Healthy Hollywood: Rose McGowan’s Do-Good Mission

Rose McGowan has quite a Hollywood resume, but is best known for her iconic role as Paige Matthews on the TV series, “Charmed.”

After the show ended, Rose slowed down her acting career to get away from the fame game.

“I needed a break from being famous. I never wanted to be a celebrity. I was standing on a street corner and got discovered, so it wasn’t a thought out like ‘I’m going to be a celebrity.’ That’s a different ball game or deal with make with the devil,” reveals Rose to Healthy Hollywood.

For seven years, Rose took on smaller parts and gave herself time to find her new life passions. She got married and also started a new career chapter as a director.

She’s generating lots of rave reviews with her short-film directorial debut, “Dawn,” which is also netting Oscar buzz. 

Plus, at 41, she wants to use her celebrity to raise awareness to a cause very dear to her heart.

A few years back, Rose’s father got diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a fatal and debilitating disease that causes permanent scarring of the lungs.

Her father, Daniel, died and Rose is determined to make folks more aware of IPF.

“That’s part of my mission in life and I’m here for the people on the ground that can speak but nobody is listening,” explains Rose.

Some 140,000 Americans have been diagnosed with IPF and there’s no known cause for the disease.

Rose adds, “My father was a bit of a lion of a man and had incredible energy. He was a vegan for 20 years and hiked every day. These are the things you’re supposed to do to stay healthy and if IPF happened to him it can happen to anyone.”

And, she’s found a new passion, declaring, “Directing is my love. I have three films in the works!”

To learn more about IPF, you can check out www.lungsandyou.com

— Terri MacLeod

 

 

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