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Rose McGowan Biography

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at May 9, 2008

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Rose Arianna McGowan (born September 5) is an American actress, known for her role as Paige Matthews in Charmed. She has also appeared in Hollywood films including Scream and Jawbreaker. Although her exact age is unknown various reliable sources have listed her year of birth as 1973, 1974, and 1975.

Early Life

Rose McGowan, the second-eldest of six children (including two half-siblings), was born in Florence, Italy to Daniel McGowan (an Irish-born artist) and Terri (a French American writer); her parents were members of the Children of God and her father ran the Italian chapter of the group. McGowan spent her early childhood in the group’s communes and travelling Europe with her parents. Through her father’s art contacts, McGowan had become a child model and had appeared in Vogue Bambini and various other Italian magazines. Her parents divorced when McGowan was ten. She subsequently lived in Oregon and Gig Harbor, Washington. McGowan did not speak English until she moved to the U.S.

McGowan’s high school years were spent with her father in Seattle attending Roosevelt High School and Nova Alternative High School. At the age of fifteen, McGowan officially emancipated herself from her parents. She pursued a possible career in the film industry during her late teens. She also enrolled in a beauty school as a back-up.

Career

McGowan’s first attempt to “break” into Hollywood came in the form of a bit-role in the 1992 Pauly Shore comedy Encino Man. Her role in the 1995 black comedy, The Doom Generation, brought her to the attention of film critics and she received a nomination for “Best Debut Performance” at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. She was subsequently cast as Tatum Riley, the best friend of Neve Campbell’s character Sidney, in the 1996 hit horror-satire film Scream.

McGowan spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in low-budget films, including parts in Southie, Going All the Way and Lewis & Clark & George. She appeared in the critically-acclaimed short Seed, directed by San Francisco-born filmmaker Karin Thayer, in 1997, and played opposite Peter O’Toole in the 1998 movie adaptation of Phantoms, based on a novel by Dean Koontz. Notably, she also starred in the 1999 black comedy, Jawbreaker, where she played a high school student who tries to cover up a classmate’s murder. The role of Courtney Shayne earned McGowan a nomination for Best Villain at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.

In 2001, after some minor film roles (including a small role in the wrestling-themed movie Ready to Rumble, which performed poorly at the box-office), McGowan was cast as Paige Matthews in the popular television series Charmed, as a replacement lead actress after Shannen Doherty’s resignation from the show. McGowan was offered to be a producer after the seventh season, but turned it down. The series ended its run in May 2006.

In May 2005, she portrayed actress/singer Ann-Margret in Elvis, a CBS mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley. That same year, McGowan lent her voice to the video game Darkwatch as a femme fatale named Tala. The game was published by Capcom for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

McGowan can be seen starring in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double-feature Grind House, scheduled to be released on April 6, 2007. She also had a brief appearance in the upcoming Brian de Palma film The Black Dahlia.

Modeling

McGowan was the face of American clothing company bebe from 1998-1999. She was also the cover model for the Henry Mancini tribute album Shots in the Dark, which was released in 1996.

In addition to clothing endorsements, McGowan has appeared on numerous magazine covers including Seventeen, Interview, Maxim and GQ. Rose has also been featured on Maxim, FHM and Stuff magazine’s sexiest women lists.

Awards

In 1996 Rose was nominated for a Independent Spirit Award for her role in the dark comedy “The Doom Generation.” A few years later, at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, Rose was nominated for “Best Villain” for her role as Courtney Shayne in 1999’s “Jawbreaker.” In 2005 Rose won her very first award “Best Sister” at the Family TV Awards, for her role as Paige Matthews on the witchy hit series “Charmed.”

Private Life

McGowan gained a reputation for playing brassy, violent characters, especially in the film Devil In The Flesh, where she portrayed a serial murderer and stalker while still in high school. In one especially violent scene, she sent her grandmother to a bloody death with her own cane. She was in a very public five-year relationship with shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, and often appeared with him at celebrity events in extremely provocative clothing, 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.” She has since gone on to have relationships with fellow actor Kip Pardue, TV personality Ahmet Zappa and Men’s Health magazine editor David Zinczenko.

McGowan used to live in Seattle but currently lives in Los Angeles. At one point, she suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder[citation needed]. As a victim of sexual assault, McGowan has led discussions on the subject among campus groups.

McGowan is an avid lover and activist for Boston Terriers. She has two herself, Bug and Fester, and has personally donated to various Boston rescues. She encouraged friends to donate to Boston Terrier Rescue Net, and according to BTRN: “Having fallen in love with Bug and Fester, her friends donated generously. It amounted to a considerable contribution, which will go a long way in helping BTRN and the needy volunteers who selflessly give to deserving Bostons.”

Music

While dating Marilyn Manson, she appeared in a music video for the song “Coma White”, and also performed backing vocals on the song “Posthuman”. Both these songs are available on the album Mechanical Animals. McGowan appeared on a BT track called “Superfabulous” from his album Emotional Technology, which was also featured on the final Charmed soundtrack, The Final Chapter. The song has been featured in several films, including Win a Date with Tad Hamilton and Raising Helen. She has written and recorded a song titled “Protection” which was featured in her 2001 film Strange Hearts.

