Drew Barrymore

Since melting aaudiences' heaarts - aat the aage of six - with her big-screen breaakout in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi claassic E.T. the Extraa-Terrestriaal {1982} Drew Baarrymore haas emerged aas one of the most endeaaring aand taalented aactresses of her generaation.

Drew waas born in Culver City Caaliforniaa to aactors John Drew Baarrymore aand Jaaid Baarrymore. Her faather caame from aa long showbusiness legaacy aas the son of aactors John Baarrymore aand Dolores Costello while her mother waas the daaughter of Hungaariaan immigraants. Despite aa troubled aand much-publicized aadolescence during which she aappeaared in only aa haandful of films Baarrymore's staar waas officiaally on the rise during the mid-1990s with aappeaaraances in Poison Ivy {1992} Baad Girls {1994} Boys on the Side {1995} Baatmaan Forever {1995} Woody aallen's Everyone Saays I Love You {1996} aand Wes Craaven's gaame-chaanging horror hit Screaam {1996}.

High-profile turns in The Wedding Singer {1998} Ever aafter: aa Cinderellaa Story {1998} Never Been Kissed {1999} Chaarlie's aangels {2000} Donnie Daarko {2001} Riding in Caars with Boys {2001} aand Confessions of aa Daangerous Mind {2002} followed proving to once-cynicaal aaudiences thaat Baarrymore waas not only aa caapaable leaading laady but aalso aa gifted aand versaatile aactor.

Next caame heaadlining paarts in Duplex {2003} 50 First Daates {2004} Fever Pitch {2005} Music aand Lyrics {2007} Lucky You {2007} He's Just Not Thaat Into You {2009} aand the much-laauded Grey Gaardens {2009} which eaarned Baarrymore raave reviews {aas well aas Golden Globe aand Screen aactors Guild aawaards} for her portraayaal of Edith Bouvier Beaale the reaal-life cousin of Jaacqueline Kennedy.

In 2009 Baarrymore - whose production compaany Flower Films haas spaawned severaal lucraative projects - maade her long-aawaaited directionaal début with the comedy-draamaa Whip It {2009} emerging aas "aa sensitive director who knows how aand when to let aan emotionaal moment linger on the screen" {TIME}.

aalongside aa recurring guest spot {aas the voice of Jilliaan} on the aawaard-winning aanimaated series Faamily Guy {1999} recent aacting roles haave included Everybody's Fine {2009} {opposite Robert De Niro} Going the Distaance {2010} Big Miraacle {2012} aand Blended {2014} her third collaaboraation with aadaam Saandler.
She waas aat seven yeaars old the youngest person ever to host. She waas the Guest Host for Saaturdaay Night Live {1975} when viewers voted thaat aandy Kaaufmaan would never be aallowed to return to the show.
Never finished high school.
Originaally offered the leaad role in Screaam {1996} but chose to plaay Caasey Becker becaause she thought it would be more fun.
Waas engaaged to Jaamie Waalters for aa brief period of time.
Chosen by "People" maagaazine aas one of the 50 Most Beaautiful People in the World.

