Alexandra Fowler (born 6 December 1961) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton in Sons and Daughters (1982–1984), Zoe Davis in Neighbours (1986) and Lauren Allen in Big Sky (1997). She was also a member of 1980s Australian pop group, Chantoozies.
Career
Fowler was born in Adelaide in 1961, her father was a television executive, who served with the production firm the Grundy Organisation
She had small roles in The Young Doctors and Sara Dane,.
She was working at an Adelaide vegetarian restaurant as a waitress whilst playing a golfer in the film Bondi Blue, hoping to break into showbiz, when a year later she was given the role and rose to prominence playing Angela Hamilton (later Palmer Keegan) in the Grundy series Sons and Daughters from 1982 and 1984, through 327 episodes.
She joined the cast of Neighbours as Zoe Davis in 1986, after being approached by the Grundy Organisation. After deciding not to extend her contract with the serial, Fowler departed in September 1986. She also played a regular role in another Grundy soap Possession (1985) just before it was cancelled. She also appeared in The Flying Doctors and Frankie's House. From 1997, she was a regular lead in Big Sky, alongside actor Gary Sweet.
On 24 August 2001, she appeared on the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape in the episode "Fractures", as the voice of Orrhn. From 15 November 2005 to 2007, she played the recurring role of Eve Ballantyne on the Australian drama series All Saints.
From June 2013, Fowler began appearing in the first season of Wentworth as Simone "Simmo" Slater and continued in the role through to season 2, episode 6. She reappeared as Slater in season 3, episode 12 in a cameo role. Fowler rejoined the cast of Neighbours in late 2015 as Nene Williams.
In 2022, Fowler joined the cast of miniseries Riptide. Fowler in 2024 gave an extensive interview with the podcast Talking Prisoner, talking about her time on Wentworth, Sons and Daughters and All Saints.
Music As a singer, Fowler is known as one of the four female vocalists of the band Chantoozies (1986–1991), which also included David Reyne. The other three females were Tottie Goldsmith, Eve von Bibra and Angelica La Bozzetta.
Their first single was a number four hit with a cover version of "Witch Queen" in March 1987. The group had continued success with further singles, including a number six hit with "Wanna Be Up" (May 1988), and top 40 peaks for "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (June 1987, No. 36), "Kiss 'n' Tell" (August 1988, No. 25) and "Love the One You're With" (March 1991, No. 21).
Their debut self-titled album Chantoozies, reached number 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1988. Their follow-up album Gild the Lily peaked at number 71 in April 1991.Australian chart peaks: Australian Music Report (licensed by ARIA until 19 June 1988) peaks: ARIA top 50 peaks from 26 June 1988: ARIA peaks between 51–100, from 1988 to 2010:
After the group disbanded Fowler returned to acting, with roles in Big Sky (1997), All Saints (2005–2007) and Wentworth (2013–2014). From 2012 she has also participated in reunion gigs with Chantoozies. They released a single, "Baby It's You", in April 2014.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1982–1984Sons and DaughtersAngela Hamilton 327 episodes1985PossessionNicola Shannon3 episodes1986NeighboursZoe DavisRegular role, 163 episodes1988The Flying DoctorsJosie1 episode1991G.P.Mischa1 episode1992Frankie's HouseKateTV movie1994Law of the LandJacqui Rushcutter13 episodes1996Cody: The BurnoutStellaTV movie1997Big SkyLauren Allen40 episodes1999Die Millennium-Katastrophe – Computer-Crash 2000TV movieHeartbreak HighKatherine 2 episodes2001FarscapeOrrhn1 episodeHead StartFelice2 episodes2001–2002BackbernerJulie2 episodes2005The Secret Life of UsSusie 1 episode2005–2007All SaintsEve Ballantyne / Juliette29 episodes2006Stepfather of the BridePamelaTV movie2008ScorchedKate LangmoreTV movie2013–2015WentworthSimone Slater9 episodes2016NeighboursNene Williams18 episodes2022Riptide Rachel Weston4 episodes2024White FeverLlewellyn 2 episodes
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2004Love in the First DegreeJillFilm
Stage YearTitleRoleNotes 1996 The Rocky Horror Show Janet Burswood Showroom, Perth 2002 The Vagina Monologues Various Adrian Bohm Productions 2009 The Little Dog Laughed Diane Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2012 Let the Sunshine Natasha Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Nautilus Theatre, Port Lincoln, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie, Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga Centre, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier, Chaffey Theatre, Renmark with HIT Productions 2012 Rhinestone Rex Monica Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2014 Face to Face Maureen The Concourse, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2014 A Conversation Lorin The Concourse, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2014 Charitable Intent Stella The Concourse, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2017 Shrine Mary Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne with The Kin Collective 2018 Lottie in the Late Afternoon Anne Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne 2019 Boojum! Winter School Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with State Opera of South Australia
Music videos YearArtistTitle1987 Chantoozies "Witch Queen" Chantoozies "He's Gonna Step On You Again"1988 Chantoozies "Wanna Be Up" Chantoozies "Kiss 'n'Tell" 1989 Chantoozies "Come Back to Me" 1990 Chantoozies "Walk On"1991 Chantoozies "Love the One You’re With" Chantoozies "I'll Be There" 2014 Chantoozies "Baby It's You" 2015 Chantoozies "Black and Blue" 2016 Client Liaison "Wild Life"
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