Rose McGowan

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Date of Birth : Sep 5th 1973

McGowan’s career as an actor sincerely began in 1995, with a leading role in The Doom Generation (1995). Originally intended for Jordan Ladd, the character of “Amy Blue” was awarded to McGowan, whose presence outside a gym captured the eye of an associate of director Gregg Araki. For her performance, she was nominated at the 1995 Independant Spirit Awards for Best Debut Performance. Subsequently cast in Wes Craven’s Scream(1996), she experienced further success when the project defied expectations to became one of the highest grossing films of the year.

The innovative, yet soft-sounding, career of McGowan was overshadowed throughout much of the 90s by her high-profile relationship with musician Brian Warner (aka Marilyn Manson. Strong performances in Going All the Way (1997), Lewis & Clark & George (1997), Southie (1998), and Jawbreaker (1999) were largely unseen by the general public, who favored mean-spirited tabloid blurbs over her creative exploits. When the relationship ended between the two in 2001, she remarked; “There is great love, but our lifestyle difference is, unfortunately, even greater”

Immediately, the quality of McGowan’s roles further improved. She performed solidly alongside Alan Alda in The Killing Yard (2001) (TV), shone with Robert Forster in Strange Hearts (2001), and was appropriately demure in “Stealing Bess” (aka Vacuums (2002)). She was introduced to the mainstream as “Paige Matthews” in Aaron Spelling’s “Charmed” (1998), a popular television show for which she devoted five consecutive years. When “Charmed” finished its run in 2006, McGowan emerged in top form. Critics praised her efforts in Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror (2007), Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof (2007), and her turn as “Grace Sterrin” in Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) exemplified her potential as a leading dramatic actress.