Drew Blythe Barrymore is an actress and producing American, born the February 22nd 1975 with Culver City, in California (the United States). It is the little girl of the actor John Barrymore.

Biography

Born on February 22nd, 1975 in Culver City in California, Drew Barrymore comes from a family of actors: his/her grandfather was the actor of theater John Barrymore, it is the small-niece of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore. His/her father, John Drew Barrymore and his half-brother, John Blyth, are also actors (but although less popular than other Barrymore).

This explains its early career: it makes its first appearance televised in 11 months, in a publicity for food for dogs. After having played in a film, Beyond reality in 1980 and in two telefilms, Bogie (1980) and Suddenly, Coils (1978), it becomes famous at the 7 years age thanks to its role of small Gertie in E.T extraterrestrial the of Steven Spielberg (of which it is the goddaughter).

This early celebrity will initially not be very beneficial for him: she discovers alcohol at 9 years, smokes of the Cannabis to 10 and takes Cocaïne to 12. She will describe later this period of her life in her autobiography of 1990, the lost little girl ( Little Girl Lost ). Although it had separated from these problems of Drogue S while entering the adulthood, it keeps this image of “bad girl”, and even exploits it to carry out a return in its career in the years 1990, playing a seductresses in Poison Ivy and posing naked in the Playboy of January 1995. This same year, during the televised show of David Letterman, it goes up on the desk of the host and shows him its centres as a gift of birthday.

Although it used these provocations to preserve its celebrity, it manages to create a honourable career. It produces several films, of which the very popular Charlie and its funny ladies and its continuation. One finds it as actress in many romantic comedies light, but also in more dramatic roles, as Confessions of a dangerous man , film of which it is also the executive producer.

The February 3rd 2004, it obtains a star on the walk of the glory of Hollywood.

She married the barman Jeremy Thomas of the March 20th to the April 28th 1994, the actor Tom Green of the July 7th 2001 with the October 15th 2002 (Green required the divorce in December 2001).

Of 2002 with 2006, it lived with Fabrizio Moretti, the beater of the Strokes.

Catalog of films

Actress

Producing

See too

  • Family Barrymore

External bond

  • Drew Barrymore on Internet Movie Database

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