In 2006, Bowden landed her first acting role in a two-episode arc on ABC's daytime soap opera One Life to Live as Britney.[4][better source needed] She has since guest-starred on shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Ugly Betty. Bowden's breakthrough role came when she was cast as a recurring character on the Emmy Award-winning television series 30 Rock, which premiered on October 11, 2006, on NBC. She portrayed the attractive receptionist Cerie, and with the cast received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and one win. She signed on as a regular for the show's second season in 2007, and appeared in the series through to its series finale in January 2013.[5]
In 2008, Bowden made her film debut in the Summit Entertainment comedy film Sex Drive, released to theaters on October 17, 2008. The following year, Bowden starred in two low-budget straight-to-DVD projects The Shortcut and Ratko: The Dictator's Son. In 2010 Bowden starred in the widely acclaimed horror-comedy film Tucker & Dale vs Evil as Allison.
In April 2011, Bowden was voted as Esquire Magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive.[6] She was also the face of the Jordache television campaign that made its premiere in September 2011. In 2012, Bowden was cast as Mia in American Reunion.[7] Also in 2012, Bowden appeared in the horror films Piranha 3DD[8] and Hold Your Breath[citation needed] and Nurse 3D in 2013.[citation needed] In 2018, she played the lead role in the Hallmark Channel movie Love on the Slopes.[9] In 2021, she starred in Great White, an Australian survivor horror film.[10]
Personal life
In May 2013, Bowden married musician and singer Ben Jorgensen, of the band Armor for Sleep.[11][12] They divorced in December 2020. She got engaged to her boyfriend, Adam Taylor, in Positano, Italy, in September 2023.[13]
^Bowden, Katrina (May 11, 2012). "About Katrina Bowden". Mygossipcenter.com (via Collider). Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
