Rose McGowan was born on September 5, 1973 in Florence, Italy to a French mother and Irish father, who were part of a hippy commune called "The Children of God", based in Italy. Eventually, the family left Europe when Rose was nine, putting down roots in the western United States. But life was not easy for the headstrong young girl, and after saving up some money from odds jobs, she ran away at thirteen for Los Angeles in hopes of becoming an actress. But below the glamour and glitz of Tinseltown, Rose sometimes found herself sleeping on the streets, or if she was lucky, in nightclubs after hours.

After hammering the sidewalks doing the audition circuit, Rose landed a small part in the comedy "Encino Man" opposite Brendan Fraser, but it was in 1994 that fate would turn a kind eye towards the five foot three beauty when she was spotted by a casting agent on an L.A. sidewalk. The chance meeting led to her being cast as the angry young lead in Gregg Araki's "The Doom Generation".

Her first real break came while she was in L.A. to attend arts school and Gregg Araki met her outside of a gym and decided to cast her in his Sundance entry, Doom Generation. Despite the fact that most of her fame has come from more commercial films like Scream, Bio-Dome and Phantoms, most of her roles have been independent productions, and she is often compared to indie-queen Parker Posey. McGowan enjoys making movies but her real interest lies with traditional art. Unlike her father the artist, Rose is not interested in creating but would rather be a curator and revive museums. She hates the way so many museums have become archaic and unfriendly to younger people.

View Rose McGowan Nude Gallery