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Birth Name: |
Drew Blythe Barrymore |
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Birth Date: |
February 22, 1975 |
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Birth Place: |
Culver City, California,
USA |
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Height: |
5' 4'' |
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Sex: |
F |
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Nationality: |
American |
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Profession: |
Actress, Producer, Director |
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Education: |
Didn't complete high school |
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Husband/Wife: |
Tom Green (comedian; born July
30, 1971; engaged July 2000; married July 7, 2001; divorced
October 15, 2002), Jeremy Thomas (bar owner; married March
20, 1994; divorced April 28, 1994) |
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Relationship: |
Justin Long (actor; born June 2,
1978; dated August 2007-July 2008), Fabrizio Moretti
(drummer of The Strokes; born June 2, 1980; broke up January
10, 2007), Jamie Walters (actor; born June 13, 1969; engaged
August 1992; broke up January 1993) |
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Father: |
John Drew Barrymore Jr. (aka
John Drew; actor; born on June 4, 1932; died on November 29,
2004 in Los Angeles) |
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Mother: |
Ildiko Jad Barrymore (aka Jaid;
actress, author; born in 1947) |
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Half Brother: |
John Blyth Barrymore (actor;
born on May 15, 1954) |
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Grand Father: |
John Barrymore Sr. (actor; died
on May 29, 1942; pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver) |
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Grand Mother: |
Dolores Costello (actress; died
on March 1, 1979; emphysema) |
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Aunt: |
Diana Barrymore (actress; b.
March 3, 1921; d. January 25, 1960) |
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Claim to fame: |
As Gertie in the E.T.:
Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
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Drew Blythe Barrymore was born on February
22, 1975. Parented by the famous Hollywood-royalty Barrymore family,
she first began acting at the tender age of 11 months in a TV
commercial. At 7, Drew was starring in box-office record-breaker E.T.
(1982). The flip side of this child stardom was revealed when she
dropped out of school at 14 and published her co-written
autobiography, Little Girl Lost (1990). Drinking at 9, dope-smoking at
10 and coke-snorting at 12 were some of the stops on Barrymore's
descent. After a string of roles in little-seen movies, Drew played an
amoral teen seductress in Poison Ivy (1992). The role brought her
minor-icon status that was further cemented by a Guess add shot by
Ellen Von Unwerth. It was a jeans ad campaign which highlighted her
white trash sex appeal.
Barrymore tends to fare best in high-spirited, low-class projects like
The Amy Fisher Story (tv movie, 1993), Guncrazy (1992), and the
short-lived twenty-something soap 2000 Malibu Road (1992), rather than
in mid-budget Hollywood fodder like Bad Girls (1994), Boys on the Side
(1995), and Mad Love (1995) Less than two months after her March 1994
marriage to an LA bar owner, Drew filed for divorce; she subsequently
became involved with Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, whose praises she
invariably sang on her many TV talk show appearances. After many nude
public appearances, including the David Letterman, and the China Club,
Drew has finally begun to settle down. She has begun to throw off her
bad girl attitude and settle for a more womanly one. Drew is now a
spokesperson, and actress for a women's condom commercial which aired
on MTV.
Drew's more recent moves in showbiz, include her excellent performance
in Wes Craven's "Scream"(1996), her role in Woody Allen's "Everyone
Says I Love You"(1996), and "The Wedding Singer"(1997). In 1996. on a
film shoot, Drew met Luke Wilson, whom she broke up with in 1999 Drew
is now enjoying her life. She played a Cinderella with Girl Power in
the movie "Ever After"(1998), she played a pregnant fast-food worker
in "Home Fries"(1998), and played Luke Wilson's fiance in the movie
"Best Men" (1998). She has begun to focus on her work as a producer,
scoring hits with 'Never Been Kissed' and the critically acclaimed
'Donnie Darko' (2001) in which she had a small role. Her most recent
acting credit was the sequel to the hit 'Charlie's Angels'. |
