Biography

Lucinda Cowden (born 24 April 1965) is an Australian actress.

Cowden was born in Ballarat, Victoria. 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.

Cowden left Neighbours in 1991, and later admitted that she did not want to be typecast. 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. Cowden presented the second and third seasons of the BBC children's television series, Parallel 9. She was a voice actress on the children's show The Koala Brothers.

Cowden returned to Neighbours in 2020. Cowden also reprised the role again in 2023 after the series was picked up by Amazon Freevee.