Elizabeth Bower (born 1 August 1976) is an English actress, known for her role as Melody Bell in the BBC soap opera Doctors from 2007 to 2009. Following her exit from the series, Bower has starred in various projects including Trollied, Secret Life of Boys, Brave Bunnies, Princess Mirror-Belle and Three Little Birds.
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Life and career
Bower was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on 1 August 1976. Educated in Solihull, Bower attended Langley School, before undertaking A Levels in theatre studies, biology and geography at Solihull Sixth Form College. After graduating from the University of Warwick with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre studies and performing arts, Bower gained her post graduate diploma in Acting and Musical Theatre from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. 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 Milkshake!. She then starred in Channel 4's comedy sketch show Spoons and took a guest lead role in the crime drama series Silent Witness 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. Regarding her win, it was written: "The award reflects Elizabeth Bower's outstanding performances in the core cast of Spoons for Channel 4, as Miss Widget in The New Worst Witch for Granada, as Detective Chief Inspector Helen Radley in Silent Witness, and in The Flat for the BBC. It also reflects her gifted theatre acting including NewsRevue in London and Edinburgh and the relationship drama Playing." In 2007, Bower was cast as GP registrar Melody Bell on the BBC medical soap opera Doctors, who arrives in the series as a "scatty, very vocal and highly strung" doctor in training who has a lot of maturing to do. She departed from the series in 2009.
After leaving Doctors, Bower starred in the Sky comedy series Trollied as Anna in 2013. Then, from 2015 to 2021, she starred in CBBC's Secret Life of Boys as Aunt Corey. 2021 then saw her voice Granny Llama in the cartoon series Brave Bunnies. In 2026, she starred in a West End theatre production of Allegra.
