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| Born | Rósa Arianna McGowan (1973-09-05)September 5, 1973 (age 52) Florence, Italy |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
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| Website | rosemcgowan |
Rósa Arianna McGowan[note 1] (born September 5, 1973) is an Italian-born American actress and activist.[5][6][7] After her film debut in a brief role in the comedyEncino Man (1992), she achieved recognition for her performance in the dark comedyThe Doom Generation (1995), receiving anIndependent Spirit Award nomination. She had her breakthrough in the horror filmScream (1996) and subsequently headlined the filmsGoing All the Way (1997),Devil in the Flesh (1998), andJawbreaker (1999).
During the 2000s, McGowan became known to television audiences for her role asPaige Matthews inThe WB supernatural drama seriesCharmed (2001–2006). She starred inRobert Rodriguez andQuentin Tarantino's double-feature filmGrindhouse (2007), for which she was nominated for theSaturn Award for Best Actress and aScream Award.
In 2017,Time recognized McGowan as one of the Silence Breakers, the magazine's Person of the Year, for speaking out aboutsexual assault andharassment, specifically in regard to theHarvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases and theMeToo movement. She has released a memoir,Brave, and starred in the four-part documentary seriesCitizen Rose, both in 2018.
Rósa Arianna McGowan was born on September 5, 1973,[8] inFlorence, Italy,[9] to Irish-born artist Daniel McGowan,[9] and American-born writer, Terri. She has two younger half-siblings.[10] Her father ran an Italian chapter of theChildren of God, which he and his wife were members of until 1978.[11] McGowan spent her early childhood at the group'scommunes, often traveling through Europe with her parents.[10]
Through her father's art contacts in Italy, she became achild model and appeared inVogue Bambini and many other Italian magazines. Her parents returned to her mother's native United States when she was 10 years old, and settled inEugene, Oregon.[10][12] McGowan had an untraditional childhood, living as a teenagerunaway inPortland, Oregon and associating with a group ofdrag queens in the city.[10][13] When her parents divorced, she lived with her father inSeattle, Washington, attendedRoosevelt High School andNova Alternative High School, and worked atMcDonald's. She tookballet lessons until she was 13. At 15, she officiallyemancipated herself from her parents[14] and moved to Los Angeles.
After making herHollywood film debut with a brief role in thePauly Shore comedyEncino Man (1992), McGowan was cast in the leading role inGregg Araki's dark comedyThe Doom Generation (1995), which revolved around a threesome of teens who embark on a sex and violence-filled journey. The film brought her a much wider recognition and the attention of film critics; she received a nomination for Best Debut Performance at the 1996Independent Spirit Awards. McGowan next obtained the role ofTatum Riley in theslasher cult filmScream (1996), as the casting director believed she best embodied the "spunky", "cynical" but "innocent" nature of the ill-fated character.[15] Upon its release, the film became a huge critical and financial success, grossing over $100 million in North America and $173 million worldwide.[16] Amid her growing public profile, she was the cover model for theHenry Mancini tribute albumShots in the Dark, which was released in 1996, and became the face of American clothing companyBebe from 1998 to 1999. In 1997, she appeared in the short filmSeed, directed by San Francisco-born filmmaker Karin Thayer, and played oppositePeter O'Toole in the1998 film adaptation of theDean Koontz novelPhantoms.
