Career

She may be recognizable to fans of ITV1 cop drama The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

when she guest starred in over 20 episodes as Julie Saunders, the mother of the boy who accused PC Tony Stamp of sexual assault. She also starred in "The Wench is Dead

The Wench is Dead

The Wench is Dead is a historical crime novel by Colin Dexter, the eighth novel in the Inspector Morse series. The novel received the Gold Dagger Award in 1989.-Plot introduction:...

", the penultimate episode of the Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse (TV series)

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....

 series as Joanna Franks, a Victorian woman who is murdered on board a canal boat.
She has played recurring characters Nicki in This Life

This Life

This Life is a BBC television drama that was produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two. Two series were broadcast in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007....

(1997), Carla in Series 7 of The Queen's Nose

The Queen's Nose

The Queen's Nose is a book, written by Dick King-Smith, that was adapted into a successful BBC television series.-The book:The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty...

, air stewardess Polly Arnold in the now defunct Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs

Family Affairs

Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...

(2001), Tanya in Pulling

Pulling

Pulling is a BBC comedy series, produced by Silver River Productions and broadcast on BBC Three, about three single female friends who live in Penge, south-east London...

(2003), and Chrissie Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen...

, making her first appearance in the first episode "Invasion of the Bane

Invasion of the Bane

-Sladen and Doctor Who:Elisabeth Sladen, who previously played Sarah Jane between 1973 and 1976. In 1981, she was offered the role again to ease the transition between the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, which she declined, but agreed to star in the pilot for the spin-off series K-9 and Company, which...

" (2007).

She was Social Worker Josie in two episodes of the series Shameless

Shameless

Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...

 in 2009.

She has appeared in television adverts for Danone

Groupe Danone

Groupe Danone is a French food-products multinational corporation based in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It claims world leadership in fresh dairy products, marketed under the corporate name, and also in bottled water...

 Actimel

Actimel

Launched in Europe in 1994, Actimel is a 'probiotic' yoghurt-type drink produced by the French company Danone. It is sold in 100ml bottles, typically as an 8, 6 or 4 pack, but more recently as a 12 or 16 pack...

 (2003 to 2004), Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society is a British building society, and is the largest in the world. It has its headquarters in Swindon, England, and maintains significant administration centres in Bournemouth and Northampton...

 (2006), Cadbury's (2007), and Cif cleaning products (2008)

In 2006, Cowan appeared in a short film titled Goodbye to the Normals. It was a promotional video for Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

, directed by Jim Field Smith

Jim Field Smith

Jim Field Smith is a British film director, comedy writer, and actor.-Background:Field Smith attended Wellington College, Berkshire, England from 1992 to 1997, and then went on to the University of Birmingham, from where he graduated in 2001...

 and featuring the song "Burslem Normals".

Cowan was a finalist in the So You Think You're Funny

So You Think You're Funny

So You Think You're Funny? is an annual stand-up comedy competition for new acts. The competition began in 1988 and has become the longest running best comedy newcomer award in Great Britain....

 competition at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

On the 5th March 2009, Cowan guest starred in Episode 7, "JJ", of the third series of the teen drama Skins. She plays the mother of the character JJ and returned again in the sixth episode of the fourth series to reprise the role.

In 2010 she appeared in 2 episodes of PhoneShop

PhoneShop

PhoneShop is a British sitcom first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. This was followed by a six-episode series on E4 that started on 7 October 2010...

 as Lance's wife Shelley, as well as a Christmas advert for Boots

Boots UK

Boots UK Limited , is a leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country...

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Juliet is married to Victor Paul and has three children, Conor, Bluebell, and Binky Paul.

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