- She was nominated for a 1996 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for her role as Amy Blue in THE DOOM GENERATION.
- Blood red lipstick is her trademark.
- Most of her boyfriends have been Jewish.
- She was auditioned for the role of Lisa in GIRL, INTERRUPTED (1999).
- She got the role of Amy Blue, in THE DOOM GENERATION, after Jordan Ladd pulled out.
- She was a child model in Italy.
- Mother is French and father is Irish.
- WB announced that McGowan will be playing the new sister Paige Halliwell, on the TV series CHARMED. McGowen fills a space vacated by the departing Shannon Doherty, whose character, Prue Halliwell, has been killed off. (June 2001)
- Told Howard Stern that she broke up with Marilyn Manson because she tired of the rock and roll lifestyle he engaged in. When pressed further, she admitted that drug use was a big part of that lifestyle. (October 2001)
- She has a tattoo of a pin-up girl on her right shoulder.
- She knits, gardens, and collects Marlene Dietrich memorabilia.
- Is set to make a return to movie screens - as a high-priced hooker.
- In June 2001, Executive Producer of CHARMED (1998), Aaron Spelling announced Rose McGowan to play the part of Paige Halliwell, the long lost younger sister of Prue, Piper and Phoebe.
- Her fiancé, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, has a cameo appearance in JAWBREAKER (1999).
- Dyed her hair blonde in order to contrast her black hair from Neve Campbell's in SCREAM (1996)
- Was nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 1999 for JAWBREAKER.
- Was raised in a cult her father ran in Italy called the Children of God Cult.
Quotes- "You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there."
- "Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself."
- "I always thought I was more satanic than Manson." ( Discussing the sinister reputation of her ex-fiancée Marilyn Manson.)
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