Birth nameApril Michelle Bowlby Birth information30 July 1980, Vallejo, California, USA BioApril Michelle Bowlby was born on 30 July 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA. She and her family moved to Manteca, California, when she was a small child. April studied ballet, French and marine biology at Moorpark College before deciding to pursue an acting career. She studied drama with Ivanna Chubbuck before landing her first role in a major television series (Kandi in "Two and A Half Men") within weeks of her first Hollywood audition. April currently resides in Los Angeles. She is single and has no children.

Lifetime has renewed Drop Dead Diva for a 13-episode second season, after the show — about dead aspiring model Deb's soul living life in the body of brilliant plus-sized attorney Jane (Brooke Elliott) — hit ratings highs with last Sunday's sixth episode. I consider myself a huge fan for two reasons: 1) When Lifetime sent me episodes four through eight, I watched them in one sitting. (2) At the end of the episode 6, when Stacy (April Bowlby) kissed Jane's lovestruck, new-to-Earth guardian angel Fred (Ben Feldman), and Grayson (Jackson Hurst), Deb's ex-boyfriend who now works with Jane, joined her for dinner and said they could maybe finish a crossword puzzle together afterward, I applauded. In fact, I just rewatched the end of the episode on Lifetime's site and clapped again. If you've got time and are in need of some more summer entertainment, I highly recommend checking out the show Sundays at 9 p.m. »
- Mandi Bierly

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In this dramady, shallow model Deb Dobson may have met her premature demise but the network certainly wants her show to live on. Cancellation isn't in this show's immediate future. Lifetime has announced that they're renewing Drop Dead Diva for a second season.
Drop Dead Diva revolves around a vapid blonde (Brooke D'Orsay) who dies in a sudden car crash. After a short time at the pearly gates, she returns to Earth with her soul placed in the body of a brilliant and overweight attorney (Brooke Elliott). At first dismayed by her new human form, Deb starts to get an education about inner beauty. Others in the series include Margaret Cho, April Bowlby, Kate Levering, Jackson Hurst, Josh Stamberg, and Ben Feldman.
Debuting on July 12th, the series got off to a great start with 2.8 million viewers. It also garnered Lifetime's best premiere ratings in the key demo since Army Wives »
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Drop Dead Diva is Lifetime's all new series that will have you rethinking the definition of beauty every Sunday night at 9pm. Deb is a vapid model who spends endless hours examining her cankles, perfecting her toe tap beauty bounce, and is obsessed with Splenda. Jane is a high powered attorney who enjoys loser lit, practical Layne Bryant suits, and cares more about work than her own appearance. When these two women both encounter death, something extraordinary happens; Deb's soul enters Jane's body, leaving the perfect size 2 model's soul inside Jane's less than perfect body. Get ready to laugh as Jane tries to adapt to her new situation and enjoy a beautiful story that rips down the stereotypes of beauty. Broadway vet Brooke Elliott plays Jane in the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva and has been collecting rave reviews for her performance since the premiere episode aired last week. Redefining beauty,
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