April Bowlby was born in Vallejo, California and is an American actress. She moved to Manteca, California, as a child, and attended East Union High School. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, and began a modelling career before deciding to pursue acting. She studied drama with Ivana Chubbuck.
Bowlby secured the role of "Kandi" on the television series Two and a Half Men within months of her first-ever auditions. She is also known for her role as "Stacy Barrett" in Drop Dead Diva. She played an obsessive ex-girlfriend "Meg" in How I Met Your Mother, and has made appearances in CSI, Psych, and CSI: NY. She has appeared in films such as All Roads Lead Home (2008), The Slammin' Salmon (2009), and From Prada to Nada (2011).
