Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on the TV series Offspring in 2012.

Where did Clare Bowditch grow up?

I grew up in Melbourne, in the seaside suburb of Sandringham, but if you wanted to fit in, you'd best call it “Sandy”. The waves there were very very small, but they were all we knew.

What happened to Clare Bowditch sister?

In those formative early school years, Bowditch's sister, Rowie, who was about two years older than her, was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of multiple sclerosis that left her in an intensive care ward for two years before she died.