Lucinda Cowden (born 24 April 1965) is an Australian actress.
Cowden was born in Ballarat, Victoria.[1] She played Melanie Pearson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1987 until 1991, with a cameo appearance in the 20th anniversary documentary in 2005. She reprised the role in January 2021.[2]
Cowden left Neighbours in 1991, and later admitted that she did not want to be typecast.[3] She then went to the United Kingdom and appeared as Aladdin at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. She also embarked on a 12-week tour of the UK as Peter Pan.[3] Cowden presented the second and third seasons of the BBC children's television series, Parallel 9.[1] She was a voice actress on the children's show The Koala Brothers.[4]
Cowden returned to Neighbours in 2020.[5] Cowden also reprised the role again in 2023 after the series was picked up by Amazon Freevee.[6]
^ ab"Zap!". What's on TV. No. 34. (IPC Magazines). 21–27 August 1993. p. 56.
^Lee, Jess (9 December 2020). "Neighbours announces Lucinda Cowden is returning as Melanie Pearson". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ ab"Panto gives flight to a fancy". Evening Standard. 31 December 1992. Retrieved 7 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Watch The Koala Brothers". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^"Exclusive: Neighbours' Lucinda Cowden discusses Melanie Pearson's return". Digital Spy. 30 January 2021.
^Patterson, Stephen (6 November 2023). "Neighbours star reveals Melanie's 'shocking' return storyline".
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