Hollie-Jay Bowes (née Billie-Jean Bowes; born 17 January 1989) is an English actress, known for her roles as Dawn O'Malley in the BBC drama Grange Hill and Michaela McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

[1] In 2009, Bowes stated in an interview with Inside Soap that she is a distant relation to Hollyoaks co-star Tony Hirst, who plays Mike Barnes.

[2] On 24 June 2010, Bowes announced on Twitter that had decided to leave Hollyoaks after four years.

Producers wrote her out at the earliest opportunity due to her making the announcement without informing the production.

[6] In 2023, Bowes began appearing in the BBC drama Waterloo Road playing suffering mother Debs Rafferty.