McGowan spent the majority of the late 1990s headlining a variety ofindependent films, including roles inNowhere (1997), where she reunited with Araki, as well asSouthie (1996),Going All the Way (1997),Lewis and Clark and George (1997), andDevil in the Flesh (1998), where she usually played seductive and mysterious characters. She gained much attention for the revealing fishnet outfit she wore to the1998 MTV Video Music Awards.[17][18][19][20] While datingMarilyn Manson, McGowan appeared in a music video for the song "Coma White";[21] she performed backing vocals on the song "Posthuman".[22] Both of these songs appear on the albumMechanical Animals (1998).[23] In the dark comedyJawbreaker (1999), she portrayedCourtney Shayne, a popular yet malevolent high school student who tries to cover up her involvement in a classmate's murder. McGowan based her performance on that ofGene Tierney'ssociopathic character inLeave Her to Heaven (1945).[24] To accompany the release of the film,Imperial Teen's music video for the songYoo Hoo featured McGowan as her character harassing the band members with jawbreakers.[25]Jawbreaker was a critical and commercial failure, but found success through home video release and subsequent television airings; it has developed acult following.[24] McGowan earned a nomination forBest Villain at the 1999MTV Movie Awards.[26]
In 2001, McGowan was cast for the role ofPaige Matthews in the popular WB supernatural drama seriesCharmed, as a replacement for the lead actressShannen Doherty, who had left the show. In the show, about the trio of witches using their combined powers to protect innocent lives from evil beings, McGowan played the character from season four until its final eighth season. In theCharmed episode "Sense and Sense Ability", McGowan performed, in character, a cover of thePeggy Lee classic "Fever". In a review of the fourth season, Leigh H. Edwards ofPopMatters added that the addition of Paige was "contrived and clunky", but welcomed the idea of McGowan joining the show as a witch "since she has major goth cred as Marilyn Manson's former flame".[27]DVD Verdict's Cynthia Boris wrote that McGowan brought "a youthfulness" and "a fresh viewer perspective" toCharmed, further noting that "fans have come to enjoy her presence on the show."[28] Sara Paige and Rachel Hyland ofGeek Speak magazine described Paige as "snarky, compassionate and whimsical", and believed that "McGowan was well-suited for the role."[29] At the 2001 Wand Awards, McGowan was nominated for Best New Cast Member and at the 2005 Family Television Awards, she won Favorite Sister, for her performance.
McGowan starred alongsideBrendan Fraser,Bridget Fonda, andWhoopi Goldberg in the dark fantasy comedyMonkeybone (2001) as a cat girl from a limbo-like carnival landscape where nightmares are entertainment. Budgeted at US$75 million, the film only made US$7.6 million;[30] McGowan felt that film "would've been incredible (at least the underworld part) if the men at20th Century Fox (the suits) hadn't fired the director, a true artist,Henry Selick [half] the way through filming", and called his dismissal a "profoundly stupid move".[31] DuringCharmed, McGowan portrayed actress-singerAnn-Margret in theCBS miniseriesElvis (2005), about the life ofElvis Presley. She also appeared briefly as the roommate of the titular character inBrian De Palma'sThe Black Dahlia (2006), afilm noir shot in Los Angeles andBulgaria and oppositeJosh Hartnett,Scarlett Johansson,Aaron Eckhart andHilary Swank.
In 2007, McGowan headlinedGrindhouse, a double feature horror film by directorsQuentin Tarantino andRobert Rodriguez. In Rodriguez's segment,Planet Terror, she starred as a go-go dancer and the leader of a group of rebels attempting to survive an onslaught ofzombie-like creatures as they feud with a rogue military unit, while in Tarantino's segment,Death Proof, she played a brief role as a victim of amisogynistic,psychopathicstuntman who targets young women with his "death proof" stunt car. She performed three songs from thePlanet Terror portion ofGrindhouse, released on the film's soundtrack by theVarèse Sarabande label.[32] The songs are entitled "You Belong to Me" (aDean Martin/Jo Stafford cover), "Useless Talent #32", and "Two Against the World". WhileGrindhouse made a lackluster US$25.5 million in its theatrical release,[33] it was the subject of much media coverage and critical acclaim from critics;James Berardinelli found McGowan to be the "standout here"[34] andMick LaSalle considered the film as "the best showcase of her career so far".[35]
