Andrea Bowen

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Andrea Bowen
Born	Andrea Lauren Bowen (1990-03-04) March 4, 1990 (age 22) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Bowen with Mitchel Musso at the Annies.

Andrea Lauren Bowen (born March 4, 1990; Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress who is best known for playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives (2004–2012). She has won two SAG Awards.

Biography

Bowen is of Welsh descent and made her Broadway debut in 1996 as Young Cosette/Young Eponine in Les Misérables. At six, she was the youngest actress to ever play the role. From 1996 to 2001 Bowen was a consistent presence on Broadway. She appeared in the original company of the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music as Marta, and in 2000, created the role of Adele in the musical version of Jane Eyre. Bowen was also a member of The Broadway Kids concert group. Several of Bowen's siblings have also been heavily involved in musical theatre, performing roles in various other Broadway shows.

She briefly attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York alongside best friend Sarah Hyland.

From 2004–2012 Bowen has portrayed Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives. She currently models for Miss Selfridge.^{[citation needed]} She has also had recurring or guest starring roles on such shows as One Tree Hill (with friend Sophia Bush), Boston Public and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In the film Red Riding Hood she appears as one of "The Three Ashleys." Most recently, she played the role of Candace in the esoteric adventure film Eye of the Dolphin. She also starred in the Lifetime Original film Girl, Positive, an experience that allowed her to help spread the message among youth that "HIV is something you can protect yourself from." ^[1] More recently, she has appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer during its fourth season.

Bowen is the younger sister of Graham Bowen, Alex Bowen, Cameron Bowen, Jessica Bowen and Jillian Bowen, who are also actors.

Filmography

• Hawaii Five-0 — Amy/Pauline Lucero (2011) (as the Suspect)
• Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (video game) — Aerith Gainsborough (voice English version) (2011)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Talia al Ghul (voice) (2010)
• Ghost Whisperer — Rebecca Kelly (2009)
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (video game) — Aerith Gainsborough (voice English version) (2008)
• Girl, Positive — Rachel Sandler (Lifetime TV film) (2007)
• Eye of the Dolphin — Candace (2006)
• The Texas Panhandler — Guest Voice (2006)
• Bambi II — Faline (voice) (2006)
• Without a Trace — Becky Grolnick (2005)
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children — Moogle Girl (voice English version) (2005)
• Luckey Quarter — Patsy (2005)
• Desperate Housewives — Julie Mayer (2004–2012; season 1et4: starring; season 5: guest star; season 6: recurring; season 7: guest star; season 8: recurring)
• Felix the Cat saves Christmas — Felix the Cat (2004)
• Party Wagon — Billie Bartley/Manifest Destiny (voice) (2004)
• Red Riding Hood — Ashley #2 (2004)
• Strong Medicine — Sara Buck (2003)
• One Tree Hill — Stella (2003) (deleted scenes only)
• The Cat in the Hat (Video game)
• Extreme Skate Adventure (VG) (voice) (2003) — aka Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
• Boston Public — Riley Ellis (2003)
• That Was Then — Zooey Glass (2002)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sophie Douglas (2001)

Discography

• The Night of the Hunter, concept album
• The Sound of Music original Broadway revival cast recording, 1998
• Jane Eyre original Broadway cast recording, 2001
• Sugarbeats
• Broadway Kids
• Preachers Daughter (2011)

Awards

Bowen has 3 wins and 4 nominations

• 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for * Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (won)
• 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress (nominated)
• 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (won)
• 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated)
• 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated)
• 2008 Prism Award for Best TV Actress (won)
• 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andrea Bowen

• Andrea Bowen at the Internet Broadway Database
• Andrea Bowen at the Internet Movie Database
• Broadway biography at Playbill.com

Interviews

• Interview with TheStarScoop.com, October 2006
• Andrea Bowen Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment
• Andrea Bowen on Yahoo! TV