Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress, activist, author, director, and singer. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy Encino Man (1992), McGowan achieved wider recognition for her performance in Gregg Araki's dark comedy The Doom Generation (1995), receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. She had her breakthrough in the horror film Scream (1996) and subsequently headlined the films Going All the Way (1997), Devil in the Flesh (1998), Phantoms (1998), and Jawbreaker (1999).

During the 2000s, McGowan became known to television audiences for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB supernatural drama series Charmed (2001–2006) and later starred in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-feature film Grindhouse (2007). In 2014, she made her directorial debut with the short film Dawn, and appeared in the action-thriller series Chosen. In 2018, McGowan released her debut studio album, Planet 9, followed by a repackage in 2020.

In 2017, Time recognized her as one of the Silence Breakers, the magazine's Person of the Year, for speaking out about sexual assault and harassment, specifically in regards to the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases and the Me Too movement. McGowan has released a memoir, Brave, and starred in the four-part documentary series Citizen Rose, both in 2018.