Andrea
Bowen began her career as a professional performer on Broadway in New York at the age of 6, playing
Young Cosette in Les Miserables, becoming
the youngest Cosette
in the
show’s 16 year run. She went on to
originate the role of Marta Von Trapp in the Original Cast of the
Broadway
revival of The Sound of Music
with Richard Chamberlain and the role of Adele
in the Broadway
musical production of Jane Eyre.
While performing on Broadway,
she also
began to guest star on many New York based TV shows such as Law
& Order and Third Watch
and in the films, New York
Crossing
and Highball.
Now
living in Los
Angeles,
Andrea is currently busy filming episodes for a
new ABC series entitled Desperate
Housewives in which she plays
Julie
Mayer, daughter of “desperate housewife”, Susan Mayer played by Teri
Hatcher.
Prior
to being cast in Desperate Housewives, Andrea played the role of Zooey
Glass in
the ABC primetime series That
Was Then. She
also played 12 year old genius, Riley Ellis in a
recurring role on
Fox’s Boston Public and has
had numerous guest star appearances
on other
shows playing a wide variety of roles ranging from an altruistic,
cystic
fibrosis patient on Strong
Medicine to an ill-tempered and foul
mouthed
foster child on One Tree
Hill, from the bratty child of a
sports star on Arli$$ to a
shy, suicidal teenager on Nip/Tuck.
Andrea
has also found success as a voiceover artist, lending her vocal talents
to many
projects including the film, The
Ice Age and two recently
completed animated
pilots for the Cartoon Network, Party Wagon and Ben-10.
As
a recording artist, Andrea can be heard on the Original Cast Albums of Jane
Eyre, The Musical and The
Sound of Music, ’98 Broadway Revival
as
well as Night of The Hunter,
Z the
Masked Musical, Broadway
Kids Sing America and the Sugar Beats discs “Car Tunes”
and “Christmas
Album”.
Andrea
is the youngest of six siblings, each of whom have found considerable
success
as performers on Broadway and in film and television. She currently
lives with
her mom and dad in the Los Angeles area. In
addition to acting, she is an accomplished
singer and dancer who also enjoys swimming and horseback riding. She also loves to read and was recently
awarded “Student of the Year” for academic achievement at her 8th
Grade culmination.
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