Life and career

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 ever to 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 to 2012, Bowen portrayed Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives. She currently models for Miss Selfridge. 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."

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	New York Crossing	Child	Television film
1997	Highball	Witch, Fairy
2004	Luckey's Quarter	Patsy	Short film
2004	Party Wagon	Billie Bartley / Manifest Destiny (voice)	Television film
2006	Final Fantasy VII Advent Children	Moogle Girl (voice)	English version
2006	Bambi II	Faline (voice)	Direct-to-video
2006	Red Riding Hood	Ashley #2
2006	Eye of the Dolphin	Candace
2007	Girl, Positive	Rachel Sandler	Television film
2010	After the Fall	Jenna Danville	Television film
2012	Twinkle Toes	Pretty Tall (voice)	Direct-to-video
2012	Divorce Invitation	Melanie
2013	The Preacher's Daughter	Hannah White	Television film
2013	G.B.F.	'Shley
2014	Zoe Gone	Tammy Roberts
2016	Pretty Little Addict	Jennifer Philips	Television film
2016	Under Fire	Sophie Howell	Post-production
2016	Jonny's Sweet Revenge	Nikki	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1997	Law & Order	Rankin Toddler, Bess	2 episodes
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sophie Douglas	Episode: "Countdown"
2001	Third Watch	Rachel	Episode: "Adam 55-3"
2002	Arliss	Ginny	Episode: "In with the News"
2002	That Was Then	Zooey Glass	3 episodes
2003	Boston Public	Riley Ellis	3 episodes
2003	One Tree Hill	Stella	Episode: "With Arms Outstretched" (deleted scenes only)
2003	Strong Medicine	Sara Buck	Episode: "Seize the Day"
2004-2012	Desperate Housewives	Julie Mayer	95 episodes
2006, 2007, 2009	King of the Hill	Sandy, Teen Girl (voice)	3 episodes
2005	Without a Trace	Becky Grolnick	Episode: "A Day in the Life"
2008	The Closer	Michelle Clark	Episode: "Cherry Bomb"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Rebecca Kelly	Episode: "Greek Tragedy"
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Talia al Ghul (voice)	Episode: "Sidekicks Assemble!"
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Amy	Episode: "Ho'ohuli Na'au"
2012	Secret Life of the American Teenager	Jackie	Episode: "Allies"
2013	Scandal	Maybell Doyle	Episode: "Snake in the Garden"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Longest Journey	Young April, Alatien Child	English version
2003	Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
2003	The Cat in the Hat	Sally
2008	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Aerith Gainsborough	English version
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Aerith Gainsborough	English version

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
• Sugar Beats
• The 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)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]