: Rose McGowan is an American actress and activist born on September 5, 1973, in Florence, Italy (the daughter of American artists living in Italy). She gained widespread recognition for her roles in Scream (1996), The Doom Generation, Grindhouse: Planet Terror, Encino Man, and the television series Charmed (1998–2001), in which she played Paige Matthews for three seasons. McGowan has been a prominent figure in the #MeToo movement and has written extensively about her experiences in Hollywood.