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Rose McGowan

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Rose McGowan was born on September 5, 1973, to a French mother, and an Irish father. She was raised in a 'Children on God' commune in Florence, Italy. Rose has 4 siblings; two brothers, two sisters, She also has 2 half siblings. By the time she was 10, her parents had divorced, and she went to live with her grandmother in Washington. She legally emancipated herself at 15. She moved down to Los Angeles, where she was discovered standing outside of a gym refusing to go in because she thought it would have been 'too corny'.

She landed her first starring role in Gregg Araki's film The Doom Generation, which got her nominated for Best Newcomer at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. Also in 1996 she got a supporting role in Wes Craven's Scream, as Sidney Prescott's friend Tatum Riley.

In late 1997, Rose met rocker Marilyn Manson, who had moved to Hollywood hoping to meet her. In February, 1999 she announced their engagement on Howard Stern. In January 2001, Rose said "There is great love, but our lifestyle difference is, unfortunately, even greater," in a statement announcing the couple are breaking off their nearly two-year engagement.

Rose's other projects include the 1997 films Going All the Way, Lewis & Clark & George, Nowhere, and the short film Seed. In 1998, Rose starred with Ben Affleck and Peter O'Toole in the feature thriller Phantoms and in the independent film Southie, which won Best Picture at the 2000 Seattle Film Festival. In 2001 SHE took over from Shannen Doherty, on the WBs hit show Charmed in the role of Paige Matthews, the long lost sister of the Halliwells.

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Blood-red lipstick.

Very light complexion.

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Auditioned for the role of Lisa in Girl, Interrupted (1999). The part eventually went to Angelina Jolie

She won the role of Amy Blue in The Doom Generation (1995), after Jordan Ladd backed out.

Was engaged to Marilyn Manson. [1998-2001]

Modeled as a child.

Second oldest of six children.

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 shoes and Marlene Dietrich memorabilia.

The WB network announced that she would be playing Paige Matthews, the long-lost, baby half-sister of Prue, Piper and Phoebe on the hit series "Charmed" (1998). She 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]

She won the role of Tatum Riley in Scream (1996/I) after Melinda Clarke turned it down. Coincidentally, the two would later work together when Clarke guest starred on "Charmed" (1998) in October 2002.

She attended high school with Nicole Berger

Bust 36C

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

She ran away at age 9 to escape the Children of God cult that her parents were a part of. River Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, Summer Phoenix, Rain Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix were also child members of Children of God.

Absolutely hates fish

Has agoraphobia and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Has two Boston terriers named Bug and Fester.

Watched Viva Las Vegas (1964) many times in order to prepare for her role of Ann-Margret in the mini-series Elvis (2005) (TV)

She is of French and Irish descent.

Is the favorite actress of both Brian De Palma and Quentin Tarantino.

Legally emancipated herself from her parents at the age of 15.

Collaborated with musician BT on the song Superfabulous found on his 2003 CD, Emotional Technology.

Her first language is Italian.

Ranked #44 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Met boyfriend Robert Rodriguez when he directed her in Planet Terror (2007).

Ranked #14 on Wizard magazine's 'Sexiest Women of TV' list (March 2008).

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 ass 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)

I don't really care how people view me particularly. It's not really any of my business because everyone is going to have their own opinion and if I started thinking about what everyone else thought of me, I'd go crazy.

"I think women look better with a little more weight on them. Being super thin makes you look haggard."

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

"People thought (I was wild) because of who I was with (Manson). In reality I've been home baking cupcakes."

"I've always admitted it: I'm a man with really nice breasts - I'm so guilty of doing every single male thing. Not calling, not showing up, leaving at four in the morning."

"I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that."

"If one person starts crying, I'll cry. If one person has no money, I'll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop."

"I know I am kind and I have fun and if I sat there and worried about what everybody else thought of me my brain would be very crowded."

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