Clare Bowen

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::summary Australian actress, singer and dancer (born 1984) ::

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Field	Value
name	Clare Bowen
image	Clare Bowen - Nashville Live.jpg
image_size	230px
caption	Bowen in May 2014 in New York City, United States.
birth_name	Clare Maree Bowen
birth_date
birth_place	Minnamurra, New South Wales, Australia
education	University of Wollongong (BCA)
occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
years_active	2003–present
spouse
website
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| name = Clare Bowen | image = Clare Bowen - Nashville Live.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Bowen in May 2014 in New York City, United States. | birth_name = Clare Maree Bowen | birth_date = | birth_place = Minnamurra, New South Wales, Australia | education = University of Wollongong (BCA) | occupation = Actress, singer, dancer | years_active = 2003–present | spouse = | website =

Clare Maree Bowen (born 12 May 1984) is an Australian actress, singer and dancer, best known for her role as Scarlett O'Connor in the ABC/CMT musical-drama television series Nashville. Alongside her music releases from Nashville and her solo debut album, Bowen also records with her husband Brandon Young as Bowen*Young.

Early life and education

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Bowen was born in Australia on 12 May 1984. Her parents Tony and Kathleen worked for Qantas and she spent time overseas as a child, including a stint with her family in Zimbabwe. Bowen is a cancer survivor, having had the disease between the ages of four and seven. She lived in Stanwell Park on the South Coast of New South Wales and attended primary school in Dulwich Hill, a suburb of Sydney. Bowen has a younger brother, Timothy, who is a musician.

Bowen attended the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, where she received a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree in 2006.

Career

Bowen appeared as the female lead in the Australian drama film The Combination in 2009 and has guest starred in The Cut, Gangs of Oz, Chandon Pictures and Home and Away. In 2010, Bowen was cast in the leading role of Wendla Bergman, in the Australian production of Spring Awakening, directed by Geordie Brookman, artistically overseen by Cate Blanchett at the Sydney Theatre Company.

In 2012, Bowen landed a series regular role on the ABC drama series Nashville written by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri. The series was picked up by ABC on 11 May 2012.

On 21 January 2014, the Zac Brown Band – featuring Bowen – released a live version of their No. 1 hit from 2010, "Free", with a transition into the famous Van Morrison song "Into the Mystic".

Bowen is also preparing her first solo album, scheduled for 2015, about which she spoke in an interview with Rolling Stone: "We've recorded a couple things and I've been writing and writing and writing." Her self-titled debut album was eventually released on 31 August 2018.

On 15 September 2022, it was announced that Bowen and her husband would be releasing their debut album as a duo, recording as Bowen * Young, in early 2023 and they previewed a song titled "Skeletons".

Personal life

In 2013, Bowen posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine - alongside Naya Rivera, Jennifer Morrison, and Christa Miller.

In December 2015, Bowen became engaged to musician Brandon Robert Young, who proposed at the Grand Ole Opry. They were married on 21 October 2017.

Bowen has autism and ADHD, and one of her goals is to help similar people feel less alone. According to the transcript of her interview on the Neurodivergent Woman podcast, Bowen says:

"What I know now is to make sure that every single one of those people, in whatever way I can, can kind of reach out and be like, hey, hey, you're not by yourself, it's okay. You don't have to do it by yourself, it's okay. If you feel like you don't understand anything, or like nobody understands you, or like everyone's laughing but you don't get the joke, and maybe you are the joke, you can still become the person that you always dreamed of being, even if you are the butt of every joke, even if you feel like it fit anywhere.”

