Name: Rose McGowan
Birth name: Rose Arianna McGowan
Date of birth: September 5, 1973
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Occupation: Film, television actress
Rose Arianna McGowan was born on September 5, 1973. She is an Italian-born American actress best known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB TV series Charmed, and the cult film The Doom Generation. She has also appeared in several major Hollywood films, with leading roles in Jawbreaker and the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double-feature Grindhouse, and a supporting role in Scream. McGowan was recently the co-host of TCM's film-series program, The Essentials; in the most recent season, Alec Baldwin has replaced her as co-host.