Her next film release,Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), revolved aroundMartin McGartland, a British agent who went undercover into theProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). McGowan played a woman in the upper ranks of the organisation who offers herself to McGartland. McGowan caused controversy in September 2008 whilst promoting the film at aToronto International Film Festival press conference, where she stated: "I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in the IRA. My heart just broke for the cause. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it." This prompted directorKari Skogland and the film's producers to issue a public apology, stating that McGowan's views did not reflect their own.[36][37] The film found a limited audience in theaters[38] while critical response was positive.[39] Also in 2008, McGowan took on a recurring role as a con artist on the acclaimed drama seriesNip/Tuck, and co-hosted theTCM's film-series programThe Essentials alongsideRobert Osborne, discussing classic Hollywood film.[40]
In 2010, McGowan shot a cameo in the Robert Rodriguez featureMachete, a role ultimately cut, but included on the DVD release, and played a semi-homeless junkie in the fantasy dramaDead Awake. In the 2011sword and sorcery filmConan the Barbarian, a reimagining of the 1982 film of the same name which starredArnold Schwarzenegger, McGowan starred as an evil half-human/half-witch.[41][42]Roger Ebert described her role as a "piece of work", writing: "She has white pancake makeup, blood red lips, cute little facial tattoos and wickedly sharp metal talons on her fingers".[43] Filming occurred between March and July 2010 inBulgaria, andConan was released on August 19, 2011.[44] Budgeted at US$90 million, the film received negative reviews,[45] and only grossed US$48.8 worldwide.[46] McGowan also appeared on aBrian Transeau track called "Superfabulous", from his albumEmotional Technology, which was also featured on the finalCharmed soundtrack,The Final Chapter;[47] the song has been featured in several films, includingWin a Date with Tad Hamilton![48] andRaising Helen. In addition to her role in the big-budgetedConan, McGowan starred in mainly independent productions during the early 2010s, such as the psychological thrillerRosewood Lane (2011) from directorVictor Salva, the made-for-television filmThe Pastor's Wife (2011), alongsideMichael Shanks, and a film adaptation ofThe Tell-Tale Heart, released in 2016.
In an August 2011 interview, McGowan talked about her experience working on the filmRosewood Lane with directorVictor Salva, who is a convictedchild molester andchild pornographer,[49][50] stating, "I still don't really understand the whole story or history there, and I'd rather not, because it's not really my business. But he's an incredibly sweet and gentle man."[49] McGowan lent her voice to the video gamesDarkwatch, playing afemme fatale namedTala, andTerminator Salvation, as a troubled soldier named Angie Salter. She guest-starred in an episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit as agrifter who targets New York sex clubs, and also in two episodes ofOnce Upon a Time between 2012 and 2014, playing the role of the youngCora Mills. She wrote and recorded a song titled "Protection", which was featured in her filmStrange Hearts (2011). McGowan appeared in theImperial Teen music video for "Yoo Hoo",[51] which was featured on theJawbreaker soundtrack, and she recorded the theme song from the filmDead Awake (2010). In the third season ofChosen (2014), a television series airing viaCrackle, McGowan took on the role of an experienced hunter.
McGowan made her directorial debut with the short filmDawn, about a teen from a strict family who falls under the spell of a gas-station employee. The 17-minute film premiered at the 2014Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim;Way Too Indie noted: "This was a real gem of a short film. Dawn's salient literary and cultural references, paired with the film's high production value, gorgeous shots, its slow-burner buildup and gripping conclusion, bring something to the table for everyone, and portends an excellent directorial career for Ms. McGowan".[52] In 2015 the actress appeared in the music video for "Break the Rules" byCharli XCX.[53] In September 2015, McGowan released her debut single, "RM486". The song has strong feminist themes, with its title playing on the name of the abortion drugRU486 and McGowan's initials.[54]
