Clare Maree Bowen is an Australian actress and singer, best-known for role as Scarlett O'Connor in ABC musical drama television series Nashville.Bowen was born in Australia. Her year of birth is uncertain; sources place it between 1984 and 1989， Her parents Tony and Kathleen worked for Qantas and she spent time overseas as a child, including a stint with her family in Zimbabwe， Bowen is a cancer survivor, having battled the disease between the ages of 4 and 7， She lived in Stanwell Park on the South Coast of New South Wales and attended primary school in Dulwich Hill, a suburb of Sydney， Bowen has a younger brother named Timothy (age 24–25) who is a musician，
Bowen attended the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, where she received a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree in 2006，