Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore
Born	Drew Blyth Barrymore
Years active	1978 - present
Spouse(s)	Jeremy Thomas Tom Green

Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. She has her own production company, Flower Films. Barrymore made her screen début in Altered States (1980); her breakout role two years later was in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.

Biography

Early life

Barrymore was born in Culver City, California to American actor John Drew Barrymore and Ildiko Jaid Barrymore (née Makó), an aspiring actress born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany to Hungarian World War II refugees. Her parents divorced after she was born. She has a half-brother John Blyth Barrymore, also an actor, and two half-sisters Blyth Dolores Barrymore and Brahma (Jessica) Blyth Barrymore.

Barrymore was born into the acting profession, coming from a long line of acting talent stretching back nearly 200 years; her great-great grandparents John Drew, Louisa Lane Drew, her great-grandparents Maurice Barrymore, Georgiana Drew and Maurice Costello, and her grandparents John Barrymore and Dolores Costello were all highly successful actors; John Barrymore was arguably the most acclaimed actor of his generation. She is the grand-niece of Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and Helene Costello, and the great grandniece of John Drew, Jr., actress Louisa Drew, and silent film actor/writer/director Sidney Drew. Her father and half-brother are also actors. She is also the goddaughter of director Steven Spielberg.

Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgiana Drew; her middle name, Blyth, was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore.

Rise to Fame

Barrymore's career began when she was 11 months old, when she auditioned for a dog food commercial. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers were afraid she would cry, but she merely laughed, and was hired for the job. She made her film debut in Altered States (1980). A year later, she landed the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which made her famous. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her role in Irreconcilable Differences.

Little Girl Lost Era

In the wake of this sudden stardom, she endured a notoriously troubled childhood, already a regular at the famed Studio 54 when she was a little girl, smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol by the time she was 9, smoking marijuana at 10, and snorting cocaine at 13. She was in rehab at age 13 and a second time at 14. Barrymore later described this period of her life in her 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost. Her nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media.

New Image

Though she overcame her substance abuse problems by the time she entered adulthood, she maintained her "bad girl" image, and used her new-found role as a sex symbol to stage a career comeback playing a manipulative, evil teenage seductress in Poison Ivy (1992). The film found enormous success on VHS when it was first released. She posed nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. Spielberg gave her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that read "Cover yourself up". Enclosed were copies of her Playboy pictures, with the pictures altered by his art department so that she appeared fully clothed. At that time she had also appeared nude in her last five movies. During a 1995 appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, Barrymore climbed onto Dave Letterman's desk and bared her breasts to him, her back to the camera. The flash was intended to celebrate his birthday. She also modeled in a series of Guess? jeans ads during this time.

Return to Prominence (1996-present)

She made a comeback in the successful 1996 horror film Scream. Barrymore has continued to be highly bankable, and a top box office draw. She has been especially adept in romantic comedies, such as Wishful Thinking (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), Home Fries (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), 50 First Dates (2004), and Fever Pitch (2005). Summing up Drew's appeal, Roger Ebert, in his review of 50 First Dates describes Barrymore as having a "smiling, coy sincerity", describing the film as "ingratiating and lovable". She has also produced several films, including Charlie's Angels (2000), a major box office success of 2000. After Charlie's Angels, Drew had a dramatic role in the comedy/drama Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), where she played a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father (based on the real-life story of Beverly D'Onofrio). In Richard Kelly's debut movie Donnie Darko she had the fairly small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher. In 2003, she reprised her role as Dylan Sanders in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Maxim magazine featured Barrymore and her fellow Angels in their "Girls of Maxim" gallery after the launch of the film. Later in 2002, Barrymore appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, alongside Julia Roberts. In the words of Yahoo! Movies:

Heir to a Hollywood dynasty, child star, prepubescent drug and alcohol abuser, teenage sexpot, and resurrected vessel of celluloid purity, Drew Barrymore is nothing if not the embodiment of the rise and fall of Hollywood fortunes, self-reinvention, and the healing powers of good PR.

She was the subject of My Date with Drew (2005). In it, an aspiring filmmaker and fan uses his limited resources in an attempt to gain a date with her.

