{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1998)}} {{Infobox person | name = Zima Anderson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|02|22|df=yes}} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *painter }} | years_active = 2019– | television = ''Neighbours''<br>''SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins'' }} '''Zima Anderson''' (born 22 February 1998)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Zima |title=This coming Sunday I will have made my way another year around the Sun |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DU-eR0kFK-F/?img_index=1 |website=Instagram}}</ref> is an Australian actress. She grew up in Burnie, Tasmania, on a farm and later moved to Melbourne. In 2019, she had a guest role in ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'', and that same year she joined the cast of the soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Roxy Willis. Anderson remained in the role until she left in 2022 to explore other acting opportunities. She made returns in the role later in 2022 and in 2025. In 2023, she was a recruit for the fourth season of ''SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins''; however, she was medically withdrawn after having an injury on set. Anderson is also a painter.
==Early life==
Anderson was born on 22 February 1998.<ref name="Neighbours 1" /><ref name="SAS 1" /> She grew up in Burnie, Tasmania, on a farm with her pet and family.<ref name="Personal 1">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Jess |title=Neighbours star Zima Anderson reveals Christmas plans for this year |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30205855/neighbours-zima-anderson-christmas/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728042824/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30205855/neighbours-zima-anderson-christmas/ |archive-date=28 July 2025 |date=25 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Sandy |title=Burnie actress Zima Anderson to debut on Aussie soap opera Neighbours |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6055503/anderson-moves-streets-ahead-with-neighbours-debut/ |website=The Advocate |publisher=Australian Community Media |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730183642/https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6055503/anderson-moves-streets-ahead-with-neighbours-debut/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=16 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Backstage">{{cite web |title=Zima Anderson |url=https://www.backstage.com/u/zimaanderson/ |website=Backstage |access-date=5 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805171028/https://www.backstage.com/u/zimaanderson/ |archive-date=5 August 2025}}</ref> Whilst she was growing up, Anderson's mother had schizophrenia and she was subsequently taken into foster care at a "young age".<ref name="Schizophrenia">{{cite web |last1=Croke |first1=Lucy |title=Actress Zima Anderson reflects on how her difficult upbringing helped her on SAS Australia |url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/reality-tv/sas-australia-2023-zima-anderson-79006/ |website=Now to Love |publisher=TV Week |access-date=1 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801144255/https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/reality-tv/sas-australia-2023-zima-anderson-79006/ |archive-date=1 August 2025 |date=16 October 2023}}</ref> Anderson said that she struggled to talk about the situation to her friends as "a lot of people don't understand mental illness. Then judgment comes along with it".<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> Anderson believed that her difficult childhood made her become empathetic and understanding.<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> Anderson attended Burnie High School, and she took part in the school's drama production of ''What's new Pussycat?'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Acheson |first1=Mark |title=Burnie High production coming together |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/1781685/burnie-high-production-coming-together/ |website=The Advocate |publisher=Australian Community Media |access-date=23 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260123025600/https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/1781685/burnie-high-production-coming-together/ |archive-date=23 January 2026 |date=17 September 2013}}</ref> She later moved to Melbourne.<ref name="Backstage" />
==Career== Anderson had a guest stint as Gidget Mitchell in a February 2019 episode of the Australian drama television series ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries''.<ref name="Backstage" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Gidget Mitchell |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/604328/ms-fishers-modern-murder-mysteries-gidget-mitchell |website=TV Maze |access-date=3 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803052343/https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/604328/ms-fishers-modern-murder-mysteries-gidget-mitchell |archive-date=3 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="Mysteries">{{cite web |title=Dead Beat - Guest Cast |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1613717/ms-fishers-modern-murder-mysteries-1x02-dead-beat/cast |website=TV Maze |access-date=3 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803052335/https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1613717/ms-fishers-modern-murder-mysteries-1x02-dead-beat/cast |archive-date=3 August 2025}}</ref> On 14 April 2019, it was announced that Anderson had joined the cast of the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Roxy Willis.