Silver Spoons (1982) and a co-starring role in the series
Whiz Kids (1983).
Andrea auditioned and won the part of Lynn Tanner on the hit series
ALF (1986). She continued to work for many years on various hit TV shows and Movies of the Week before leaving the entertainment business to focus on raising her family.