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Rose McGowan

Rose Arianna McGowan was born on the 5th September 1973 in Florence in Italy. She won critical acclaim for her role in The Doom Generation as Amy Blue with James Duval and Johnathon Schaech.
Rose was subsequently cast in a supporting role in the horror film called Scream as Tatum Riley with David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox.
She then appeared in Southie as Kathy Quinn alongside Will Arnett, Donnie Wahlberg and Anne Meara, Going All The Way with Ben Affleck, Jeremy Davies and Amy Locane, and Lewis And Clark And George as George with Dan Gunther, Brian Taylor and Salvator Xuereb.
In 1997, she appeared in the critically acclaimed short film called Seed as Miriam, the film called Phantoms as Lisa Pailey with Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole, Joanna Going and Liev Schreiber and in Encino Man as Nora opposite Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin and Pauly Shore.
Rose also starred in Jawbreaker as Courtney Alice Shayne with Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz and Judy Greer.
Rose starred in Charmed: as Paige Matthews (replacing Shannon Doherty) in Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season, Charmed - The Complete Fifth Season, Charmed - The Complete Sixth Season, Charmed - The Complete Seventh Season and Charmed - The Complete Eighth Season alongside Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause and Kaley Cuoco.
She also portrayed actress/singer Ann-Margret in the film entitled Elvis and in the sequel called Elvis - The Early Years with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Randy Quaid.
She has also lent her voice to the video game called Darkwatch: Curse of the West as a femme fatale named Tala Vamp and in Terminator Salvation as Angie Salter.
Rose had a small role in the film called The Black Dahlia as Sheryl Saddon along with Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank and Josh Hartnett .
She has starred in the double feature film entitled Grindhouse. Rose appears in both portions of the film, as go-go dancing Cherry in Planet Terror with Freddy Rodriguez and Marley Shelton, and as Pam in Death Proof along with Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Ferlito .
Rose loves the boston terrier breed of dog.
She has had other film roles in Bio Dome as Denise with Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin, Kiss And Tell as Jasmine Hoyle, Nowhere as a valley chick opposite James Duval and Rachel True and Devil In The Flesh as Debbie Strand .
She has also been in Ready To Rumble as Sasha with David Arquette and Oliver Platt, Sleeping Beauties as Sno Blo along with Sarah Lassez, The Last Stop as Nancy with Adam Beach and Monkeybone as Miss Kitty alongside Brendan Fraser, Thomas Haden Church, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg.
Rose has appeared in Strange Hearts as Moira Kennedy opposite Robert Forster and Kip Pardue and in Stealing Bess (which is also known as Vacuums) as Debbie Dinsdale again with Kip Pardue and also alongside Chevy Chase.
Another role was in Black Oasis as Susan Cabot along with Rodrigo Santoro.
Rose was also in Sin City 2 as Ava Lord opposite Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Jaime King and Antonio Banderas.
She has also been in Fifty Dead Men Walking as Grace Sterrin with Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess, Ewan Harts and Natalie Press, Creature From The Black Lagoon and Barbarella with Paul Kelman.
Rose has also starred in tv roles in the series called True Colours as Suzanne opposite Frankie Faison and Stephanie Faracy, What About Joan as Maeve with Joan Cusack and Kyle Chandler and in The Killing Yard as Linda Borus opposite Alan Alda .
She is the co - host of The Essentials with Robert Osborne. This programme spotlights a specific movie that contains a special introduction and then a discussion follows.
Rose has also starred in the film remake of Red Sonja as the heroine Sonja, and in the tv show called Women in Chains about an imprisoned women drama series.
She has also appeared in the tv series called Nip Tuck as Dr. Theodora 'Teddy' Lowe alongside Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh.
Rose has also starred in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar as Doreen.
Rose has just filmed Dylan's Wake in which she played Charlie and Machete
She will be producing new series Preacher which stars Holly Marie Combs.











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Rose McGowan - news / articles


  • Rodriguez: 'McGowan marriage is still on' - 9 July 2009
    -Moviemaker Robert Rodriguez has confirmed reports he and his Planet Terror star Rose McGowan are engaged.- -The father-of-five and the actress reportedly split earlier this year (09), months after McGowan cooed about her plans to wed the director after he divorced hi

Rose McGowan - what members say


  • Phantoms
  • Phantoms review by from manchester
    Rated - 5 stars Phan-tastic! 7 March 2004
    ... fashioned scary story, decent acting (yes, even from Ben Affleck) and starring Rose McGowan (CHARMED) this is a fun, popcorn horror movie, perfect for a saturday night in ...  
  • Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season
  • Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season review by A customer from gwaenysgor, rhyl, flintshire
    Rated - 5 stars superb 13 September 2005
    ...e exit of prue, and the introduction of younger sister paige matthews played by Rose McGowan ( of jaw breaker, bring it on and scream fame). she is the child of patty hall...  
  • Planet Terror
  • Planet Terror review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 5 stars Planet Terror 6 November 2007
    ...on scene Planet Terror cuts right to the chase; after a seriously sexy dance by Rose McGowan under the opening credits things get seriously bloody even in what, in any othe...  

