Ally Fowler
Alexandra Fowler is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton in Sons and Daughters, Zoe Davis in Neighbours and Lauren Allen in Big Sky. She was also a member of 1980s Australian pop group, Chantoozies.
Career
Fowler was born in Adelaide in 1961, her father was a television executive, who served with the production firm the Grundy OrganisationShe had small roles in The Young Doctors and Sara Dane,.
She was working at an Adelaide vegetarian restaurant as a waitress whilst playing a golfer in the film Bondi Blue, hoping to break into showbiz, when a year later she was given the role and rose to prominence playing Angela Hamilton in the Grundy series Sons and Daughters from 1982 and 1984, through 327 episodes.
She joined the cast of Neighbours as Zoe Davis in 1986, after being approached by the Grundy Organisation. After deciding not to extend her contract with the serial, Fowler departed in September 1986. She also played a regular role in another Grundy soap Possession just before it was cancelled. She also appeared in The Flying Doctors and Frankie's House. From 1997, she was a regular lead in Big Sky, alongside actor Gary Sweet.
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 the first season of Wentworth as Simone "Simmo" Slater and continued in the role through to season 2, episode 6. She reappeared as Slater in season 3, episode 12 in a cameo role. Fowler rejoined the cast of Neighbours in late 2015 as Nene Williams.
In 2022, Fowler joined the cast of miniseries Riptide. Fowler in 2024 gave an extensive interview with the podcast Talking Prisoner, talking about her time on Wentworth, Sons and Daughters and All Saints.
Music
As a singer, Fowler is known as one of the four female vocalists of the band Chantoozies, which also included David Reyne. The other three females were Tottie Goldsmith, Eve von Bibra and Angelica La Bozzetta.Their first single was a number four hit with a cover version of "Witch Queen" in March 1987. The group had continued success with further singles, including a number six hit with "Wanna Be Up", and top 40 peaks for "He's Gonna Step on You Again", "Kiss 'n' Tell" and "Love the One You're With".
Their debut self-titled album Chantoozies, reached number 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1988. Their follow-up album Gild the Lily peaked at number 71 in April 1991.
After the group disbanded Fowler returned to acting, with roles in Big Sky, All Saints and Wentworth. From 2012 she has also participated in reunion gigs with Chantoozies. They released a single, "Baby It's You", in April 2014.