McGowan has also appeared in the Imperial Teen music video for “Yoo Hoo”, which was featured on the Jawbreaker soundtrack.

In the Charmed episode “Sense and Sense Ability,” McGowan performed, in character, a cover of the Peggy Lee classic “Fever”.

McGowan has expressed interest in recording an album of her own. During an interview with Living TV she has stated, “I was actually thinking of going [back and doing] more soulful tunes and older tunes… and I would love to, when I have a little bit more time.”

Trivia

* She was a child model in Italy

* Has admitted to sleepwalking as a kid. “The weirdest spot I ever woke up was a snowbank in Montreal. Now I just speak Italian in my sleep.”

* Nominated for a 1996 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for her role as Amy Blue in The Doom Generation

* Has a tattoo of a pin-up girl on her right shoulder

* Collects Marlene Dietrich memorabilia

* Hates fish of any kind.

* Hosted the 2006 Scream Awards with Rosario Dawson and Marley Shelton

* Was a Bebe Stores spokesmodel in 1998.

* Surname is pronounced two ways according to Rose.Mostly at the end of a season eight Charmed episode while the Spelling credits are rolling,Rose says “Hey this is Rose McGowan”,saying it as “Mic-go-winn”.While other times she appears on TV,she says it as if it was pronounced “Mic-gaw-winn”.

* Never sunbathes in order to maintain her pale complexion.

* Favorite scary movie is Gaslight.

* Was the headline guest for Starfury’s - The Witching Hour convention. This was the world’s first ever Charmed convention. McGowan had to cancel seven days before the event as she had acting commitments

* Is selling her own line of Pinken Mint purse caddies, which are hooks used to hang handbags from tables and chairs in restaurants so they don’t have to get dirty sitting on the floor. Stars like Keira Knightly, Carmen Electra, and Virgina Madsen are already big fans of the Pinken Mint purse caddies.

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January Jones Biography

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at May 9, 2008

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Best known for her role as Alyson Hannigan’s sister in “American Wedding” (2003), the third installment in the “American Pie” comedy film series, pouty-lipped head-turner January Jones became almost as famous for her choice of notable beaus, as for her choice in movie roles.

The 5’ 7” beauty was born, fittingly, on Jan. 5, 1978 in Sioux Falls, SD. However, her parents came up with the name after reading a Jacqueline Susann book called Once is Not Enough, featuring a character named January Wayne. While attending Roosevelt High School, Jones spent her pre-modeling, pre-Hollywood time toiling away at a local Dairy Queen.

At age 18, she moved to New York City and made her first mark as a stunning model for hip suburban clothier Abercrombie & Fitch. After making the requisite move to Los Angeles, Jones made her acting debut with a small role in the independent film “All the Rage” (1999), starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin. Jones followed this with a guest appearance in the Fox TV pilot, “Get Real” (1999). Two years later, she had her biggest break to date when she landed a role in her first major motion picture, the teen-oriented thriller “Glass House” (2001), starring Leelee Sobieski.

Like all young and beautiful starlets on the cusp of fame, Jones quickly became a fixture on the young Hollywood scene. Her blonde beauty attracted a variety of male admirers, including a relatively unknown pre-Demi stud named Ashton Kutcher. The couple, who reportedly met in 1998 at an Abercrombie & Fitch shoot, dated for three years – until Kutcher became enchanted with the older actress Demi Moore. Jones moved on to funnyman extraordinaire Jim Carey and “American Wedding” co-star Sean William Scott before meeting and falling for pop-classical singer and favorite “Oprah” guest, Josh Groban in 2003.

Jones continued to hone her acting chops, landing roles in a variety of high-profile projects: as a bank robber in the Bruce Willis-Billy Bob Thorton crime comedy “Bandits” (2001); as a memorable lesbian sexpot with temperament issues in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson hit comedy, “Anger Management” (2003); and as an British tourist in the hit romantic comedy, “Love Actually” (2003). At the same time, Jones was featured as #82 in Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100 of 2002″ supplement. Next up was the star-making role of Cadence Flaherty, the beautiful sister and maid of honor to the not-so-blushing bride, Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) as well as the love interest of the obnoxious hound, Stiffler (Sean William Scott) in “American Wedding” (2003). While the film tanked, Jones had received her first major coverage for a role that she had won from literally thousands of on-the-brink ingenues.

Looking for further challenges, Jones learned to 50’s swing dance for her role in “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” (2004), the critically maligned sequel to the 1987 dance classic. She journeyed back to the small screen, appearing in the recurring role of Marissa Wells on the Showtime comedy series, “Huff” in 2004. The actress continued to expand her range as a dramatic actress by portraying Barry Pepper’s repressed wife in Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005). The prestigious film – a first for Jones – won Best Screenplay and Best Actor awards at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

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