She is best known for her roles as Cerie on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006–2013) and as Flo Fulton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (2019–2021).

[3] In 2006, Bowden landed her first acting role in a two-episode arc on ABC's daytime soap opera One Life to Live as Britney.

[4][better source needed] She has since guest-starred on shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Ugly Betty.

Bowden's breakthrough role came when she was cast as a recurring character on the Emmy Award-winning television series 30 Rock, which premiered on October 11, 2006, on NBC.

She portrayed the attractive receptionist Cerie, and with the cast received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and one win.