Andrea Bowen

American actress (born 1990)

Andrea Bowen (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Broadway musicals such as Les Misérables and The Sound of Music. In 2004, she began playing the role of Julie Mayer on the ABC comedy drama series Desperate Housewives, a role she played on a regular basis until 2008. She later appeared on a recurring basis until the show ended in 2012. Bowen later went on to star in a number of Lifetime television movies.

Bowen was born on March 4, 1990. Bowen is of Welsh, English, and German descent. She is the younger sister of Graham Bowen, Alex Bowen, Cameron Bowen, Jessica Bowen, and Jillian Bowen (who are also actors). 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 von Trapp, and created the role of Adèle in the musical version of Jane Eyre in 2000. She returned to The Sound of Music in 2006 for the Hollywood Bowl production, this time playing Liesl. 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. Prior to being cast in the role, Bowen did not think she would get it, explaining "they were looking for a 12 year old brunette  and I was a 13 year old blonde." As a result, Bowen was asked to dye her hair for the role. Her character was written off the series after season four. Teri Hatcher expressed disappointment in the decision, but series creator Marc Cherry promised that Bowen would return to the series. Bowen returned to the series for one episode during season five and rejoined the main cast as a series regular for season six. She appeared once in season seven and returned for a string of episodes in the final season. In the 2006 film Red Riding Hood, she appears as one of "The Three Ashleys". Also that year, 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."

After leaving Desperate Housewives, Bowen guest starred on The Closer, Ghost Whisperer, Hawaii Five 0 and Scandal. She found work playing leading roles in a number of television movies for Lifetime and Hallmark. Her films include After the Fall (2010), The Preacher's Daughter (2013), Zoe Gone (2014), Under Fire (2016), Pretty Little Addict (2016) and A Family for the Holidays (2017). In 2013, she went to star in a teen comedy film G. B. F
She is currently engaged to former Desperate Housewives co star Josh Zuckerman, with their wedding set for August 2024.

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 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersVoice artist2013StokerVoice artist 2014 Zoe Gone Tammy Roberts 2016 Who Killed My Husband? Sophie Howell Television film 2016 Pretty Little Addict Jennifer Philips Television film 2017 Jonny's Sweet Revenge Nikki 2017 A Winter Wedding Hailey Reynolds 2020Psycho Sister In LawHaley DownesTelevision film