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Rose McGowan

Rose Arianna McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress, filmmaker, activist and musician. Born in Italy, she was raised among the Children of God cult, before her American-born parents fled back to the USA when Rose was 10 amid concerns about the direction of the community. Settling in Oregon, McGowan was bullied at school and rebelled from her family. At 15, she legally emancipated herself from her parents and lived in a squat with drag artists, before moving to Los Angeles to try her hand at acting. Commercials, extras work and a small part in 1992’s Encino Man followed, but McGowan walked away from the industry, deciding to work in cosmetology instead. In 1994, she was standing looking grouchy outside of an LA gym when she was discovered by a casting director for Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation, believing she’d be perfect for the role of Amy Blue, an apathetic gen-X femme fatale. Her performance became synonymous with 90s punk cool, and she was nominated for Best Debut Performance at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. Landing an agent, McGowan quickly found further roles, among them the smash hit Scream and cult indies including Jawbreaker, Going All the Way and Devil in the Flesh. With her pale white skin and blood-red lipstick, along with a relationship with rock star Marilyn Manson, McGowan was promoted as a bad girl sex symbol for the 1990s, but began to struggle finding mainstream success. On advice from her management, McGowan joined the cast of the fantasy drama Charmed in its fourth season, replacing the departed Shannen Doherty as one third of a trio of sister witches. After five seasons on the series, McGowan returned to film with roles in Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia and the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double bill Grindhouse. While Grindhouse garnered McGowan international attention, particularly for her role as a go-go dancer with a machine gun for a leg, it was an unhappy period in her personal life. A relationship with Rodriguez imploded, a car accident forced her to undergo extensive reconstructive surgery, and her father died. In 2015, McGowan announced that she was walking away from acting to explore other ventures, due to her own traumatic experiences in the industry and her frustration with the quality of work promoted by Hollywood. Her filmmaking debut, the short film Dawn, premiered at Sundance 2015 to rave reviews, and in the same year she released her debut single — an atmospheric slice of electronica called RM486. She has since become a prominent activist across social media, launching her own feminist movement known as Rose Army, and continues to work as an artist, filmmaker and musician.


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Born:
Sep 5, 1973 In Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
48
First Appeared:
In the movie Class of 1999 1990-04-01
Latest Project:
Movie Body Parts 2022-06-12
Known For
Filmography
Movie Body Parts Self 2022-06-12
Movie Mothers of the Revolution Herself 2021-10-07
Movie This Changes Everything Self 2019-06-28
Movie Rose McGowan: Being Brave Self 2019-04-09
Movie Hollywood's Dark Secret Self 2019-07-09
Movie QT8: The First Eight Self (archive footage) 2019-10-21
Series Citizen Rose Herself 2018-01-30
Movie The Sound Kelly Johansen 2017-09-29
Movie The Caged Pillows Monday 2016-06-03
Movie The Tell-Tale Heart Ariel 2016-04-05
Movie The Weight of Blood and Bones Madeline 2015-06-19
Series Chosen Josie Acosta 2013-01-17
Movie Mondo Taurobolium Gale 2013-12-02
Movie The Pastor's Wife Mary Winkler 2011-11-05
Movie Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective Self 2011-04-14
Movie Scream: The Inside Story Self 2011-04-06
Movie Conan the Barbarian Marique 2011-08-17
Movie Rosewood Lane Sonny Blake 2011-10-15
Movie Gaze Self (archive footage) 2010-07-13
Movie Machete Boots McCoy (Scenes Deleted) 2010-09-01
Movie Dead Awake Charlie 2010-12-03
Movie Fifty Dead Men Walking Grace 2008-09-10
Movie Planet Terror Cherry Darling 2007-04-06
Movie Grindhouse Pam (segment "Death Proof") / Cherry (segment "Planet Terror") 2007-04-06
Movie Death Proof Pam 2007-05-22
Movie The Black Dahlia Sheryl Saddon 2006-09-15
Series Elvis Ann-Margret 2005-05-08
Movie Stealing Bess Debbie Dinsdale 2003-01-01
Movie Strange Hearts Moira Kennedy 2002-10-23
Movie Monkeybone Miss Kitty 2001-02-23
Movie The Killing Yard Linda Borus 2001-09-23
Movie Ready to Rumble Sasha 2000-04-07
Movie Scream 3 (archive footage) 2000-02-04
Movie The Last Stop Nancy 2000-05-16
Movie Jawbreaker Courtney Shayne 1999-01-30
Movie Devil in the Flesh Debbie Strand 1998-01-04
Movie Phantoms Lisa Pailey 1998-01-23
Series Charmed Paige Matthews 1998-10-07
Movie Southie Kathy Quinn 1998-06-10
Movie Nowhere Val-Chick 3 1997-05-09
Movie Lewis & Clark & George George 1997-01-21
Movie Kiss & Tell Jasmine Hoyle 1997-10-17
Movie Going All the Way Gale Ann Thayer 1997-09-19
Movie Bio-Dome Denise 1996-01-12
Movie Scream Tatum Riley 1996-12-20
Movie The Doom Generation Amy Blue 1995-10-27
Movie Encino Man Nora 1992-05-22
Movie Class of 1999 Girl Outside Langford's Office (uncredited) 1990-04-01