Jessica Bowman


Jessica Robyn Bowman is an American actress known for her role as Colleen Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Career

Bowman was born in Walnut Creek, California. 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. 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 in 2001. She appeared in the movies Joy Ride and Derailed, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993RemoteJudy RileyVideo
1994'Darcy MatsonMain role, 6 episodes
1994Boy Meets WorldJenniferEpisode: "The Uninvited"
1994NYPD BlueAllison DavisEpisode: "Simone Says"
1995SecretsAnna BerterTV movie
1995–1998Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanColleen CooperMain role, 65 episodes
1997BaywatchKirstie MorganEpisode: "Rendezvous"
1998Breakfast with EinsteinMarlenaTV movie
1998Someone to Love MeKaley YoungTV movie
1998Young Hearts UnlimitedLissaTV movie
1999Lethal VowsSarah FarrisTV movie
2001'Colleen Cooper-CookTV movie
2001Joy RideCharlotteFilm
2002DerailedBailey KristoffFilm
200450 First DatesTamyFilm
2011StrikerMichelle ZlatanovicShort film

Awards