Rose McGowan (born September 5, 1973, Florence, Italy) is an American actress. Born to an American mother of French descent and an Irish father who were members of the Children of God, and the second oldest of six children, Rose's parents divorced and she moved to Gig Harbor, Washington, when she was just nine years old. Her high school years were spent in Seattle, where her father ended up. McGowan was a misfit in high school and began hanging out in gay bars, where she said she felt accepted. As an adult she acquired a gay following. |