Rose McGowan

Biography: Although for years this Goth-styled goddess was better known as Marilyn Manson's fiancée (and for her see-through dress at the 1998 MTV Video Awards), McGowan made her own name away from the shock rocker in a number of B-projects. She startled viewers and critics alike as a troubled teen in the violence-and-sex soaked 1995 indie The Doom Generation and the next year she hit the Hollywood mainstream as one of the victims in the horror flick Scream. While she continued to grace the big screen in campy fare, including Jawbreaker (1999) and Monkeybone (2001), TV is where she became a star. McGowan joined the cast of Charmed in 2001 as the long-lost sister of a trio of witches, helping the show weather departed star Shannen Doherty's abrupt exit. After the series was canceled in 2006, she returned to movies, notably playing two antithetical roles in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse (2007). McGowan, who split with Manson in 2001, was also romanticallyAlthough for years this Goth-styled goddess was better known as Marilyn Manson's fiancée (and for her see-through dress at the 1998 MTV Video Awards), McGowan made her own name away from the shock rocker in a number of B-projects. She startled viewers and critics alike as a troubled teen in the violence-and-sex soaked 1995 indie The Doom Generation and the next year she hit the Hollywood mainstream as one of the victims in the horror flick Scream. While she continued to grace the big screen in campy fare, including Jawbreaker (1999) and Monkeybone (2001), TV is where she became a star. McGowan joined the cast of Charmed in 2001 as the long-lost sister of a trio of witches, helping the show weather departed star Shannen Doherty's abrupt exit. After the series was canceled in 2006, she returned to movies, notably playing two antithetical roles in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse (2007). McGowan, who split with Manson in 2001, was also romantically involved with Rodriguez until a broken engagement in 2009, though their professional relationship continued in the director's 2010 film Machete.… Expand