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The second eldest of six children, Rose McGowan was born on September 5, 1973 in Florence to a French mother and Irish father, who were part of a hippy commune called "The Children of God", based in Italy. Eventually, the family left Europe when Rose was nine, putting down roots in the western United States. But life was not easy for the headstrong young girl, and after saving up some money from odds jobs, she ran away at thirteen for Los Angeles in hopes of becoming an actress. But below the glamour and glitz of Tinseltown, Rose sometimes found herself sleeping on the streets, or if she was lucky, in nightclubs after hours. After hammering the sidewalks doing the audition circuit, Rose landed a small part in the comedy "Encino Man" opposite Brendan Fraser, but it was in 1994 that fate would turn a kind eye towards the five foot three beauty when she was spotted by a casting agent on an L.A. sidewalk. The chance meeting led to her being cast as the angry young lead in Gregg Araki's "The Doom Generation". The film opened to mixed reviews and a fair amount of controversy, but nevertheless, it helped to expose McGowan to a larger audience, and aided in establishing a fair sized fanbase. Several films followed, but as with so many of its youngs stars, it was the teen thriller "Scream" which shot Rose into the mainstream of public awareness. The sexy, dark haired ingenue was on her way to the stardom she had always dreamed of. Over the years, Rose dated a number of fellow thespians, including Ryan Phillippe and Matthew Lillard, but in 1998 she met shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, whom she later married in 1999.
FILMOGRAPHY
2001 ... Monkeybone
2001 ... What About Joan (TV)
2001 ... Rat in the Can
2000 ... The Last Stop
2000 ... Ready to Rumble
1999 ... God Is In the T.V. (V)
1999 ... Kiss & Tell
1999 ... Jawbreaker
1998 ... Phantoms
1998 ... Sleeping Beauties
1998 ... Southie
1998 ... Devil in the Flesh
1997 ... Lewis & Clark & George
1997 ... Going All the Way
1997 ... Nowhere
1997 ... Seed
1996 ... Scream
1996 ... Bio-Dome
1995 ... The Doom Generation
1992 ... Encino Man
1990 ... True Colors (TV)
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