Rose McGowan - filmography


  • Fifty Dead Men Walking on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Jim Sturgess,  Kevin Zegers
    Director: Kari Skogland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,585 member
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  • Barbarella (2009)
    Starring: Rose McGowan
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The year is 40,000. Peacefully floating around in zero-gravity Barbarella is suddenly interrupted by a call from the President of Earth. A young scientist, Durand Durand, is threatening the ancient universal peace and Barbarella is the chosen one to find him and save the world. During her mission, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 7 members
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  • Strange Hearts (2001)
    Starring: Robert Forster,  Rose McGowan,  Kip Pardue
    Director: Michelle Gallagher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama in which former child star and small time con man, Jack Waters, moves through life trying to bridge the gap between reality and fantasy. However, the closest thing to reality in his life is his relationship with exotic dancer Moira. In order to capture the wealth and status that has always ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 12 members
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  • Jawbreaker on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rebecca Gayheart,  Rose McGowan,  Julie Benz
    Director: Darren Stein
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In what seems to be a hybrid of classic teen flicks HEATHERS and CLUELESS, three of the most popular girls in school (Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart and Julie Benz) pretend to kidnap their friend as a prank, shoving a jawbreaker in her mouth to keep her quiet in the process. The plot unfolds around ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 838 members
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  • Charmed - The Complete First Season (6 discs) on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Shannen Doherty,  Alyssa Milano,  Rose McGowan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Debuting in 1998, the Aaron Spelling-produced television series CHARMED follows the adventures of three modern-day witches juggling their supernatural abilities with the demands of everyday life. The Halliwell sisters (originally played by Alyssa Milano, Shannon Doherty, and Hollie Marie Combs) use ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6,884 members
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  • Southie (1998)
    Starring: Donnie Wahlberg,  Rose McGowan,  Anne Meara
    Director: John Shea
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Wahlberg plays Danny Quinn, a Southie who returns to Boston to discover that the conflict between Irish mafias has gotten even worse than before he left. He finds himself caught between the two groups, and is eventually forced to make a painful decision: should he get out of town and leave the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 40 members
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  • Phantoms on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rose McGowan,  Joanna Going,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Joe Chappelle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,035 member
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  • Scream on DVD (1996)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Neve Campbell,  Courteney Cox
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A hyper-intelligent serial killer preys on the teenage denizens of a small town, using their fascination with horror movie conventions to set up his diabolical doings. An intelligent, well-crafted thriller from the creator of "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET." The deluxe version contains a behind-the-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,521 members
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  • Doom Generation (1995)
    Starring: James Duval,  Rose McGowan,  Johnathon Schaech
    Director: Gregg Araki
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An extreme and stylish road movie from the director of Totally F***ed Up and Nowhere, The Doom Generation follows the tragi-comic adventures of a beautiful young slacker couple who form an uneasy alliance with a gorgeous, psychotic, bi-sexual drifter after he saves them during a botched convenience ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 84 members
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  • Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Alyssa Milano,  Holly Marie Combs,  Rose McGowan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rose McGowan joins the cast of this cult-hit series in Season 4 as Paige, a long-lost half-sister of Piper and Phoebe. After the loss of Prue in Season 3, the Power of Three was under threat until Paige arrived. All is not happily ever after in the Halliwell household – Phoebe and Piper don’t trust ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,186 members
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  • Charmed - The Complete Fifth Season (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Alyssa Milano,  Holly Marie Combs,  Rose McGowan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Fall under their spell... The Charmed Ones, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Paige (Rose McGowan), are simply bewitching and they're here to stay! Charmed: The Complete Fifth Season is rich with intense humour, and intrigue as they journey from modern-day witches to the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,783 members
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  • Charmed - The Complete Sixth Season (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Alyssa Milano,  Holly Marie Combs,  Rose McGowan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Debuting in 1998, the Aaron Spelling-produced television series 'Charmed' follows the adventures of three modern-day witches juggling their supernatural abilities with the demands of everyday life. The Halliwell sisters use their magical powers to protect innocent people from evil demons, who, in ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,334 members
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  • Charmed - The Complete Seventh Season (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Alyssa Milano,  Holly Marie Combs,  Rose McGowan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Charmed Ones, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Piper (Holly Marie Combs), and Paige (Rose McGowan), have cast a spell and the fans are enchanted! Charmed: Season Seven will reel you in with more. More what, you ask? The supernatural sisters bring you more mystical adventure and suspense, more charming ..read more »
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Rose McGowan - watch online


  • Fifty Dead Men Walking to Watch Now (2009)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Jim Sturgess,  Kevin Zegers
    Director: Kari Skogland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £3.49
    Run time: 117 minutes
    Inspired by Martin McGartland's incredible autobiography, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Kari Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland in the late eighties. Over the course of four years, until his betrayal and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 6 members
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  • Southie to Watch Now (1998)
    Starring: Donnie Wahlberg,  Rose McGowan,  Jimmy Cummings
    Director: John Shea
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and his family, which are members of another.
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Rose McGowan facts

5 most recent films

Fifty Dead Men Walking - 3.5 stars
Barbarella - 3.0 stars
Fifty Dead Men Walking - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Death Proof - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Planet Terror - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Charmed - The Complete Seventh Season - 4.0 stars
Charmed - The Complete Sixth Season - 4.0 stars
Charmed - The Complete Fifth Season - 4.0 stars
Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season - 4.0 stars
Charmed - The Complete First Season - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Strange Hearts - 2.0 stars
Going All The Way - 2.0 stars
Elvis - 2.5 stars
Southie - 2.5 stars
Barbarella - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Quentin Tarantino - 6 times - show films
Holly Marie Combs - 5 times - show films
Alyssa Milano - 5 times - show films
Tracie Thoms - 4 times - show films
Sydney Tamiia Poitier - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Quentin Tarantino - 4 times - show films
Kari Skogland - 3 times - show films
Robert Rodriguez - 3 times - show films
John Shea - 2 times - show films