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Trivia
Birth name: Rose Jane McGowan
Date of birth: 5 September 1973
Place of birth: Florence, Italy
Nickname: Rosa
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
McGowan spent her early childhood in the group's communes and travelling Europe with her parents, who divorced when she was nine or ten.
She subsequently lived in Oregon and Gig Harbor, Washington. McGowan did not speak English until she moved to the U.S.
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]
McGowan gained a reputation for playing brassy, violent characters. She was in a very public five-year relationship with shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, and often appeared with him at celebrity events in barely there outfits, such as the chain mail transparent dress and thong she wore to the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. McGowan later ended their two-year engagement over "lifestyle differences."
Was a child model.
Second oldest of six children.
She was a misfit in high school and began spending time in gay bars, where she said she felt accepted (as an actress, she has acquired a gay following). At the age of fifteen, McGowan officially emancipated herself from her parents.
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 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) 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
Real hair color is auburn.
Born on the same day as Alexandra Kerry, daughter of senator John Kerry.
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
Had agoraphobia and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Has two boston terriers named Bug and Fester
Is addicted to shoes
Watched Viva Las Vegas (1964) many times in order to prepare her role
for Ann-Margret in the mini-series "Elvis" (2005).
She is of French and Irish descent.
Her natural hair color is brown.
In May 2005, she portrayed actress/singer Ann-Margret in Elvis, a CBS Mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley.
Like her character Paige on Charmed, she is the only one of the four
actresses to play one of the Charmed Ones who has not been married.
McGowan was cast as "Paige Matthews" in the television series Charmed, as a replacement lead actress after Shannen Doherty's resignation from the show; the series will end its run in May 2006, as McGowan has said that the actors' contracts were done by the show's 8th season.
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