Rose McGowan mourns the ‘stolen acting careers’ left in the wake of Harvey Weinstein

The activist, artist and former actor also teased her forthcoming debut at the Edinburgh Fringe

Rose McGowan has expressed solidarity with a number of actors whose careers she claims were “stolen”, like her own, as a result of their involvement with the disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Speaking to The Guardian, the activist and artist revealed that she misses performing, but that her “career was stolen”. And that she considers herself just one of a number of actors whose careers mysteriously declined in the immediate aftermath of their dealings with Weinstein.

“We all got stolen,” she said. “And we were all very good at our jobs. That’s the other crime in all this.”

Actors including Rosanna Arquette, Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino were among the names to allege in 2017 that they had experienced professional retribution for resisting Weinstein’s attacks in the 1990s.

Judd last year sued Weinstein for defamation, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and violation of California's unfair competition law, in one of a number of lawsuits Weinstein is facing this year. He has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.

McGowan also told the newspaper about her forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festival performance, where she will perform tracks from her debut album Planet 9. “[It will be] me and the music,” she revealed. “No band. I’ll take the hit. That’s what I do: being brave to inspire others.”