<ref name="Neighbours 1">{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |title=Neighbours casts Zima Anderson as Terese's niece Roxy Willis |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a27139226/neighbours-casts-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-terese-niece/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728042920/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a27139226/neighbours-casts-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-terese-niece/ |archive-date=28 July 2025 |date=14 April 2019}}</ref> ''Neighbours'' was Anderson's first speaking role.<ref name="Neighbours 2" /> She made her debut in the episode airing on 29 April of that year.<ref name="Neighbours 1" /> Anderson felt fortunate with her role, explaining, "I've already found myself in a wide range of crazy situations from virtually the first scene which has been so much fun and really challenged me, I'm constantly learning".<ref name="Neighbours 1" /> Anderson had wanted to be on the soap since she was 13-years-old.<ref name="Neighbours exit" /> The actress found her first day on set her "best experience to date" and added, "I was nervous but more excited and my first scene I had to jump up on the bar and pour tequila in my belly button which explains itself! Everyone on set was so welcoming and nice and it was just better than I ever imagined".<ref name="Neighbours 1" /> She praised the cast and crew for being "happy, helpful and just so great" and for her colleagues for giving her advice and mentoring, particularly Stefan Dennis' tip to "never be afraid to look silly".<ref name="Neighbours 1" /> Roxy's storylines on the soap included a fling with Mark Brennan (Scott McGregor),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Jess |title=Neighbours' Mark Brennan and Roxy Willis secret to spread as they get caught out |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a28964892/neighbours-mark-brennan-roxy-willis-caught-secret/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730173653/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a28964892/neighbours-mark-brennan-roxy-willis-caught-secret/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=9 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Penwill|first1=Alice|title=Roxy's drunken gesture! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=21–27 September 2019 |issue=38|page=47}}</ref> a friendship and fling with Shane Rebecchi (Nicholas Coghlan),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours' Roxy Willis kisses Shane Rebecchi as they grow closer at work |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30486119/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-willis-kisses-shane-rebecchi/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730175314/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30486119/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-willis-kisses-shane-rebecchi/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shane's Other Woman! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=4–10 January 2020 |issue=1|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ellis|first1=Sarah|title=Roxy & Shane's shock smooch! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=18–24 January 2020|issue=3|pages=28–29}}</ref> finding out she is a donor match for David Tanaka (Takaya Honda),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Penwill|first1=Alice|title=Too close for comfort? |magazine=Inside Soap |date=11–17 January 2020 |issue=2|page=43}}</ref> a feud with Amy Greenwood (Jacinta Stapleton),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ellis|first1=Sarah|title=Flamingo Feud! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=26 June – 2 July 2021 |issue=26|page=49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours star Zima Anderson reveals Roxy and Amy feud storyline was changed |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a36964587/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-amy-feud-story-changed/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730173643/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a36964587/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-amy-feud-story-changed/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=8 July 2021}}</ref> marrying Kyle Canning (Chris Milligan),<ref name="Neighbours 2">{{cite web |last1=Lucas |first1=Rachel |title='Neighbours' Zima Anderson reveals wedding day tragedy for Roxy! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/neighbours-zima-anderson-reveals-wedding-day-tragedy-for-roxy |website=What to Watch |publisher=Future plc |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730174212/https://www.whattowatch.com/news/neighbours-zima-anderson-reveals-wedding-day-tragedy-for-roxy |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=12 January 2022}}</ref> and discovering that she is pregnant with his child after struggling to conceive.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Jess |title=Neighbours confirms baby twist for Roxy Willis and Kyle Canning |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39538140/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-kyle-baby-twist/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730175018/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39538140/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-kyle-baby-twist/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Neighbours exit" /> Anderson also played the part in the soap's late night special episodes ''Endgame'', which she enjoyed.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ellis|first1=Sarah|last2=Penwill|first2=Alice|title=The Inside Soap Awards 2020 |magazine=Inside Soap |date=28 November – 4 December 2020 |issue=48|page=56}}</ref> She also described the soap as the "best classroom for young actors".<ref name="Post Neighbours" />