The independent Canadian horror filmThe Sound, released in 2017, starred McGowan as a best-selling author and paranormal investigator alongsideChristopher Lloyd andMichael Eklund.[55] A review inThe Hollywood Reporter wrote of her role: "Despite her sympathetic situation, [it] isn't a particularly interesting character. A dismissive attitude and superior self-regard don't improve her likability either. McGowan seems comfortable with the role, however [...]".[56] On January 30, 2018, McGowan released a memoir,Brave, in which she details her childhood and her account of the assault byHarvey Weinstein and its aftermath.[57][58][59] McGowan appeared in the art filmIndecision IV, which combines dance and gender issues. "Shot in one continuous take, the film [...] was created in May 2018, during a watershed moment in McGowan's life and is a physical expression of her state of mind at that time," a press statement stated. The piece was commissioned by UK's Heist Gallery, and was shown in 2018 at special screenings at the Institute of Light inEast London on December 15 and 16, with proceeds going to the charity Refuge.[60]
McGowan expressed interest in recording an album of her own. During an interview withLiving TV, she said, "I was actually thinking of going back and doing more soulful tunes and older tunes ... and I would love to, when I have a little bit more time." On April 21, 2020, she announced that her debut studio albumPlanet 9, originally released in 2018, would be reissued on April 24. The announcement on social media included a statement: "I'm not trying to be a pop star, but I did make music that heals in a new way."[61]
McGowan is an activist forgay rights[62][63] and campaigned against California'sProposition 8,[63] which sought to bansame-sex marriage in the state in 2008.[62] She is also known as an activist forBoston Terriers. She had two, named Bug and Fester, and has personally donated to various Boston Terrier rescues. McGowan reportedly encouraged friends to donate to Boston Terrier Rescue Net, and according to BTRN: "Having fallen in love with Bug and Fester, her friends donated generously. It amounted to a considerable contribution, which will go a long way in helping BTRN and the needy volunteers who selflessly give to deserving Bostons."[64] McGowan then owned a Boston Terrier she renamed Happy, and a mini-Pomeranian she renamed Sasquatch.[65] In 2021, she had a total of five dogs; four rescue dogs and anemotional support animal named Pearl.[66]
In late 2009, McGowan was among several celebrities who participated in the protestNOH8.[63] In 2017,Time recognized McGowan as one of the Silence Breakers, the magazine's Person of the Year, for speaking out aboutsexual assault andharassment, specifically in regards to theHarvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases and theMeToo movement.[67] On January 31, 2018,Citizen Rose, a four-part documentary series produced byBunim/Murray Productions following McGowan and her role in theMeToo movement premiered.[68][69] In August 2018, McGowan was announced to receive the Inspiration Award at theGQ Men of the Year Awards.[70]
In May 2014, McGowan held a defiant party in support of the Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel, despite a boycott over Brunei'santi-gay laws, which prescribes death by stoning for same-sex activities.[71] McGowan explained her stance on the issue thus: "Boycotts only work when they hurt the target's bottom line. We are never going to affect the sultan's bottom line. He's worth $20 billion! This is a vanity project for him. It could sit empty for 100 years and he wouldn't even notice. But meanwhile, we're hurting all the wonderful, struggling people who work in the hotel. I'd like him to see that gays are real people. I think that's the only thing that would change his mind, not a boycott."[72]
In November 2014, while discussingmisogyny andsexism onBret Easton Ellis' podcast, McGowan criticized the gay community for not doing more to help the cause of women's rights, saying, "I see now, basically, people who've fought for the right to stand on top of a float wearing an orange speedo and takemolly. And, I see no help, and I see no paying it forward, and I have a huge problem with that. There are so many things to help and do, and I see no extending of a hand outside of the gay community to another community. And that's a problem for me." McGowan also stated, "Gays are as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so. I have an indictment of the gay community right now. I'm actually really upset with them." The characterization ofLGBT rights activism being centered on drug use and wearing revealing clothing in public was criticized ashomophobic.[73][74][75] She later apologized for generalizing gay men as misogynistic, but defended the rest of her comments. She explained that "I do expect more from a group of people that understands discrimination. … What I want is for gay rights activists to help other disenfranchised groups. These activists are experts while so many other groups flounder. It’s time to share the wealth and knowledge".[76][77]