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Combination	Sydney
2010	The Clearing	Evelyn	Short film
The Talk	Woman
The Invitation	Candice	Short film
The Clinic	Ivy
10 Days to Die	Maddy McCarthy
2011	A Burning Thing	Jen	Short film
Cupid	Casey	Short film
2012	Suspended	Carla	Short film
Dead Man's Burden	Martha Kirkland
Not Suitable for Children	Gypsy
The Red Valentine	The Woman	Short film
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Cut	Donna Gilbertson	Episode: "A Little Bit of Biff"
Chandon Pictures	Krystal	Episode: "The Lifestyle"
All Saints	Holly Russell	Episode: "A Precious Waste"
Gangs of Oz	Svetlana	Episode: "In from the Cold"
2010	Home and Away	Nina Bailey	4 episodes
2012–2018	Nashville	Scarlett O'Connor	Main Cast, 121 episodes
2013	Nashville: On the Record	Herself	TV special
2014	Nashville: On the Record, Volume 2	Herself	TV special
2015	Nashville: On the Record, Volume 3	Herself	TV special
2017	Nashchat	Guest host
2020	Hungry Ghosts	Liz Stockton	Miniseries, 4 episodes
2021	Sand Dollar Cove	Pam Johnson	TV film
2022	#Xmas	Jen	TV film
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Stage

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Candide
2004	Our Town	Mrs. Webb
2005	The Good Doctor	The Mistress
2006	Metamorphoses	Alcyone / Pomona
2006	Peer Gynt	Peer Gynt
2009	4 Plays About Wollongong: The War on the Hill		Illawarra Performing Arts Centre with Merrigong Theatre Company
2010	Hat's Off/Spring Awakening	Wendla Bergman	Sydney Theatre with STC
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Discography

Studio albums

::data[format=table title="List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications"] | Title | Release details | Peak chart positions | UK | UK Country | Clare Bowen | BowenYoung* | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 65 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

with ''Nashville''

::data[format=table] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | UK Compilations | US | US Country | US Soundtracks | The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 1 | The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 2 | The Music of Nashville, Season 1: The Complete Collection | The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1 | Nashville: On the Record | Nashville: The Nashville Cast featuring Clare Bowen, Season 1 | The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 2 | Nashville: The Nashville Cast featuring Clare Bowen, Season 2 | Christmas with Nashville | The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 | Nashville: On the Record, Volume 2 | The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 2 | The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 1 | The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 2 | The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 1 | The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 2 | The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 3 | The Music of Nashville: Greatest Hits, Seasons 1-5 | The Music of Nashville: Season 6, Volume 1 | The Music of Nashville: Season 6, Volume 2 | The Best of Nashville | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | title=2013 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive - 13th April 2013|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20130407/7503/|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 October 2013}} | 14 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | title=2013 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive - 1st June 2013|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/20130526/7503/|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 October 2013}} | 13 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 34 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 8 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | 41 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 13 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 59 | 8 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 75 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 31 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 28 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 170 | 17 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 165 | 12 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | 65 | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | US Country | US {{cite magazine | "If I Didn't Know Better" (with Sam Palladio)A | "Fade into You" (with Sam Palladio) | "I Will Fall" (with Sam Palladio) | "Change Your Mind" (with Sam Palladio) | "Casino" (with Sam Palladio) | "This Town" (with Charles Esten) | "Lately" (with Sam Palladio) | "Black Roses"A | "I Will Never Let You Know" (with Sam Palladio) | "Wake Up When It's Over" (with Sam Palladio) | "Love Steps In" | "Little By Little" | "Let It Rain" | "Love Will Remain" (with Ronan Keating) | "Skeletons" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of November 3, 2012 | url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14297617 | Billboard]] | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | access-date=25 October 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121025202409/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14297617 | archive-date=25 October 2012 | df=dmy | title=The Billboard Hot 100 Week of November 10, 2012 | url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14299797 | Billboard]] | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | access-date=1 November 2012 | | | | | | | | | 2012 | 27 | 102 | The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 92 | The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | 35 | — | The Music of Nashville, Season 1: The Complete Collection | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 41 | — | The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | 42 | — | The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 116 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | 39 | — | rowspan="2" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | — | — | Clare Bowen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | — | — | Twenty Twenty | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2022 | — | — | BowenYoung* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

• ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

Music videos

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Year	Video	"Love Steps In"	"Let It Rain"
2017
2018
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Style and inspiration

Sonically, Bowen's music fits the Americana genre but also contains elements of pop, folk, country and adult contemporary music.