Josette Sheeran Shiner, Barrymore and Paul Tergat meet with Condoleezza Rice

On February 3, 2004, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of her most recent roles has involved her becoming a recurring character in the hit animated comedy Family Guy as Brian Griffin's shallow girlfriend, Jillian. She has since appeared in four episodes.

Barrymore has also appeared in the films Lucky You (2007) and Music and Lyrics (2007). She recently hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time, making her the second female host in the show's history to do so (Candice Bergen being the first) and still remains the youngest celebrity to host the show (Barrymore hosted in 1982 at age 7; Jodie Foster was 14 when she hosted it in 1976). Barrymore has a worldwide box office gross that stands at over $2.3 billion. According The Hollywood Reporter's annual Star Salary Top 10, she is one of the actresses with the second highest salary per movie for 2006.

In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore. This was after Barrymore's own 2003 admission that she considered herself bisexual, commenting: ""I don't think I could ever just solely be with a woman...It's just not enough for me."

It was announced on April 11, 2007 that Barrymore will become CoverGirl Cosmetic's newest model and spokeswoman. In April 2007, Barrymore reached No. 1 in People's annual 100 Most Beautiful People list, taking the title from Angelina Jolie.

In May 2007, Drew Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme In June 2007, Gucci announced that Drew Barrymore would be the new face for their jewelry line.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1980	Altered States	Margaret Jessup
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Gertie
1984	Firestarter	Charlene "Charlie" McGee
	Irreconcilable Differences	Casey Brodsky
1985	Cat's Eye	Our Girl, Amanda (all segments)
1986	Babes in Toyland	Lisa Piper
1989	See You In The Morning	Cathy Goodwin
	Far From Home	Joleen Cox
1991	Motorama	Fantasy Girl
1992	Waxwork II: Lost in Time	Vampire Victim #1
	Poison Ivy	Ivy
	Guncrazy	Anita Minteer
1993	No Place to Hide	Tinsel Hanley
	Doppelganger	Holly Gooding
	Wayne's World 2	Bjergen Kjergen
1994	Inside the Goldmine	Daisy
	Bad Girls	Lilly Laronette
1995	Boys on the Side	Holly Pulchik-Lincoln
	Mad Love	Casey Roberts
	Batman Forever	Sugar
1996	Everyone Says I Love You	Skylar Dandridge
	Scream	Casey Becker
1997	Wishful Thinking	Lena
	Best Men	Hope
1998	The Wedding Singer	Julia
	Ever After	Danielle de Barbarac
	Home Fries	Sally Jackson
1999	Never Been Kissed	Josie Geller
2000	Skipped Parts	Fantasy Girl
	Titan A.E.	Akima (voice)
	Charlie's Angels	Dylan Sanders
2001	Donnie Darko	Karen Pomeroy
	Freddy Got Fingered	Mr. Davidson's Receptionist
	Riding in Cars with Boys	Beverly Donofrio
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Penny
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Dylan Sanders
	Duplex	Nancy Kendricks
2004	50 First Dates	Lucy Whitmore
2005	Fever Pitch	Lindsey Meeks
2006	Curious George	Maggie (voice)
2007	Music and Lyrics	Sophie Fisher
2007	Lucky You	Billie Offer
2008	South of the Border	Chloe (voice)	(filming)

Other Recognition

• Is currently the youngest actress to host Saturday Night Live

• On February 3, 2007, she became a member of Saturday Night Live's "five-timer" club, which consists of celebrities who have hosted five or more times. She is the second female member to date, the first being Candice Bergen.

• Holds the record for the most family members on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

• In 2001, Hasty Pudding Theatricals recognized Barrymore as Woman of The Year.

• Owns her own Production Company Flower Films

• In April 2007, Barrymore reached No. 1 in People's annual 100 Most Beautiful People list

• Is the first actress to grace the cover of Jane magazine

See also

• Barrymore family

External links

• Drew Barrymore at IMDb
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• Drew Barrymore at People.com
• Drew Barrymore Video with Johnny Carson
• The Drew Barrymore Collective - Fansite
• The Drewseum - A Drew Barrymore online museum

Multimedia

• Youtube - Drew guest stars at the opening of Epcot Center (1982).

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