In 2015, McGowan criticizedCaitlyn Jenner for stating that "the hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear", after Jenner had been named "Woman of the Year" byGlamour. McGowan stated, "We are more than deciding what to wear. We are more than the stereotypes foisted upon us by people like you. You're a woman now? Well fucking learn that we have had a VERY different experience than your life of male privilege."[78][79][80] In response to accusations oftransphobia, McGowan stated, "Let me take this moment to point out that I am not, nor will I ever be, transphobic. The idea is laughable. Disliking something a trans person has said is no different than disliking something a man has said or that a woman has said. Being trans doesn't make one immune from criticism."[81]
In early January 2020, McGowan apologized to Iran in a tweet sent out in the hours after aUS airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian Major GeneralQasem Soleimani. She wrote, "Dear #Iran, The USA has disrespected your country, your flag, your people. 52% of us humbly apologize. We want peace with your nation. We are being held hostage by a terrorist regime. We do not know how to escape. Please do not kill us. #Soleimani" McGowan's tweet mistakenly included aGIF of the Iranian flag from thepre-revolutionary Pahlavi era.[82]
McGowan has expressed support for Tara Reade, who accusedJoe Biden ofsexual assault and criticized Hollywood stars for supporting Biden. In August 2020, McGowan criticized the Democratic Party for failing to "create change and provide support for citizens facing racial inequality, economic issues and police brutality".[83][84] In April 2021 McGowan accused Twitter of censorship after her account was suspended for violating Twitter's non-consensual nudity policy after she tweeted anAlison Jackson art piece showingBill Clinton being massaged by an unknown woman.[85]
In an April 2021 interview onFox News Primetime, McGowan accused the Democratic Party of being a "deep cult" whose leaders do not care about supporters and who hypocritically advance the status quo despite claims to supportprogressivism.[86][87]
In September 2021, McGowan endorsedLarry Elder in theCalifornia recall election.[88]
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In the early 1990s, McGowan, then relatively unknown, was involved for two years with a man she refers to as William, who, she claims, kept buying her exercise equipment and fashion magazines in an effort to persuade her to get thinner. She developed aneating disorder in her unsuccessful efforts to get her weight down to 84 pounds (38 kg) like the women in the magazines. "I never was able to get below 92 pounds (42 kg)," she wrote later. "I felt like a failure."[89] That relationship and the eating disorder ended in early 1993 when McGowan metBrett Cantor, a part-owner of Hollywood's Dragonfly nightclub.[90] Cantor was stabbed to death in his house that July, and McGowan stated that his murder left her "shattered". The killing remains unsolved.[89]
McGowan had a three-and-a-half-year relationship with rock musicianMarilyn Manson. After a formal engagement lasting two years, McGowan ended the relationship in 2001 over "lifestyle differences".[91] Before the release ofGrindhouse, there was speculation that McGowan was datingRobert Rodriguez, the film's director.[92] In May 2007, it was reported that they confirmed their relationship while appearing hand-in-hand at theCannes Film Festival.[93] On October 12, 2007, it was announced byZap2it that McGowan was engaged to Rodriguez.[94] They reportedly split in October 2009.[95] In July 2013, after one year of dating, McGowan became engaged toDavey Detail, an artist.[96] They married on October 12, 2013, in Los Angeles.[97] In February 2016, she filed for divorce from Detail, citing irreconcilable differences.[98] The divorce was finalized later that year, in November.[99]
In January 2019, McGowanpleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drug charge in Virginia involvingcocaine that was found in a wallet she left behind atDulles International Airport in 2017. She paid a US$2,500 fine and was given a suspended jail sentence.[100] McGowan moved from New York to Mexico in early 2020[101] and in February 2021 became apermanent resident of Mexico, living inTulum, Quintana Roo.[102] McGowan has stated that she has no plans to move back to the United States.[101]
In October 2017,The New York Times reported that McGowan received a $100,000 settlement from film mogulHarvey Weinstein in relation to an alleged sexual assault in 1997.[103] It was alleged that the encounter had taken place in a hotel room during theSundance Film Festival.[103][104]
