Rose McGowan

American actress, director and activist

Person · Open Library

Born: 1973-09-05
Works: 6

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Film & TV

Acting · Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Rósa Arianna McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is a filmmaker, activist and musician. Born in Italy, she was raised in the Children of God cult, before her American parents fled back to the USA when Rose was 10 amid concerns about the community. Settling in Oregon, McGowan was bullied at school and rebelled against her family. At 15, she legally emancipated herself from her parents and lived in a…

Known for

Sex on Screen — Self2023
Body Parts — Self2022
When We Speak — Self2022
Mothers of the Revolution — Self2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day — Self2021
This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)2021
Tucker Carlson Today — Self - Guest2021
The New York Times Presents — Self (archive footage)2020
Hollywood's Dark Secret — Self

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Rósa Arianna McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress and activist. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy Encino Man (1992), she achieved recognition for her performance in the dark comedy The Doom Generation (1995), receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She had her breakthrough in the horror film Scream (1996) and subsequently headlined the films Going All the Way (1997), Devil in the Flesh (1998), and Jawbreaker (1999).

During the 2000s, McGowan became known to television audiences for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB supernatural drama series Charmed (2001–2006). She starred in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-feature film Grindhouse (2007), for which she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.