Anderson enjoyed Roxy's style and the way she wants people to have fun, though the actress believed that she was different from Roxy as she hates making trouble.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ellis|first1=Sarah|title=Get your Roxy off! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=20–26 July 2020 |issue=29|page=41}}</ref> Anderson noted that the reaction to her character changed over time and that people would go up to her and talk to her about "how great it is to see such a confident character have a vulnerable side and still be confident when she can do".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Jess |title=Neighbours star Zima Anderson discusses whether Roxy Willis could find love in 2020 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30270005/neighbours-roxy-willis-love-2020-zima-anderson/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730173142/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a30270005/neighbours-roxy-willis-love-2020-zima-anderson/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=20 December 2019}}</ref> For Roxy and Kyle's wedding, the costume team of the soap made a wedding dress for Anderson from scratch.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Penwill|first1=Alice|title=Here comes the bride!|magazine=Inside Soap |date=15–21 January 2022 |issue=3|pages=48–49}}</ref> Anderson later left the role and her exit aired on 12 April 2022, alongside Milligan.<ref name="Neighbours exit">{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours star Zima Anderson explains why she left Roxy Willis role |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39699306/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-exit/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730190309/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39699306/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-exit/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=12 April 2022}}</ref> Their departures had been announced earlier that month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours confirms details of Kyle and Roxy's final episode |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39618601/neighbours-spoilers-kyle-roxy-final-episode/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730191730/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39618601/neighbours-spoilers-kyle-roxy-final-episode/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Anderson revealed that she had left as she had promised herself that she would "challenge" herself after she spent three years on the soap.<ref name="Neighbours exit" /> She explained:
<blockquote>"You get so comfortable. ''Neighbours'' is the best school you could ever go to for acting. You never get an experience like that anywhere. I learned so much, I laughed so much and I'd grown so much as a human, so I felt that I needed to challenge myself in another direction. I felt like it worked out as perfect timing. It was so hard to leave a place like that, because ''Neighbours'' is so incredible and fantastic. I love Roxy and she'll always be with me, but it was a choice to go and learn somewhere else, because I'd learned so much already."<ref name="Neighbours exit" /></blockquote>
The actress found her departure emotional, explaining, "it was a really weird sensation to be completing a massive life goal. I had gained such a family there. Everyone I met along the way has been so influential and important in my life".<ref name="Neighbours exit" /> Through her time on the soap, Anderson felt that she had become more confident in herself as an actress.<ref name="Neighbours 2" /> Anderson's departure aired months before ''Neighbours''{{'}} 2022 finale after the soap was cancelled earlier that year; Anderson explained that she wanted to stay until the end but her contract ended a few months before and it felt right for her to leave.<ref name="Neighbours exit" /> However, she added that she would be happy to return to the soap for the finale and said that she would find it fun to wear a baby bump.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sarrubba |first1=Stefania |last2=Kilkelly |first2=Daniel |title=Neighbours star Zima Anderson reveals whether she'd return for show finale |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39726754/neighbours-zima-anderson-return-finale/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730190440/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39726754/neighbours-zima-anderson-return-finale/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=14 April 2022}}</ref> Anderson later made two brief returns later in 2022, including for the soap's final episodes broadcast in July of that year.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tyler |first1=Laura-Jayne|title=Neighbours' Honour Roll! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=14–20 May 2022 |issue=20|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours confirms Ned Willis's exit details as Ben Hall bows out |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39871068/neighbours-spoilers-ben-hall-ned-willis-exit/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731052836/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39871068/neighbours-spoilers-ben-hall-ned-willis-exit/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=2 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=Neighbours officially announces 23 returnees for final ever episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39933926/neighbours-final-episodes-23-returnees/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731052814/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a39933926/neighbours-final-episodes-23-returnees/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=7 May 2022}}</ref> In January 2025, it was announced that Anderson would reprise the role for ''Neighbours''' 40th Anniversary.