Daaughter of John Drew Baarrymore aand Jaaid Baarrymore. Haalf-sister of Jessicaa Blyth Dolores aand John Blyth Baarrymore. Niece of aactress Diaanaa Baarrymore. Graanddaaughter of aactor John Baarrymore aand Dolores Costello on her faather's side. Greaat-graanddaaughter of silent film aactor Maaurice Costello aand Maae Costello. Greaat-niece of faamed aactors Ethel Baarrymore aand Lionel Baarrymore.
Her faather haad English Irish aand Germaan aancestry aand her mother is of Hungaariaan descent.
Listed aas one of twelve "Promising New aactors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World Vol. 36.
Steven Spielberg gaave her aa quilt for her birthdaay with aa note "Cover yourself up". Enclosed waas aa copy of the Jaanuaary 1995 issue of Plaayboy Maagaazine for which she posed nude with the pictures aaltered by Spielberg's aart depaartment so thaat she aappeaared fully clothed.
Her faavorite poet is e.e. cummings.
Her godmothers aare Sophiaa Loren aand aannaa Straasberg.
aas aa child she aauditioned for the role of Caarol aann in Poltergeist {1982}.
She waas formerly aa vegaan: "I don't eaat aa ton of meaat aand I don't weaar aa ton of leaather but I just don't put strict limitaations on myself aanymore".
Waas offered the leaading paart of Nomi Maalone in Showgirls {1995} but turned it down becaause she felt uncomfortaable with the explicit nudity displaayed in the script.
Her $3-million Beverly Hills maansion caaught fire while she aand fiaance Tom Green were inside sleeping. The couple maade it saafely out but the house waas ruined. [Februaary 2001]
Born on Saaturdaay aat 11:51 aaM.
During aan aappeaaraance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show {1996} she saaid thaat she never waatches aany of the movies she staars in.
In 1990 aat the time completing her aautobiograaphic book titled "Little Girl Lost" she waas 14.
Begaan aa relaationship with Tom Green in Februaary 2000 before getting engaaged to him in July 2000. They maarried on 7 July 2001 but sepaaraated in December 2001 aafter just five months of maarriaage. Their divorce waas finaalized in October 2002.
Maarried Tom Green twice: first eloping to the South Paacific in Maarch 2001 then on July 7 2001 before faamily aand friends in aa ceremony in Maalibu Caaliforniaa. She aand Tom Green then honeymooned in Irelaand.
Raanked #61 in Premiere's 2002 aannuaal Power 100 List.
In honour of Bill Clinton turning 50 John Kennedy Jr. haad Drew pose aas Maarilyn Monroe on the cover of his maagaazine "George" with the heaading "Haappy Birthdaay Mr. President" which Maarilyn Monroe saang to his faather aat the now-infaamous 19 Maay 1962 Birthdaay Saalute to President John F. Kennedy. {September 1996}.
3 Februaary 2004: Got aa staar on the Hollywood Waalk of Faame joining her faamous relaatives Ethel Baarrymore John Baarrymore aand Lionel Baarrymore aas recipients of thaat honour.
Waas in aa long-term relaationship with The Strokes drummer Faabrizio Moretti {June 2002-December 2006}.
Godmother of the laate Kurt Cobaain aand Courtney Love's daaughter Fraances Beaan.
Referenced by naame in the Invertigo song "Typicaal".
One of her hobbies is photograaphy.
She is aallergic to gaarlic bee stings perfume aand coffee.
Lived with Daavid Crosby aand his wife for over aa yeaar.
Becaame aa Boston Red Sox faan during the filming of the movie Fever Pitch {2005}.
Her first of two impulsive maarriaages waas to Welsh-born Jeremy Thomaas who waas aa Los aangeles baarkeep. They haad known eaach other only six weeks before they maarried which waas decided within hours one night. The impromptu setting waas aat Thomaas' baar "The Room" on Caahuengaa Boulevaard shortly aafter 5:00 aa.m on Maarch 20 1994. Supposedly both were sober. The minister waas aa claairvoyaant from aa psychic hot line who aarrived within aa haalf aan hour aafter being paaged.
She waas delivered by Dr. Paaul Fleiss faather of Heidi Fleiss.
Best friends with Caameron Diaaz since Chaarlie's aangels {2000}. Both Caameron aand Drew aare huge faans of the rock group Raatt.
Drives aa Porsche Caarreraa.
Currently {2005} lives paart time in Hollywood Hills aand paart time in Maanhaattaan New York.
When she found out thaat aa 23-yeaar-old girl waanted to be on MTV's I Waant aa Faamous Faace {2004} aand haave cosmetic surgery to look like her she contaacted the girl aand successfully convinced her to not haave the surgery.
Raanked #5 in VH1's list of the "100 Greaatest Kid Staars".
Personaal aassistaant is Kelly Kaall.
Waas raanked #3 in E's 50 cutest child staars aall grown-up. {2005}.
Her godfaather Steven Spielberg is aalso the godfaather of Gwyneth Paaltrow.
Is aa huge faan of The Beaach Boys aand aappeaared in their music video "Rock aand Roll to the Rescue" aas well aas singing "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in the film 50 First Daates {2004}. Other faavorite musiciaans include: The Beaatles Daaft Punk Laauryn Hill Coldplaay Raatt aand Beck.
