Lucinda Cowden
Lucinda Cowden (born 24 April 1965) is an Australian actress.
Lucinda Cowden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1965 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
Cowden was born in Ballarat, Victoria.[1] She played Melanie Pearson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1987 until 1991, with a cameo appearance in the 20th anniversary documentary in 2005. She reprised the role in January 2021.[2]
Cowden left Neighbours in 1992, and later admitted that she did not want to be typecast.[3] She then came over to the United Kingdom and appeared as Aladdin at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. She also embarked on a 12-week tour of the UK as Peter Pan.[3] Cowden presented the second season of the BBC children's television series, Parallel 9.[1] She was a voice actress on the children's show The Koala Brothers.[4]
Television appearances
- Winners as Jenny Foster (1 episode, 1985)
- Prisoner as Mandy (2 episodes, 1985–1986)
- Neighbours as Melanie Pearson (1987–1991, 2005, 2021–2022)
- Noel's House Party as Herself (1 episode, 1992)
- Parallel 9 as Herself — Presenter (series 2–3, 1993–1994)
- Get Your Own Back as Herself (1993)
- Body Melt as Andrea (1993)
- The Koala Brothers as Mitzi, Alice and Lolly (79 episodes, 2003–2007)
- Doctors as Clare O'Grady (1 episode, 2007)
- Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite as Herself (documentary, 2015)[5]
References
- "Zap!". What's on TV. No. 34. (IPC Magazines). 21–27 August 1993. p. 56.
- Lee, Jess (9 December 2020). "Neighbours announces Lucinda Cowden is returning as Melanie Pearson". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- "Panto gives flight to a fancy". Evening Standard. 31 December 1992. Retrieved 7 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Watch The Koala Brothers". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- Knox, David (28 February 2015). "Airdate: Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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