Andrea Roth (born September 30, 1967) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Janet Gavin, the wife of main character Tommy Gavin, on the FX television series Rescue Me (2004âÂÂ2011), as Victoria Chase in The Collector (2009), and before that, as Diana Powers / NeuroBrain on ' (1994).
Roth is a first-generation Canadian, born in Woodstock, Ontario, to a Scottish father and a Dutch mother. She aspired to become an actor from youth, and debuted on stage at eleven years of age in Helen Keller Miracle Worker. During college while she interned for an ad agency in Toronto, a modeling scout recruited her, and she became a print and runway model, then moved into an acting career.
Roth's screen debut was in 1988 on the anthology television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Roth's breakout roles include Eleanor, co-starring with Sally Field in the television miniseries A Woman of Independent Means, and Amy in the Canadian horror film The Club (1994), directed by Brenton Spencer.
She appeared in numerous television movies and series before landing her role on Rescue Me. She was a regular as Diana / NeuroBrain on '. Roth appeared in the Jet Li action film War (2007). She guest-starred on the CBS TV drama series Blue Bloods and the American crimee-thriller series Ringer.
On March 29, 2010, Roth gave birth to a daughter with her future husband, TV director Todd Biermann. The couple married on October 7, 2011.