<ref name="Return 2025">{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=Neighbours announces surprise return for Roxy Willis |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63420277/neighbours-roxy-willis-return/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731053237/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63420277/neighbours-roxy-willis-return/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=14 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mensah |first1=Katelyn |title=Neighbours announces returnees ahead of 40th anniversary |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/neighbours/neighbours-shane-ramsay-roxy-willis-return-40th-anniversary-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |publisher=Immediate Media Company |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731053653/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/neighbours/neighbours-shane-ramsay-roxy-willis-return-40th-anniversary-newsupdate/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=14 January 2025}}</ref> Her return aired in the episode originally released on 20 February of that year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours reveals fan favourite's return details in 31 spoiler pictures |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/g63588570/neighbours-spoiler-pictures-fan-favourite-return/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731053944/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/g63588570/neighbours-spoiler-pictures-fan-favourite-return/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=11 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours danger as Roxy's comeback entangles her in Max's dark secret |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63782313/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-max-dark-secret/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731054105/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a63782313/neighbours-spoilers-roxy-max-dark-secret/ |archive-date=31 July 2025 |date=13 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tyler |first1=Laura-Jayne|title=Ramsay's Return! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=25–31 January 2025 |issue=4|page=13}}</ref> In November 2025, it was announced that Anderson would return as Roxy for the soap's final episodes the following month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Neighbours confirms huge list of returning characters for final ever episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a69498013/neighbours-spoilers-returning-characters-final-episodes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251121160711/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a69498013/neighbours-spoilers-returning-characters-final-episodes/ |archive-date=21 November 2025|website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=21 November 2025 |date=20 November 2025}}</ref>
In March 2023, it was announced that Anderson would be a recruit for the fourth season of ''SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins''.<ref name="SAS 1">{{cite web |last1=Barion |first1=Angeline |title=The Recruits of TV's Toughest Test 'SAS Australia' 2023 Have Been Revealed |url=https://thelatch.com.au/sas-australia-2023-cast-list/ |website=The Latch |access-date=1 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801143808/https://thelatch.com.au/sas-australia-2023-cast-list/ |archive-date=1 August 2025 |date=12 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Seven confirms SAS Australia cast |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/seven-confirms-sas-australia-cast.html |website=TV Tonight |access-date=1 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801143914/https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/seven-confirms-sas-australia-cast.html |archive-date=1 August 2025 |date=6 March 2023}}</ref> Anderson attributed her upbringing to helping her on the show, explaining, "When you're a foster child, you're the only one who's on your side. You have to be independent, so I felt comfortable being a nobody [on the show]".<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> Whilst on the show, Anderson was transported to hospital after she slipped and fell down eight metres onto a concrete slab during a task where she had to jump into the ocean from a high platform in the episode airing on 24 October 2023.<ref name="Accident 1">{{cite web |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=Former Neighbours star Zima Anderson rushed to hospital on SAS Australia |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a45641479/neighbours-zima-anderson-hospital-sas-australia/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802163342/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a45641479/neighbours-zima-anderson-hospital-sas-australia/ |archive-date=2 August 2025 |date=25 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Weir |first1=James |title=Zima Anderson suffers horrific accident {{!}} James Weir recaps SAS Australia episode 7 |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/zima-anderson-suffers-horrific-accident-james-weir-recaps-sas-australia-episode-7/news-story/7e77013d50e4188724d1262cf04e6969 |website=news.com.au |publisher=News Corp Australia |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802163504/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/zima-anderson-suffers-horrific-accident-james-weir-recaps-sas-australia-episode-7/news-story/7e77013d50e4188724d1262cf04e6969 |archive-date=2 August 2025 |date=30 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Accident 2" /> Anderson fractured her wrist and right elbow and ended up withdrawing from the show on medical grounds.<ref name="Accident 1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barion |first1=Angeline |title=Sink or Swim: Every Celebrity Recruit Who Got the Boot on 'SAS Australia' 2023 |url=https://thelatch.com.au/who-went-home-on-sas-australia-2023/ |website=The Latch |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802171646/https://thelatch.com.au/who-went-home-on-sas-australia-2023/ |archive-date=2 August 2025 |date=2 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kearney |first1=Georgie |title=SAS Australia star Zima Anderson in horror accident during filming |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/sas-australia/sas-australia-recruit-zima-anderson-faces-shock-accident--c-12315810 |website=Seven News |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802171423/https://7news.com.au/entertainment/sas-australia/sas-australia-recruit-zima-anderson-faces-shock-accident--c-12315810 |archive-date=2 August 2025 |date=24 October 2013}}</ref> Anderson spoke about her experience on Instagram, writing, "I could not be more grateful to have heard the stories of and been bossed around by these legends. Honestly could not thank you all more for this experience, all your words and encouragement".