Rose McGowan

Alibaba126 · February 3, 2005

Biography for

Rose McGowan

Birth name

Rose Jane McGowan

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini biography

Rose was born on September 5, 1973 in Florence, Italy. Her mother was American, her father was Irish. She was the second oldest of six children and moved to the USA at age 9. She later ran away to Los Angeles, where she met Gregg Araki, The Doom Generation (1995) director, and he cast her in the film. Once she finally made it, she met shock-rocker Marilyn Manson aka Brian Warner...to whom she was formerly engaged.

Auditioned for the role of Lisa in Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Got the role of Amy Blue, in The Doom Generation, after Jordan Ladd pulled out.

Was engaged to Marilyn Manson. [1998-2001]

Was a child model.

Second oldest of six children.

Bebe spokesmodel (1998- ).

She and Marilyn Manson announced that they were splitting up. [18 January 2001]

Told Howard Stern that she broke up with Marilyn Manson because she tired of the rock and roll lifestyle he engaged in. When pressed further, she admitted that drug use was a big part of that lifestyle. [October 2001]

Has a tattoo of a woman on her right shoulder.

She knits, gardens, and collects Marlene Dietrich memorabilia.

WB announced that McGowan will be playing Paige Matthews, the long-lost, baby half-sister of Prue, Piper and Phoebe on The WB's hit series "Charmed" (1998). McGowan was cast after Shannen Doherty, who played eldest sister Prue Halliwell, was fired when she refused to sign a two-year contract extension. [June 2001]

Got the role of Tatum Riley in Scream (1996) after Mindy Clarke refused to take the part. Coincidentally, the two would later work together when Clarke guest starred on "Charmed" (1998) in October 2002.

Attended high school with Rape of Lucrece director Nicole Berger.

Bust 36C

Real hair color is auburn.

Born on the same day as Alexandra Kerry, daughter of John Kerry.

Ranked #39 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Rose ran away at age 9 to escape from the Children of God cult that her parents were a part of. River and Phoaquin Phoenix were also child members of Children of God.

Absolutely hates fish

Had agoraphobia and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Has two boston terriors named Bug and Fester Fester after Uncle Fester in the Addams Family.

Is addicted to shoes

Personal quotes

"I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake"

"I am going to be pretty kick a$$ by the time I'm thirty, and I can't wait!!"

"You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there."

"Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself."

"I always thought I was more satanic than Manson." ( Discussing the sinister reputation of her ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson.)

"I feel people have tried to stamp out what is special about me. Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?"

"It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth."

"I'm a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average bear."

"When I lived in Europe, I was usually pretty exalted for the way I looked. I had minions who would run and get me candy...But when I moved to Oregon and entered my goth phase with spiky black hair, kids threw things at me."

I don't believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when I'm 70. And I know I will be.

"I want to live in Paris. I want to learn to ice-skate and to box. I want to get a degree in Egyptology. I would like to not have to say "Like, oh my God!" in any movies. I would like to have a day go by without people screaming various obscenities about body parts. I'd like to still have Bug and Fester, my Boston terriers. I think I'd like to be with my boyfriend, except (laughs) I'm pretty commitment-shy. I'd like to please my father, who used to be in the Children of God, and do at least one more "porno" film - which is what he called The Doom Generation. I'd like to start some sort of counselling program for girls - when I was that age I was always told that I was gonna burn in hell. I would like to lose the guilt I have for compulsive spending. I would like to stop being addicted to diet hot chocolate."

"I'm a fan of pink, I'm a fan of high-heeled shoes and I'm a fan of strange-looking dogs, so this hits all the notes for me." (at the Legally Blonde 2 premiere)