Rose McGowan Biography / Pictures

Rose McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an Italian-born American actress and singer.

Biography

Rose McGowan is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. Rose McGowan played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series Elvis. In 2008, Rose McGowan was guest programmer and co-host of TCM's film-series program, The Essentials.

Rose McGowan made her film debut in the 1992 comedy Encino Man, where she played a small role. Her performance as Amy Blue in the 1995 dark comedy film The Doom Generation brought her to a wider attention, and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. McGowan then appeared in the 1996 hit horror film Scream and starring alongside Ben Affleck in the 1997 thriller feature Going All the Way. Later, Rose McGowan appeared in several Hollywood films, including Devil In The Flesh (1998), Jawbreaker (1999), Ready to Rumble (2000), Monkeybone (2001) and The Black Dahlia (2006). In 2007, Rose McGowan was cast in the double-feature film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino Grindhouse.

Rose McGowan also portrayed the character Grace in the crime thriller film Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008).

In 1996, Rose was the cover model for the Henry Mancini tribute album Shots in the Dark, and was the face of American clothing company Bebe from 1998 to 1999.

Rose McGowan has also appeared on numerous magazine covers, including Seventeen, Interview, Maxim, GQ, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone. She has also frequently been featured on Maxim, FHM and Stuff magazine's sexiest women lists.