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. 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. She appears in the music videos "
Dance, Dance" by
Fall Out Boy, as well as "After Hours" by
We Are Scientists, and "
Miss Jackson" by
Panic! at the Disco. In 2008, Bowden made her film debut in the
Summit Entertainment comedy film
Sex Drive, released to theatres 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 Magazines Sexiest Woman Alive. 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. Also in 2012, Bowden appeared in the horror films
Piranha 3DD and
Hold Your Breath and
Nurse 3D in 2013. In 2018, she played the lead role in the
Hallmark Channel movie
Love on the Slopes. In 2021, she starred in
Great White, an Australian survivor horror film. ==Personal life==