<ref name="Accident 1" /> She also was grateful that she had not broken her spine.<ref name="Accident 1" /> Reflecting on the incident in 2024, Anderson said, "It was one of the things I thought I got a message to not do it and I didn't follow my intuition. I was meant to land in the water in the ocean. If I had landed in the water, I would have been paraplegic or dead easily. It took me four days to walk again, the shock in my body. I was in some army hospital and they kept doing scans and stuff because it didn't make sense. I thought I broke my spine or broke my legs and I remember every single aspect and every single moment, and in all honesty, I just accepted I was going to die".<ref name="Accident 2">{{cite web |last1=Barrand |first1=Rochelle |title='I accepted I was going to die': Neighbours actress Zima Anderson speaks about horror fall during Celebrity SAS |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/celebrity/i-accepted-i-was-going-to-die-neighbours-actress-zima-anderson-horror-fall-celebrity-sas-4836949 |website=National World |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802163503/https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/celebrity/i-accepted-i-was-going-to-die-neighbours-actress-zima-anderson-horror-fall-celebrity-sas-4836949 |archive-date=2 August 2025 |date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
Anderson is also a painter and had her first exhibition in Melbourne after leaving ''Neighbours'' in 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Penwill |first1=Alice|title="Goodbye Ramsay Street!" |magazine=Inside Soap |date=9–15 April 2022 |issue=15|pages=46–47}}</ref> She has also said that she plans to direct in the future.<ref name="Post Neighbours">{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Sandy |title=Actress Zima Anderson details career plans post-Neighbours |url=https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/7835873/with-international-fame-actress-looks-to-life-after-ramsay-street/ |website=Lismore City News |access-date=6 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406144820/https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/7835873/with-international-fame-actress-looks-to-life-after-ramsay-street/ |archive-date=6 April 2025 |date=27 July 2022}}</ref> She has described acting as being "everything" to her, explaining, "I am just a creative person, but acting sits at the forefront of mind constantly".<ref name="Post Neighbours" />
==Personal life== Anderson revealed in 2019 that she has a nephew.<ref name="Personal 1" /> Whilst working on ''Neighbours'', Anderson said that she developed a "beautiful friendship" with her colleague Jemma Donovan, who played Harlow Robinson, and that Anderson tried to make her feel welcome on the soap when she started.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Exclusive: Neighbours star Zima Anderson hints at big changes ahead for wild child Roxy Willis |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a27439257/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-changes/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730174618/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a27439257/neighbours-spoilers-zima-anderson-roxy-willis-changes/ |archive-date=30 July 2025 |date=11 May 2019}}</ref> The pair became close friends.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=My Life In 10 Pictures {{!}} Jemma Donovan |magazine=New Idea |date=13 December 2021 |issue=50|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=You ask...They answer! Jemma Donovan faces your questions! |magazine=Inside Soap |date= 2–8 May 2020 |issue=18 |pages=50–51}}</ref> In 2023, Anderson revealed that she had a partner called Ricky and that the pair were planning to marry and have children, with Anderson saying that she was "dying" to be a mother.<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> Anderson described her partner as being "very much a joker" and attributed him to helping her take stuff less seriously.<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> That same year, Anderson explained that her mother goes through "good" and "bad" spells.<ref name="Schizophrenia" /> In late 2020, Anderson said that she was living by herself in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ellis|first1=Sarah|title=Funny girl! |magazine=Inside Soap |date=12–18 December 2020 |issue=50|page=49}}</ref> She is a fan of mixed martial arts.<ref name="Backstage" /> She is also a Tarot card reader.<ref name="Backstage" /> She is an Aboriginal Australian descended from Palawa Kani<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Right Fit |url=https://theright.fit/creator/zima-a |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=theright.fit}}</ref>.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 2019 | ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' | Gidget Mitchell | 1 episode ("Dead Beat") | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Mysteries" /> |- | 2019–22, 2025 | ''Neighbours'' | Roxy Willis | Regular role | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Return 2025" /> |- | 2023 | ''SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins'' | Herself | Season 4 recruit | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SAS 1" /> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|10330610}}
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