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name: "Deirdre Bowen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deirdre-bowen"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-17T09:57:16.421239+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Deirdre Bowen

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1983–2012
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (3), 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107591586, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7800

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stories We Tell*](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md) (77)

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## Biography

Deirdre Bowen is a Canadian casting director. She has worked on more than 400 television episodes and numerous films, including *A History of Violence* (2005), *Eastern Promises* (2007), *Pompeii* (2014), *Enemy* (2014), *Crimes of the Future* (2022) and *Infinity Pool* (2023). Her television credits include *Vikings* (2013–2020) and *Kim's Convenience*.

Bowen won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Casting in a Television Series for *Kim's Convenience* in 2017 and has received multiple other nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards and their predecessor Gemini Awards. She has also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for casting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Stories We Tell* (2012), Fi1m 77, as Storyteller — [page](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md)
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Fi1m 79, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *A History of Violence* (2005), Fi1m 88, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)
- *Cube* (1998), Fi1m 76, Casting Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/cube.md)
- *Crash* (1996), Fi1m 78, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Dead Ringers* (1988), Fi1m 87, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md)
- *The Fly* (1986), Fi1m 88, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)
- *The Dead Zone* (1983), Fi1m 82, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Enemy* (2014), Casting
- *Silent Hill* (2006), Casting
- *Resident Evil: Retribution* (2012), Casting
- *Pompeii* (2014), Casting, Casting Director
- *eXistenZ* (1999), Casting
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Casting
- *Shoot 'Em Up* (2007), Casting
- *Repo Men* (2010), Casting

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