Jessica Bowman

{{Short description|American actress (born 1980s)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2019}} {{Notability|Bio|date=February 2019}} }} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date |14|1995|3|4}} | birth_place = Walnut Creek, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1993–2004, 2011 | website = | spouse = }}

'''Jessica Bowman''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date |14|1995|3|4|noage=1}}) is an American actress known for her role as Colleen Cooper on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/jessica-bowman-joins-cast-of-dr-quinn/article_b1a1cdad-cbdf-5ccf-80da-717e898fa58e.html|title=Jessica Bowman Joins Cast of 'Dr. Quinn'|work=Tulsa World|access-date=2018-04-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123201057/https://tulsaworld.com/archives/jessica-bowman-joins-cast-of-dr-quinn/article_b1a1cdad-cbdf-5ccf-80da-717e898fa58e.html |archive-date=January 23, 2025 }}</ref>

==Career== Bowman was born in Walnut Creek, California.<ref name=":0" /> She began acting in community theater and commercials, and appeared as Darcy on ''The Road Home''.

After guest appearances on ''Boy Meets World'', ''NYPD Blue'', and ''Baywatch'', Bowman assumed the role of Colleen Cooper on the popular drama ''Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman'' in season three, episode 15.<ref name=":0" /> She took over this role after the original portrayer, Erika Flores, did not renew her contract. Bowman won the Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Series at the Young Artists Awards in 1996 for her role as Colleen. She was also nominated in 1997 and 1998. She won the Michael Landon Award in 1996, along with Beth Sullivan, Tim Johnson, Chad Allen, and Shawn Toovey, for Outstanding Family Television series of the year. After ''Dr. Quinn'' was cancelled in 1998, Bowman starred in ''Someone to Love Me'', playing a rape victim who struggles to prove her rapist's guilt.

Bowman appeared in two made-for-TV movies, ''Young Hearts Unlimited'' and ''Lethal Vows'', before reprising her role as Colleen for the movie ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within'' in 2001. She appeared in the movies ''Joy Ride'' and ''Derailed'', starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role  ! Notes |- |1993 |''Remote'' |Judy Riley |Video |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|Road Home|The Road Home (American TV series)}}'' |Darcy Matson |Main role, 6 episodes |- |1994 |''Boy Meets World'' |Jennifer |Episode: "The Uninvited" |- |1994 |''NYPD Blue'' |Allison Davis |Episode: "Simone Says" |- |1995 |''Secrets'' |Anna Berter |TV movie |- |1995–1998 |''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' |Colleen Cooper |Main role (seasons 3–6), 65 episodes |- |1997 |''Baywatch'' |Kirstie Morgan |Episode: "Rendezvous" |- |1998 |''Breakfast with Einstein'' |Marlena |TV movie |- |1998 |''Someone to Love Me'' |Kaley Young |TV movie |- |1998 |''Young Hearts Unlimited'' |Lissa |TV movie |- |1999 |''Lethal Vows'' |Sarah Farris |TV movie |- |2001 |''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within'' |Colleen Cooper-Cook |TV movie |- |2001 |''Joy Ride'' |Charlotte |Film |- |2002 |''Derailed'' |Bailey Kristoff |Film |- |2004 |''50 First Dates'' |Tamy |Film |- |2011 |''Striker'' |Michelle Zlatanovic |Short film |}

==Awards== *'''1996''': Young Artist Award: Best Performance by a Young Actress - TV Drama Series, ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' *'''1996''': Michael Landon Award: Outstanding Family Television Series of the Year, ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0101333|Jessica Bowman}}

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