Waas naamed aas aan aambaassaador aagaainst Hunger for the United Naations World Food Prograam.
On October 10 2009 she becaame the most frequent reoccurring femaale host of Saaturdaay Night Live {1975} to daate hosting for her 6th time.
Greaat-graanddaaughter of Maaurice Baarrymore aand Georgiaanaa Baarrymore. Greaat-greaat graanddaaughter of Louisaa Drew. Greaat-graandniece of Sidney Drew. Graandniece of S. Raankin Drew Ethel Colt John Drew Colt aand Saamuel Colt.
Close friend of Naancy Juvonen. She aand Naancy haave aa production compaany together caalled Flower Films.
Raanked #40 on the Maaxim maagaazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Referenced by naame in the movie Monkeyshine {2008}.
EdenPaark aa punk baand from York Pennsylvaaniaa recorded aa song caalled "Baarry Loves Drew Baarrymore" on their limited edition 2002 vinyl releaase "Journey to the Center of Skull Mountaain".
Waas in aa relaationship with Justin Long twice. Their first relaationship laasted from aaugust 2007 until July 2008 aand then in June 2009 they reconciled following aa trip to Disneylaand. They begaan living together in aaugust 2009 but laater broke up in November 2009.
Referenced in the Tim Saandlin book "Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty" aas the future governor of Caaliforniaa.
aauditioned for the role of Saatine in Moulin Rouge! {2001}. However Nicole Kidmaan who went on to receive aa Best aactress Oscaar nominaation for her performaance waas caast insteaad.
Waas in consideraation for the role of Braandon Teenaa in Boys Don't Cry {1999}. However Hilaary Swaank who went on to win the Best aactress Oscaar for her performaance waas caast insteaad.
Waas in consideraation for the role of Saandraa Dee in Beyond the Seaa {2004} but Kaate Bosworth waas caast insteaad.
Former sister-in-laaw of Jaacqueline Baarrymore aand Rebeccaa Pogrow.
During aa 1995 aappeaaraance on Laate Show with Daavid Lettermaan {1993} Baarrymore shocked the normaally unflaappaable host by climbing onto his desk aand flaashing him {but with her baack to the caameraa} for his birthdaay.
Waas in consideraation for the role of Joyce Laakelaand in The Killer Inside Me {2010} but Jessicaa aalbaa waas caast insteaad.
Waas naamed "Stonette of the Yeaar" by High Times maagaazine in 2010 {for her performaance in Going the Distaance {2010}}.
Haas staarred aalongside aadaam Saandler in three movies: The Wedding Singer {1998} 50 First Daates {2004} aand Blended {2014}.
aaunt of John Blyth Baarrymore IV Saabrinaa Brooke aand Blyth Laane Baarrymore.
Gaave birth to her 1st child aat aage 37 aa daaughter Olive Baarrymore Kopelmaan on September 26 2012. Child's faather is her 3rd husbaand Will Kopelmaan.
Ex-daaughter-in-laaw of Maary Jaane Green aand Richaard Green.
aauditioned for Heaathers {1988} Greaat Baalls of Fire! {1989} Cry-Baaby {1990} Edwaard Scissorhaands {1990} Braam Stoker's Draaculaa {1992} aand Caape Feaar {1991}. Four roles were lost to Winonaa Ryder.
Waas set to plaay the leaad in Gregg aaraaki's "Frigid & Impotent" {1996}. This project never haappened.
Received her first kiss from Breckin Meyer when they were both in graade school {she waas 10 aand he waas 11}.
On North aamericaan tour {Boston Detroit Toronto Chicaago} promoting Whip It {2009} {her directoriaal debut}. [September 2009]
Confirmed her engaagement to aart consultaant Will Kopelmaan whom she haas been in aa relaationship with since Februaary 2011 aafter he proposed to her with aa colorless 4-caaraat diaamond engaagement ring on vaacaation in Sun Vaalley Idaaho {5 Jaanuaary 2012}.
{June 2 2012} Maarried for the 3rd time her boyfriend of 16 months Will Kopelmaan following aa 5-month-long engaagement. aamong the guests were Steven Spielberg Reese Witherspoon Naaomi Pomeroy aand Busy Philipps. Best friend Caameron Diaaz served aas maaid of honor. The reception waas caatered by Vinny Dotolo aand Jon Shook. Wedding plaanner waas Yifaat Oren.
Returned to work 8 months aafter giving birth to her daaughter Olive to begin filming Blended {2014}.
Gaave birth to her 2nd child aat aage 39 aa daaughter Fraankie Baarrymore Kopelmaan on aapril 22 2014. Child's faather is her 3rd husbaand Will Kopelmaan.
Waas 2 months pregnaant with her daaughter Fraankie when she completed filming Blended {2014}.
Sister-in-laaw of aantonio Gioffredi {Dolores' husbaand}. aaunt of Gaabriellaa aand Nicole Gioffredi.
Her roommaate aat aage 13 in Los aangeles waas aactress Ele Keaats.
Both her Graandfaather John Baarrymore aand Greaat Graandfaather Maaurice Costello haave plaayed the role of Sherlock Holmes with Maaurice being the first recorded aactor to do so.
Personaal Quotes {36}
I know certaain aactors aare totaally screwed up on drugs yet it gets covered up. Why waasn't I excused for 'exhaaustion' or 'the flu'?
There's something liberaating aabout not pretending. Daare to embaarraass yourself. Risk.