When asked which musicians inspire her music, Bowen stated "Dolly Parton is probably the biggest one. She tells such wonderful stories and she’s so honest and she’s her. She makes fun of herself. She knows how to be silly and she knows how to be serious. She can lift people up after she’s told them a really heavy story. I think she’s just a really marvellous storyteller. She’s always been a big inspiration to me". She also added that she "loved the way Alison Krauss sings and the stories she tells" and professes her love of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Australian pop star Tina Arena and musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim. Bowen asserts that Buddy Miller is her "ultimate music mentor" as he is "the one who taught [her] to use a microphone when [she] first got to Nashville", adding that he and his wife Julie "make such beautiful music together".

References

References

1. "Clare Bowen: Biography". [[TV Guide]].
2. Dardanis, Amanda. (21 February 2009). "Clare Bowen faces on-screen prejudice in The Combination". [[The Courier-Mail]].
3. (25 March 2009). "Clare Bowen talks about film, life and what's next!". Two Flat Whites.
4. (21 December 2012). "'Nashville' star sings at Bluebird, Tim and Clare Bowen duet". [[The Tennessean]].
5. "Clare Bowen". Sue Barnett and Associates.
6. (10 July 2009). "Alumni News: Clare Bowen, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Performance) 2006". [[University of Wollongong]].
7. Andreeva, Nellie. (17 February 2012). "Jurnee Smollett & Erik Jensen Among Latest Broadcast Pilot Signings".
8. Andreeva, Nellie. (11 May 2012). "ABC Picks Up To Series '666′, 'Last Resort', 'How To Live', 'Nashville', 'Penoza', 'Neighbors', 'Zero Hour', 'Red Van'".
9. (January 2014). "News: Watch ZBB Perform on ABC's 'Nashville'". ZacBrownBand.com.
10. Dunkerley, Beville. (12 November 2012). "Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio of ABC's 'Nashville' Prep Solo Albums".
11. (30 August 2018). "Interview: Clare Bowen talks about her debut album, her upcoming UK tour and saying goodbye to Nashville – Entertainment Focus". Entertainment-focus.com.
12. (15 September 2022). "Bowen * Young Preview Upcoming, Debut Album with New Track 'Skeletons'".
13. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130416225036/http://allure.com/celebrity-trends/2013/naked-celebrities-photos-allure-may-2013 The Naked Truth: Celebrities Go Nude for Allure] Allure. Archived on 16 April 2013.
14. Corriston, Michele. (7 December 2015). "Nashville Star Clare Bowen Is Engaged!". People.
15. Redmond, Caroline. (23 October 2017). "Nashville's Clare Bowen Marries Musician Brandon Robert Young". People.
16. Bowen, Clare. (8 December 2024). "Knowing yourself with Clare Bowen".
17. "Dead Man's Burden: Cast". DeadMansBurden.com.
18. (6 October 2011). "The Red Valentine: Cast". Mindscape Films.
19. "Clare Bowen theatre credits".
20. "CLARE BOWEN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
21. Caulfield, Keith. (21 December 2012). "Chart Moves: 'Nashville' Nets Year's Best Sales Week for TV Soundtrack on Billboard 200". Billboard.
22. "2013 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive - 13th April 2013". [[Official Charts Company]].
23. "Music of Nashville (Season 1, Volume 2) [Soundtrack]". [[Amazon.com.
24. "2013 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive - 1st June 2013". [[Official Charts Company]].
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26. "Official Compilations Chart Top 100: 13 October 2017 – 19 October 2017". [[Official Charts Company]].
27. "Nashville Cast - The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 6 Volume 2 - Amazon.com Music".
28. (March 2023). "Tweet}} {{dead link".
29. (10 July 2020). "Love Will Remain by Ronan Keating and Clare Bowen".
30. (31 August 2018). "Clare Bowen – Clare Bowen album review – Entertainment Focus". Entertainment-focus.com.

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