Background
Cowley was born and raised in Islington, London, daughter of a single mother.
Cowley was born and raised in Islington, London, daughter of a single mother.
Cowley attended Prior Weston Primary School before moving to Australia where she attended the University of Sydney. She graduated with Honours I in History before accepting a place in the Doctor of Philosophy program at University of New South Wales.
While studying ballet at the London Studio Centre of Dance, she garnered fame as a child model and filmed over thirty commercials. She is the great grand-niece of Charles Henry Cowley Venture capital. Dance Hannah Cowley performed with the London Studio Centre of Dance in the ballets "Carousel" and "Godspell" at Sadler"s Wells Theatre in London. Modeling A noted model, Cowley was the face of Napoleon Perdis "Astro Girl" campaign, Air Tahiti Nui as well as one of the first real models to be used by makeup giant Benefit Cosmetics. work includes Get Him to the Greek, Bernard Rose"s Two Jacks, Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus, Ghost Soldiers, Haunting of the Innocent, The Atticus Institute, In The Blood and Bereave.
Directing Cowley"s directorial debut premiered at the Students Fighting Cancer Cannes 2008 and was subsequently selected for the Saint John"s International Women"s Festival 2008.
"Flame of the West", which she wrote, produced and starred in is distributed in North America by Moviola. Her second film "Mere Image" was selected for the 2010 The Valley Festival.
She is an active contributor to literary and cinema magazines after contributing to an edition of Courage after a screening of "Mere Image" at the Courage Interactive.