On October 10, 2017, McGowan accused actorBen Affleck of lying for saying he was "angry" over Weinstein's alleged abuse of women, but failing to indicate whether he knew about it, even though she had told him Weinstein had acted inappropriately towards her.[105] Via Twitter, she also attacked other men in the film industry, tweeting, "All of you Hollywood 'A-list' golden boys are LIARS....You all knew."[106][107] She later clarified that she told Affleck, while crying, that she had "just come from Harvey's and he said, 'Goddamn it, I told him to stop doing that.' It's not like I'm raging at Ben Affleck. I never said to him, 'I was just raped.' It's just more to illustrate the point of this continual thing of everybody knowing and everybody being part of it, unwittingly or proactively."[108]
On October 12, 2017, McGowan alleged that Harvey Weinstein had raped her, and thatAmazon Studios dropped her project after she reported it.[109] Later the same day, McGowan said thatTwitter suspended her account for 12 hours after she repeatedly tweeted aboutWeinstein's sexual misconduct towards her.[110] Twitter explained that McGowan's account had violated its privacy policy because one of her tweets included a private phone number.The New York Times reported, "Many Twitter users expressed outrage over Ms. McGowan's account being locked." After the tweet was removed, her account was unlocked several hours before the 12-hour ban was set to expire.[107] Through his lawyer,David Boies, Weinstein at one point hired the private intelligence agencyBlack Cube to spy on McGowan and to stop outlets such asThe New York Times andThe New Yorker from reporting their investigations on Harvey Weinstein.[111] On February 7, 2018,Jill Messick, McGowan's manager at the time of the alleged rape in 1997, died by suicide.[112] Messick's family blamed Weinstein, the media, the public, and McGowan for her death.[113]
In 2021, McGowan claimed thatJennifer Siebel Newsom, wife ofCalifornia governorGavin Newsom, attempted to bribe her in order to silence her allegations on Weinstein. A spokesperson for Siebel Newsom called McGowan's claims a "complete fabrication".[88][114]
In December 2021, a federal judge dismissed aracketeering lawsuit McGowan filed against Weinstein, lawyersDavid Boies and Lisa Bloom, andBlack Cube in October 2019 after she failed to file documents by a December deadline, which occurred after she dismissed her attorneys in November 2021 and began representing herself in the suit.[115][116]
In a 2018 interview withRonan Farrow, McGowan accused a "prominent" man in Hollywood ofstatutory rape; she did not name the person in question.[117] In August 2020, McGowan announced the man was filmmakerAlexander Payne, claiming that he had sex with her in California when she was 15 years old.[118][119] Payne responded to McGowan's allegation by writing a guest column inDeadline Hollywood; he acknowledged a consensual relationship stating that they had met at some point in 1991 (McGowan turned 18 in September 1991) at an audition for a comic short film that he was directing for thePlayboy Channel and had no reason to believe she was under theage of consent as the part required an actress who was of age. Payne ended his statement writing, "While I cannot allow false statements about events twenty-nine years ago to go uncorrected, I will continue to wish only the best for Rose".[120]
In 2020, McGowan alleged that, in 1937,Hal Roach was responsible for large-scale sexual abuse of actresses. This is in relation to one of Hollywood's earliest rape cases, reported by dancer and extraPatricia Douglas. The documentaryGirl 27 covers the case and the resulting efforts to silence the legal action, as well as othersexual abuses in Hollywood. McGowan and other famous activists, includingJessica Chastain, have supported the film, which spread the word to the public about the American film entertainment industry'srape culture problem.[121][122][123]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Class of 1999 | Girl Outside Office | Uncredited |
| 1992 | Encino Man | Nora | |
| 1995 | The Doom Generation | Amy Blue | |
| 1996 | Seed | Miriam | Short film |
| Bio-Dome | Denise | ||
| Scream | Tatum Riley | ||
| 1997 | Going All the Way | Gale Ann Thayer | |
| Kiss & Tell | Jasmine Hoyle | ||
| Nowhere | Valley Chick #3 | ||
| Lewis and Clark and George | George | ||
| 1998 | Southie | Kathy Quinn | |
| Phantoms | Lisa Pailey | ||
| Devil in the Flesh | Debbie Strand | ||
| 1999 | Jawbreaker | Courtney Shayne | |
| Sleeping Beauties | Sno Blo | Short film | |
| 2000 | Ready to Rumble | Sasha | |
| The Last Stop | Nancy | ||
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Miss Kitty | |
| 2002 | Strange Hearts | Moira Kennedy | |
| 2003 | Stealing Bess | Debbie Dinsdale | |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Sheryl Saddon | |
| 2007 | Grindhouse –Planet Terror | Cherry Darling | |
| Grindhouse –Death Proof | Pam | ||
| 2008 | Fifty Dead Men Walking | Grace Sterrin | |
