Alexandra Fowler (born 6 December 1961) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton (later Palmer Keegan) in Sons and Daughters from 1982 and 1984 through 327 episodes and Zoe Davis in Neighbours (1986); both series were produced by the Grundy Organisation, and in 1985, she was cast in another Grundy serial, Possession, just before that series was cancelled.
As a singer, Fowler is known as one of the four female vocalists of the band Chantoozies (1986–91), which had top 10 hits with a cover version of "Witch Queen" in 1987 and an original track, "Wanna Be Up" in 1988. Their debut self-titled album peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1988. After the group disbanded Fowler returned to acting, with roles in Big Sky (1997), All Saints (2005–07) and Wentworth (2013–14). From 2012 she has also participated in reunion gigs by Chantoozies.
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 season one of Wentworth as Simone "Simmo" Slater and carried on right up until season 2 episode 6. However, she did make a cameo again in season 3 episode 12.[4][5] Fowler rejoined the cast of Neighbours in late 2015 as Nene Williams.[6][7]
Fowler was one of four female vocalists in the 1980s Australian pop music band, Chantoozies (1986–91), which also included David Reyne.[11] The other three females were Tottie Goldsmith, Eve von Bibra and Angelica La Bozzetta.[11] Their first single was a number-four hit with a cover version of "Witch Queen" (March 1987).[12] The group had success with other 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).[12] They also issued two albums, Chantoozies (September 1988, No. 8) and Gild the Lily (April 1991, No. 71).[12]
From 2012, Chantoozies have performed reunion gigs[13] and released a single, "Baby It's You", in April 2014.[14]
References
^Cook, Stephen (4 December 1982). "Ally's fight with fame". TV Week. p. 71.
ARIA peaks between 51–100, from 1988 to 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
