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My Take
What strikes me most about Rose McGowan is how her career refuses to fit a tidy arc. She broke through in edgy indie fare like The Doom Generation, became a household name on Charmed, and then risked everything to become one of Hollywood's most consequential activists. Born in Certaldo, Italy, she has always seemed slightly apart from the American machine she worked in, and I think that outsider's eye is what gave her the nerve to speak when silence was safer. Whether you admire her or argue with her, she changed the conversation, and I respect that more than any filmography.
Overview
Rósa Arianna McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress and activist. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy Encino Man (1992), she achieved recognition for her performance in the dark comedy The Doom Generation (1995), receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rose McGowan
- Name (Japanese)
- ローズ・マッゴーワン
- Reading
- ろーず・まっごーわん
- Born
- September 5, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Certaldo, Province of Florence, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 163 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / director / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Roosevelt High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Charmed | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.