Jessica Robyn Bowman (born November 26, 1980) is an American

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known for her role as Colleen Cooper on ''

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''.

Career

Bowman was born in

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. She began acting in community theater and commercials, and appeared as Darcy on ''The Road Home''. After guest appearances on ''

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'', '' NYPD Blue'', and ''

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'', Bowman assumed the role of Colleen Cooper on the popular drama ''Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman'' in season three, episode 15. She took over this role after the original portrayer,

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, 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

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, 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, ''

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'' 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

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Filmography

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"

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References

1980 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Living people American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from California People from Walnut Creek, California {{US-screen-actor-1980s-stub