Jessica Robyn Bowman is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress perhaps best known for her role as Colleen Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...

.

Career

Bowman was born in Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek, California

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. Bowman began acting in community theater, and commercials, and appeared as Darcy on The Road Home.

After guest appearances on Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

, NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

and Baywatch

Baywatch

Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...

, Bowman assumed the role of Colleen Cooper on the popular drama Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman in season 4/1995. She took over this role after the original portrayer, Erika Flores

Erika Flores

Erika Flores is an American actress and former child actress, known for her role as the first Colleen Cooper in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV series. Erika left the role in 1995 on account of a salary dispute as well as personal reasons in the middle of the third season...

, 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

Michael Landon

Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...

 Award in 1996, along with Beth Sullivan, Tim Johnson, Chad Allen

Chad Allen (actor)

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 and Shawn Toovey

Shawn Toovey

Shawn Toovey is an American actor. He is best known for his role as "Brian Cooper" in the popular drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for which Toovey won four Young Artist Awards....

, 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

Lethal Vows

Lethal Vows is an American drama/thriller television movie starring John Ritter, Marg Helgenberger and Megan Gallagher. The movie premiered October 13, 1999, on CBS.-Synopsis:...

, 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

Derailed (2002 film)

Derailed is a 2002 action movie directed by Bob Misiorowski and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Tomas Arana.- Plot:NATO operative Jacques Kristoff is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin , who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret...

, starring Jean Claude Van Damme.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Remote Remote (film) Remote is a comedy film that was released on September 22, 1993, starring Chris Carrara, Jessica Bowman, and John Diel. Ted Nicolaou directed the film and it was written by Mike Farros. The movies premise is similar to that of Home Alone...	Judy Riley	Video
1994		Darcy Matson	6 episodes
1994	Boy Meets World Boy Meets World Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...	Jennifer	Episode: "The Uninvited"
1994	NYPD Blue NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...	Allison Davis	Episode: "Simone Says"
1995	Secrets	Anna Berter	TV movie
1995–1998	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...	Colleen Cooper	65 episodes
1997	Baywatch Baywatch Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...	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 Lethal Vows Lethal Vows is an American drama/thriller television movie starring John Ritter, Marg Helgenberger and Megan Gallagher. The movie premiered October 13, 1999, on CBS.-Synopsis:...	Sarah Farris	TV movie
2001	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within	Colleen Cooper-Cook	TV movie
2001	Joy Ride	Charlotte
2002	Derailed Derailed (2002 film) Derailed is a 2002 action movie directed by Bob Misiorowski and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Tomas Arana.- Plot:NATO operative Jacques Kristoff is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin , who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret...	Bailey Kristoff
2004	50 First Dates 50 First Dates 50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing. The film stars Adam Sandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian and Drew Barrymore as an amnesiac, along with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd.Most of the film...	Tamy
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"

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