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Welcome to The Rose McGowan Picture Pages!
This site truly contains only high quality scans of Rose,
so you can stop searching for Rose McGowan pictures from now
on! For those new to the site, my philosophy on exactly what
constitutes 'high quality' is found here.
Be sure to check out all four picture galleries to your left.
Appearing as a cross between Betty Boop's
evil sister and a very curvaceous Hell's Angel, actress Rose
McGowan made an undeniably distinct impression on Hollywood
in the late '90s. With her sharp tongue and brash sensuality,
McGowan has been a source of both titillation and discomfort
to an industry that still hasn't quite figured out what to
do with women who are both unapologetically smart and sexual.
The child of hippies, McGowan was born September
5, 1975, in Florence, Italy, to a French mother and Irish
father. The second oldest of six children, McGowan was raised
on an Italian commune run by the Children of God cult. Her
family relocated to Oregon when McGowan was ten, and she left
the commune at 15. She supported herself with a variety of
odd jobs and even lived on the streets for awhile before traveling
to Los Angeles to attend an arts school. It was there that
she was discovered by director Gregg Araki, who, as fate would
have it, encountered her outside of a gym. Araki was busy
casting his Sundance entry, The Doom Generation, and
gave her the role of Amy Blue, the film's beautiful, spoiled,
and morally ambiguous protagonist. Prior to her role, McGowan
had only appeared as a minor character in 1992's Encino
Man, making her casting in Araki's film all the more fortuitous.
The Doom Generation was released in 1995, to mixed
reviews and a fair amount of controversy, but helped to establish
McGowan as, if not Hollywood's Next Big Thing, then Internet
fodder for slavering males everywhere.
Subsequently, she landed a role in the big
budget thriller, Wes Craven's Scream (1996). The film
was a surprise hit and McGowan's turn as a frisky student
who has an unfortunate encounter with a garage door further
widened her fan base. After starring in the 1997 TV movie
Devil in the Flesh, McGowan appeared in two back-to-back
movies with fellow rising star Ben Affleck. First came her
turn as the girl who tries to seduce a very excited Jeremy
Davies in 1997's Going All the Way, followed by her
role in the ski slope thriller Phantoms (1998). 1999
saw her take the lead in the independent film Jawbreaker,
in which she starred with Rebecca Gayheart. As Alpha Bitch
Courtney Shane, McGowan excelled in a role that was equal
parts vamp, tramp, and camp. The film met with mixed reviews
and lackluster box-office but helped to cement McGowan's position
as one of the most watchable guilty pleasures of the late
'90s.
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