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Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California) is an American film and television actress and producer.
She is the granddaughter of stage actor John Barrymore, and the great-niece of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore. Her father, John Drew Barrymore, and half-brother, John Blyth, are also actors (although they haven't experienced the critical or commercial success the other Barrymores have enjoyed). "Drew" was the maiden name of her great-grandmother, Georgiana; "Blythe" was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice.
Drew Barrymore in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).Barrymore's career began at the age of 11 months, when she appeared in a dog food commercial. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers feared litigation, though Barrymore merely laughed the incident off. She shot to fame as a child actor when she co-starred in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At the age of 7, on November 20, 1982, Barrymore became the youngest ever guest host of the weekly TV program Saturday Night Live. She performed in a skit where she revealed that she had killed E.T.
Drew Barrymore on the cover of Playboy (Greece edition), February 1995In the wake of this sudden stardom, she enjoyed a notoriously reckless and indulgent childhood, drinking alcoholic beverages by the time she was 9, smoking marijuana at 10, and snorting cocaine at 12. Barrymore later described this early period of her life in her 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost. Though overcoming her substance abuse problems by the time she entered adulthood, Barrymore maintained her "bad girl" image, and in fact leveraged her new found role as a sex symbol to stage a career comeback in the 1990s, playing a teenage seductress in Poison Ivy, and posing nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. Steven Spielberg, Barrymore's godfather, gave her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that read "Cover yourself up". Enclosed was a copy of her Playboy appearance, 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 shocked the normally unflappable host by climbing onto his desk and flashing her breasts at him, as part of a dance for his birthday. She also modelled in a series of Guess? jeans advertisements during this time.
Drew Barrymore on The Late Show with David Letterman in 1995, immediately after notoriously flashing the host on-air for his birthday.Barrymore has continued to be a highly bankable movie actress. Though her playful sex appeal has undoubtedly helped her remain in the media spotlight, she has also established a substantial career behind the scenes, despite never finishing high school. She has produced several films, including the highly successful Charlie's Angels movie adaptation and its sequel. In addition to the light-hearted romantic comedies that she has typically starred in, she has also recently explored more dramatic roles in movies such as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and the cult favorite Donnie Darko, of which she was also the executive producer. Barrymore has started to receive more notice both as a serious actress and a savvy Hollywood "player", though without losing her reputation as a sex symbol and (occasional) hellraiser.
Barrymore's career makes for colorful copy. 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.
On February 3, 2004, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Barrymore was married to bartender Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994, and to comedian Tom Green from July 7, 2001 to October 15, 2002 (Green filed for divorce in December 2001). She is currently dating drummer Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes. Barrymore has also publicly declared herself to be bisexual, revealing that she had slept with many women as a teenager and is still very interested in women sexually.
Drew Barrymore Filmography
Actor
• Lucky You (2005)
• Fever Pitch (2005)
• 50 First Dates (2004)
• Duplex (2003)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Riding in Cars With Boys (2001)
• Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• Skipped Parts (2001)
• Charlie's Angels (2000)
• Titan A.E. (2000)
• Never Been Kissed (1999)
• Home Fries (1998)
• Ever After (1998)
• The Wedding Singer (1998)
• Best Men (1997)
• Wishful Thinking (1997)
• Scream (1996)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• Mad Love (1995)
• Boys on the Side (1995)
• The Evil Within (1994)
• Inside the Goldmine (1994)
• Bad Girls (1994)
• The Amy Fisher Story (1993)
• Doppelganger: The Evil Within (1993)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• No Place To Hide (1993)
• Guncrazy (1992)
• Sketch Artist (1992)
• Poison Ivy (1992)
• Motorama (1991)
• Far From Home (1989)
• See You in the Morning (1989)
• A Conspiracy of Love (1987)
• Babes in Toyland (1986)
• Strange Tales/Ray Bradbury Theatre (1986)
• Cat's Eye (1985)
• Firestarter (1984)
• Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Altered States (1980)
• Bogie (1980)
Executive Producer
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Never Been Kissed (1999)
Producer
• Fever Pitch (2005)
• Duplex (2003)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
• Charlie's Angels (2000)
• Never Been Kissed (1999)
Subject
• My Date with Drew (2005)
Voice
• Titan A.E. (2000)
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