Rose McGowan is an Italian-born American actress. She is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series "Charmed." She played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series "Elvis." In 2008, she was guest programmer and co-host of TCM's film-series program, "The Essentials."

She made her film debut in the 1992 comedy "Encino Man," where she played a small role. Her performance as Amy Blue in the 1995 dark comedy film "The Doom Generation" brought her to a wider attention, and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. McGowan then appeared in the 1996 hit horror film "Scream" and starring alongside Ben Affleck in the 1997 thriller feature "Going All the Way." Later, she appeared in several Hollywood films, including "Devil In The Flesh" (1998), "Jawbreaker" (1999), "Ready to Rumble" (2000), "Monkeybone" (2001) and "The Black Dahlia"(2006). In 2007, she was cast in the double-feature film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino "Grindhouse." She also portrayed the character Grace in the crime thriller film "Fifty Dead Men Walking" (2008).

In 1996, McGowan was the cover model for the Henry Mancini tribute album "Shots in the Dark," and was the face of American clothing company Bebe from 1998 to 1999. She has also appeared on numerous magazine covers, including Seventeen, Interview, Maxim, GQ, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone. She has also frequently been featured on Maxim, FHM and Stuff magazine's sexiest women lists.

McGowan was an early whistle blower about Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct, alleging that he had sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in 1997. Weinstein ultimately offered McGowan $1 million to keep quiet. McGowan refused and continues to speak out.

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