Drew Blythe Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California to actor
John Drew Barrymore, Jr. and actress Ildiko Jaid Barrymore. Her great uncle and aunt were
the legendary thespian siblings Lionel and Ethel Barrymore. Her grandfather was the equally
famous John Barrymore, Sr. Producer and director Steven Spielberg is her godfather. Drew was
born a few months after her parents had seperated. Her performing career started very early
when she first did a Puppy Choice dog food commercial at 11 months and at 2 years old, she
got her first actual role in a made-for-TV movie, Suddenly Love. Her feature film debut came
at 5 years old, appearing as William Hurt's daughter in Altered States. Drew's big break
came in 1982 when she was cast as Gertie, the little girl in Spielberg's E.T. The
Extraterrestrial. The movie catapulted her to international stardom. Unbelievably, her
downhill spiral started just a couple of years later, when she got drunk for the first
time at a birthday party for Rob Lowe. Her movie career was still on the rise, though,
with roles in Firestarter and Irreconcilable Differences. Drew started doing marijuana
at 10 and cocaine followed a few years later. In 1988, she entered a drug rehab center
but only lasted 18 days. Later that year, she was readmitted for 3 months and came out
with renewed determination for a fresh start. Unfortunately, she was unable to completely
shake her addictions and regressed back to drugs. Rock bottom came in July, 1989 when she
tried to commit suicide by slashing her wrists. Another 3 months of rehab followed and this
time, Drew emerged triumphant. Drew received full emancipation from her mother when she
turned 15 and was now in complete control of her own destiny. She wrote the autobiographical
book, Little Girl Lost in 1991 and thus began a new chapter in her life. That same year,
she starred in Poison Ivy and 2000 Malibu Road, a short-lived TV series. 1995 proved to be
a ground breaking year for young Barrymore. She appeared in a controversial pictoral in
Playboy magazine as well as 3 movies, Mad Love, Batman Forever and Boys On The Side.
And who will ever forget her birthday dance for Late Night host David Letterman, where she
bared her breasts for him? In 1996 came Scream and Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You,
both well accepted by fans and critics alike. 1998 saw her team up with Adam Sandler in the
hit The Wedding Singer and later that year, she starred in the Cinderella-esque Ever After,
a surprise summer blockbuster. Drew was able to showcase her comedic talents in 1999's
Never Been Kissed. The role required her to appear for a good part of the movie as a
homely-looking high school nerd, which she did with great success. Drew's 2000 project,
Charlie's Angels:The Movie, premiered in the first week of November and became one of
the big hit movies of the year. Not only does she star in the movie (with Cameron Diaz
and Lucy Liu) but she produced it as well, through her company Flower Films. This is
actually her second stint at producing, the first one being Ever After. The other big
event for Drew in 2000 was becoming engaged to comedian Tom Green after meeting on the
set of Charlie's Angels. The couple eloped in March of 2001 and became husband and wife.
2001 showed no slowing down for Drew. Her big production this year was Riding In Cars
With Boys, a widely acclaimed role about a single teen age mother and the son she has
at 15. In March, she eloped with and married comedian Tom Greene but only five months
later, Greene filed for divorce, ironically siting "irreconcilable differences". Upcoming
this year for Barrymore will be Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with George Clooney and
Julia Roberts, Duplex with Ben Stiller and the much anticipated Charlie's Angels 2: Full
Throttle. Barbarella, the continuation of the 1968 Jane Fonda cult classic is scheduled
for release in 2004. Part of Drew Barrymore's appeal is obvious: young, beautiful,
talented. The tease in her doesn't hurt, either. But it's more than that. She fell
into the same trap that a lot of young Hollywood celebrities do. She made it out
while others didn't. The resolve and determination Drew has shown only endears her
that much more to her fans and speaks as much about her character as anything else.
Bill Murray summed it up best at the 25th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live when he
spotted Drew in the audience and said: "We're all glad you cleaned up."
2004 50 First Dates
Character played: Lucy Whitmore
2003 Duplex
Credits: Producer
2003 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Character played: Penny
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Character played: Dylan
Credits: Producer
2002 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Character played: Gertie
2001 Donnie Darko
Character played: Karen Pomeroy
Credits: Executive Producer
2001 Riding in Cars With Boys
Character played: Beverly Donofrio
2001 Freddy Got Fingered
Character played: Mr. Davidson's Receptionist
2001 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [3]
Character played: Host
2000 Charlie's Angels
Character played: Dylan
Credits: Producer
2000 Skipped Parts
Character played: Dream Girl
2000 Titan A.E.
Character played: Akima
2000 Olive, the Other Reindeer
Character played: Olive
Credits: Executive Producer
1999 Never Been Kissed
Character played: Josie Geller
Credits: Executive Producer
1999 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [2]
Character played: Host
1998 Ever After
Character played: Danielle
1998 The Wedding Singer
Character played: Julia Sullivan
1998 Best Men
Character played: Hope
1998 Home Fries
Character played: Sally
1998 The Larry Sanders Show: Putting the "Gay" Back in Litigation
Character played: Herself
1997 Wishful Thinking
1996 Scream
Character played: Casey Becker
1996 Everyone Says I Love You
Character played: Skylar
1995 Batman Forever
Character played: Sugar
1995 Boys on the Side
Character played: Holly
1995 Mad Love
Character played: Casey Roberts
1994 Bad Girls
Character played: Lilly Laronette
1994 Inside the Goldmine
Character played: Daisy
1993 No Place to Hide
Character played: Tinsel Hanley
1993 Wayne's World 2
Character played: Bjergen Kjergen
1993 The Amy Fisher Story
Character played: Amy Fisher
1992 Guncrazy
Character played: Anita Minteer
1992 Poison Ivy
Character played: Ivy
1992 Sketch Artist
Character played: Daisy
1991 Motorama
Character played: Fantasy Girl
1991 Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Character played: Vampire Victim
1990 Doppelganger: The Evil Within
Character played: Holly Gooding
1989 Far from Home
Characters played: Joleen Cross, Joleen Cox
1989 See You in the Morning
Character played: Cathy Goodwin
1987 A Conspiracy of Love
Character played: Jody
1986 Babes in Toyland
Character played: Lisa Piper
1986 Strange Tales: Ray Bradbury Theatre
1985 Cat's Eye
Character played: Girl
1984 Irreconcilable Differences
Character played: Casey Brodsky
1984 Firestarter
Character played: Charlie McGee
1982 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [1]
Character played: Host
1980 Bogie
Character played: Leslie
1980 Altered States
Character played: Margaret Jessup
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Alyssa Milano
