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Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan, American actress, director, and activist born 1973 in Italy; star of The Doom Generation, Scream, Jawbreaker, and Charmed (Paige Matthews); later a leading Weinstein accuser, 2017 Silence Breaker, and author of the memoir Brave.

Rose McIver

Rose McIver (Frances Rose McIver, born 1988, Auckland) is a New Zealand actress, lead of CBS's Ghosts as Samantha and of The CW's iZombie as Liv Moore (2015-2019), also known for The Lovely Bones, A Christmas Prince, and directing.

Rose Nylund

Rose Nylund (Rose Marie Nylund, née Lindstrom) is the naive St. Olaf, Minnesota widow played by Betty White on The Golden Girls (1985–1992), The Golden Palace, Empty Nest, and Nurses; Emmy-winning role originally intended for Blanche.

Rose of Nevada

Rose of Nevada is a 2025 British time-travel drama by Mark Jenkin, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner, about a Cornish fishing boat lost 30 years that returns and takes its new crew back to 1993; premiered at Venice Orizzonti, released 2026.

Rose Red (miniseries)

Rose Red is a 2002 three-part ABC horror miniseries written and executive produced by Stephen King, directed by Craig R. Baxley, filmed at Thornewood Castle, Washington, drawing 20 million viewers for part one despite poor reviews, and streaming on Hulu since October 2023.

Rose Rollins

Rose Rollins (born 1978, Berkeley, California) is an American actress and former model, known as Tasha Williams on The L Word (2007–2009) and Valerie Anderson on The Catch; some databases list her birth year as 1981.

Rose Schlossberg

Rose Kennedy Schlossberg (born 1988), eldest child of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, is an American filmmaker and writer; creator of End Times Girls Club and co-writer of the Peabody-winning Time: The Kalief Browder Story.

Rose Tico

Rose Tico, a fictional Resistance maintenance technician and flight engineer in Star Wars, played by Kelly Marie Tran; introduced in The Last Jedi (2017), homeworld Hays Minor, sister Paige, reduced role in The Rise of Skywalker.

Rose Tyler

Rose Tyler is a Doctor Who companion played by Billie Piper, first appearing in "Rose" (2005) as the Ninth Doctor's companion; companion to the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, separated at the Battle of Canary Wharf, later subject of the Dimension Cannon audio series.

Rose Wilson

Rose Wilson is a DC Comics character, the daughter of assassin Deathstroke (Slade Wilson), who becomes Ravager, serving as a Teen Titan and mercenary since her 1992 debut.

Roseanne

Roseanne: American ABC sitcom (1988-1997, revived 2018) about the working-class Conner family, starring Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, and Laurie Metcalf; canceled in 2018 after Barr's racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett and continued as The Conners.

Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr (born 1952) is an American comedian and actress who starred in the ABC sitcom Roseanne, canceled in 2018 over a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett.

Roseanne Roseannadanna

Roseanne Roseannadanna is Gilda Radner's brash Weekend Update consumer-affairs reporter on early Saturday Night Live, based on anchor Rose Ann Scamardella, written with Alan Zweibel, famous for off-topic rants and "It's always something."

Rosebush Pruning

Rosebush Pruning is a 2026 satirical drama by Karim Aïnouz, written by Efthimis Filippou from Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket, starring Callum Turner, Riley Keough, and Elle Fanning; it premiered in Berlinale 2026 Competition and scored 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Roselyn Sánchez

Roselyn Sánchez (Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez, born 1973) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and producer known for Without a Trace, Devious Maids, Fantasy Island, Rush Hour 2, and the album Borinqueña.

Rosemarie Bowe

Rosemarie Bowe (Rose Marie Bowe, later Rosemarie Bowe Stack; 1932–2019), American model and 1950s actress from Butte, Montana; films include The Golden Mistress, The Adventures of Hajji Baba, The Big Bluff; wife of actor Robert Stack; not the actress Rose Marie.

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress born in Flushing, Queens (sources differ: 1971 or 1974), known for Rachel Getting Married, Mad Men's Midge, United States of Tara, granddaughter of boxer Jimmy Braddock, wife of Ron Livingston.

Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme is a British ITV cozy mystery series (2003–2007, 22 episodes, 3 series) starring Felicity Kendal as plant biologist Rosemary Boxer and Pam Ferris as ex-police officer Laura Thyme, gardening partners who solve murders.

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp (November 14, 1910 – February 20, 2001) was an American radio, film, and television actress from Prescott, Arizona, known for mother roles in Yankee Doodle Dandy, On Moonlight Bay, The Bob Cummings Show, and That Girl.

Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Ann Harris (born 1927), English stage and screen actress; Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Tony winner for The Lion in Winter (1966), Emmy 1976, Golden Globe 1979, Oscar nominee for Tom & Viv.

Rosemary's Baby (film)

Rosemary's Baby (1968) is Roman Polanski's psychological horror film adapted from Ira Levin's 1967 novel, starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Oscar winner Ruth Gordon, released by Paramount on June 12, 1968.

Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)

Rosemary's Baby (2014) is an NBC two-part, four-hour miniseries adapting Ira Levin's 1967 novel, directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Zoe Saldana, Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs, and Carole Bouquet, relocating the Satanic-pregnancy story from New York to Paris.

Rosemead (film)

Rosemead is a 2025 American drama, Eric Lin's directorial debut, starring Lucy Liu as a terminally ill immigrant mother protecting her schizophrenic son; based on Frank Shyong's 2017 LA Times article about Lai Hang.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film)

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his 1966 play, retelling Hamlet through two minor courtiers. It stars Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, and Richard Dreyfuss, and won the 1990 Venice Golden Lion.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is Tom Stoppard's 1966 absurdist, metatheatrical retelling of Hamlet from the viewpoint of two doomed minor characters; it moved from the Edinburgh Fringe to the National Theatre and Broadway, winning the 1968 Tony for Best Play, and was filmed in 1990.

Rosetta (1999 film)

Rosetta is a 1999 Belgian-French drama by the Dardenne brothers about a poor teenage girl seeking work; it won the 1999 Cannes Palme d'Or and Best Actress for Émilie Dequenne, and inspired Belgium's Rosetta Law.

Rosetta LeNoire

Rosetta LeNoire (1911–2002), American actress and producer, goddaughter of Bojangles Robinson, founder of AMAS Repertory Theatre, Mother Winslow on Family Matters, 1999 National Medal of Arts recipient.

Rosewater (film)

Rosewater (2014) is Jon Stewart's directorial debut, a drama adapted from Maziar Bahari's memoir Then They Came for Me about Bahari's 118-day imprisonment and torture in Iran after a Daily Show interview; starring Gael García Bernal and Kim Bodnia.

Rosewood (film)

Rosewood is a 1997 American historical drama directed by John Singleton, dramatizing the 1923 destruction of Rosewood, Florida, by a white mob, starring Jon Voight and Ving Rhames.

Rosewood (TV series)

Rosewood is a Fox police procedural (2015-2017) created by Todd Harthan, starring Morris Chestnut as Miami private pathologist Beaumont Rosewood Jr. and Jaina Lee Ortiz as Det. Villa; two seasons, 44 episodes, canceled May 2017 amid a near-50% ratings drop, 9% on Rotten Tomatoes versus a 6.8 IMDb user score.