| 2010 | Machete | Boots McCoy | Deleted scenes[124] |
| Dead Awake | Charlie Scheel | ||
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Marique | |
| Rosewood Lane | Sonny Blake | ||
| 2014 | The Tell-Tale Heart | Ariel | |
| 2015 | The Weight of Blood and Bones | Madeline | Short film |
| 2016 | The Caged Pillows | Monday (voice) | Short film |
| Heresy | Heresy | ||
| 2017 | The Sound | Kelly Johansen | |
| 2018 | Indecision IV | Dancing woman | Short film |
| This Changes Everything | Herself | Documentary film | |
| 2019 | Me Too: The Movement | ||
| Rose McGowan: Being Brave | |||
| 2022 | When We Speak | ||
| Body Parts |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | True Colors | Suzanne | Episode: "Life with Fathers" |
| 2001 | What About Joan? | Maeve McCrimmen | Episode: "Maeve" |
| The Killing Yard | Linda Borus | Television film | |
| 2001–2006 | Charmed | Paige Matthews | Main role, Seasons 4-8; 112 episodes |
| 2003 | Intimate Portrait | Herself | Docuseries; 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Punk'd | Episode: "Travis Barker, Jaime Pressly, Red Carpet Interviews" | |
| 2005 | Elvis | Ann-Margret | Miniseries |
| 2008 | The Essentials | Host | 1 series |
| Dogs 101 | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Theodora "Teddy" Rowe | 5 episodes (recurring role, Season 6) |
| 2010 | Women in Chains | Petra | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Cassandra Davina | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| The Pastor's Wife | Mary Winkler | Television film | |
| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Guest Judge, Episode: "The Fabulous Bitch Ball" |
| 2013 | Chosen | Josie Acosta | Main role, Season 1; 6 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Once Upon a Time | YoungCora Mills | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Medusa | Voice, episode: "Agent Web"[125] |
| 2018 | Citizen Rose | Herself | Docuseries |
| The View | Guest co-host; 2 episodes | ||
| 2019 | Chopped | Guest judge, episode: "Horror Flick Halloween"[126] | |
| 2020 | Question Time | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Darkwatch | Tala | |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Angie Salter | [125] |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Lilith |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Doctor Lollipop | Dr. Coco, Red Riding Hood |
| Year | Title | Role | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Yoo Hoo" | Courtney Shayne | Imperial Teen | Cameo appearance[127] |
| "Coma White" | Jacqueline Kennedy | Marilyn Manson | ||
| 2012 | "Glamazon" | Herself | RuPaul | Cameo appearance |
| 2014 | "Break the Rules" | Chaperone | Charli XCX | |
| 2015 | "RM486" | Herself | Rose McGowan | Debut single[128] |
| 2017 | "Fire in Cairo" | Luna | [129] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Dawn | Short film |
| 2017 | Ruth |
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Planet 9 |
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| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "RM486" | 2015 | Non-album single |
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Posthuman" | 1998 | Marilyn Manson | Mechanical Animals |
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "You Belong To Me" | 2007 | N/a | Planet Terror |
| "Useless Talent #32" | |||
| "Two Against the World" |
| Year | Film/Title | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Doom Generation | 11th Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance | Nominated |
| 1999 | Jawbreaker | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain | |
| 2005 | Charmed | Family Television Awards | Favorite Sister | Won |
| Wand Award | Wand Award for Best New Cast Member | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | N/a | Blender | Sexiest Women Of TV And Film | Won[130] |
| 2008 | Grindhouse –Planet Terror | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated[131] |
| Scream Awards | Scream Queen | |||
| Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Actor – Female | |||
| 2009 | Fright Meter Award | Best Supporting Actress | Won[131][132] | |
| Rose McGowan | San Francisco International Film Festival | Midnight Outstanding Achievement Award | ||
| 2014 | Dawn | Sundance Film Festival | Short Film Grand Jury Prize | Nominated |
| 2018 | N/a | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry | Won |
Birth name: Rose Arianna McGowan
Born Rose Arianna McGowan
Full Name: Rose McGowan
McGowan's father had two wives: Terry, mother to Rose and her siblings Nat and Daisy; and Rebecca.
Speaking on the YouTube series The Dab Roast, McGowan said she moved to Mexico in early 2020 ... When asked if she'd ever come back to the US, she said, "No, never."
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