Elizabeth Bower (born 1 August 1976) is an English

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, best known for starring as Dr Melody Bell in '' Doctors'' from 2007 to 2009.

Life and career

Bower was born in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

. Educated in

Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...

, Bower attended Langley School, before undertaking A Levels in Theatre Studies, Geography and Biology at The Sixth Form College. After graduating from the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

with a BA hons in Theatre Studies and Performing Arts, Bower gained her post graduate diploma in Acting and Musical Theatre from the

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, formerly Mountview Theatre School, is a drama school in Peckham, south London, England, founded in 1945. The Academy provides specialist vocational training in acting and musical theatre, as well as production ...

. After an initial period solely on stage, Bower took a supporting cast role in '' The Ralf Little Show'' in 2002 and occasional turns presenting Five kids slot ''

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'' Probably best known, until recently, for starring in commercials for the UK celebrity magazine

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, in 2005 Bower starred in

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

's comedy

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'' Spoons,'' and then took a guest lead role in British crime drama '' Silent Witness'' episode "

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" as DCI Helen Radley. After starring in the television adaptation of the children's book drama series '' The New Worst Witch,'' Bower won the Edinburgh Fringe Report award for Best Actress: TV Drama and Comedy 2006: In 2007 to 2009 she starred as Dr Melody Bell for over 300 episodes in Doctors on BBC1 In 2011, she started to appear on the Sun Bingo adverts as the character 'Bubbles'. In 2013, she played the role of Anna in the third series of Sky One sitcom ''

Trollied ''Trollied'' is a British sitcom about employees in a fictional supermarket named "Valco", which debuted on Sky One on 4 August 2011 and ended on 23 December 2018. The series was filmed in a purpose-built replica supermarket in the Bottle Yard ...

''. From 2015, she has appeared in 'Moonpig' adverts on ITV From 2016, she has appeared in 'GTech' adverts on multi TV channels. From 2015, she has appeared on

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...

's ''

Secret Life Of Boys ''Secret Life of Boys'' is a British children's television show broadcast on CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and ope ...

'', playing the role of Aunt Corey. From 2021, she has appeared in ‘Aldi’ advert on multi TV channels.

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* 1976 births Living people Actresses from Leeds People from Solihull Alumni of the University of Warwick Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts English stage actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses {{UK-tv-actor-1970s-stub