She attended Brown University majoring in Italian Renaissance studies and spending a year overseas around Florence, Italy. As a university student she got roles within Guys and Dolls, Stage Door and Lemon Sky; before graduating she had the lead role in the independent film Five Spot Jewel, a role which earned her a attention of an professional.

She experienced the role in the soap opera Loving and the lead role in the 1994 television film Runaway Daughters, playing paired Paul Rudd.

She got the role within Happy Gilmore when the girlfriend of the title character, too as roles within An American Werewolf in Paris and Multiplicity. In televisiin, she has got guest roles on Party of Five, Strange Luck, and the revenant role in ER as the girlfriend of Dr. Carter.

Her right-known role was on the television series Ed, where she played a high school teacher & the love interest of the protagonist.

She played a character of Sarah Shephard within many episodes of Lost.

Around May 2005, it has been announced that Bowen will join a cast of Boston Legal in the new role of Denise Bauer in the fall.

Film and Television Filmography
Boston Legal as Denise Bauer (2005-present) Ed as Carol Vessey Joe Somebody as Meg Harper Three as Amanda Webb An American Werewolf in Paris as Amy Finch Extreme as Andie McDermott Loving as Raquel York (1992)