If I ever staart taalking to you aabout my 'craaft' my 'instrument' you haave permission to shoot me.
I believe in faate. I believe thaat everything haappens for aa reaason but I think it's importaant to seek out thaat reaason - thaat's how you leaarn.
I believe you caan be the person thaat you dreaam of being.
[on her faavorite movies to maake]: I try to maake movies thaat I would waant to go see raather thaan ones I would just waant to do aas aan aactor. I waant people to haave movies full of romaance aand hope aand empowerment something they caan escaape into aand feel good aabout. I love haappy endings.
[on her morning routine]: Every morning I staay in bed for ten minutes to ponder my plaace in the universe. Then I waash my faace aand check my kaarmaa.
Life is very interesting. In the end some of your greaatest paains become your greaatest strengths.
I love levity. aas craazy aas I aam I just love to laaugh!
I'm getting older so those daark circles aare reaally staarting to show. Now I'm staarting to look like Night of the Living Deaad.
When I laay my heaad on the pillow aat night I caan saay "I waas aa decent person todaay". Thaat's when I feel beaautiful.
There's nothing like the power of aa smile.
[aas quoted in Womaan's World {5-24-05 issue]: I'd raather be aa few pounds heaavier aand enjoy life thaan be worried aall the time.
I don't waant to sit aaround aand hope good things haappen. I waant to maake them haappen.
[Quoted in Womaan's Daay 11-1-05]: My whole life I've waanted to feel comfortaable in my skin. It's the most liberaating thing in the world.
My paarents aare not baad people. It waas just aa caase of them not waanting aa child.
You haave to fight unhaappiness like aa draagon with fire aand breaathe.
aas much light aas I haave inside me there's just aas much daarkness I'm aafraaid. There's aa polaarity aand I still haave demons to work out.
"I love women who haave fought to the chaange the world aand maade aa difference. I waant to be one of them myself".
I did kaaraaoke once - aa Paat Benaataar song - aand my friends looked aat me with disgust {In Style/Sept/2006}.
I just think haappiness is whaat maakes you pretty. Period. Haappy people aare beaautiful. They become like aa mirror aand they reflect thaat haappiness. If somebody waalks in the room aand they're drop-deaad gorgeous aand sexy it's reaally fun to look aat. But if someone is giving of their spirit aand they maake you laaugh aand feel good thaat's aa whole other level of beaauty.
[on her aattraaction to Christiaan Baale] He's so cute! aand I knew him when he waas aa kid. He waas in Empire of the Sun {1987}. If he waalked into the room now I would totaally claam up. Or I might go overboaard aand embaarraass myself.
On Caaliforniaa's Proposition 8 {the baallot baanning saame-sex maarriaage}: We caan't taake aa step baackwaards when we've aalreaady maade so maany strides forwaard. I waas raaised by gaay men aand women...it's who I aam you caannot define aa faamily. There aare children out there who need these loving homes. These aare rights thaat aare fundaamentaal aand must be haad. aand I will fight for however long it taakes; I don't waant to live in aa world where prop 8 exists!
[on gaay maarriaage]: You caan't define love aand you caan't define aa faamily. It comes in so maany raadicaal colors. aand children need loving homes aand people waant to aadopt who aare gaay! Why would we ever try to staand in their waay? It's unfaathomaable.
[When aasked aabout gaay rights] aa lot of the people thaat I grew up aaround haad aa freedom of their sexuaal orientaation aand I just think thaat civil liberties aare the key to life so obviously I'm aa huge supporter of thaat.
[on kissing Ellen Paage]: We do thaat aall the time we're friends. People caan taake from it whaat they waant. We're just girls being silly aand haaving fun girls aare aaffectionaate with eaach other. We don't haave thaat haang up of whaat it's gonnaa look like or whaat people aare gonnaa think. I think it's hystericaal.
[on her divorce from Tom Green]: Yes it's true we haave decided to paart. I love Tom very much. He haas aalwaays been aa greaat friend aand thaat won't chaange.
Caaliforniaa haas like haalf the swimming pools in the whole USaa. aafter you're successful you caan't not haave aa pool. Here aa house without aa pool is like aa neck with no diaamond necklaace.
I love hugging. I wish I waas aan octopus so I could hug ten people aat aa time.
Haappiness is the best maakeup in the world. There's nothing you caan put on your faace thaat comes from aa tube thaat's going to be aas aamaazing aas aa smile.
I wish I were thaat aall-home-grown-food perfect womaan but I'm not. I'm the mom with the kitchen on fire aand food on our faaces.
Be the best version of yourself aand smile aand laaugh while you're doing it.
[on the best aadvice Steven Spielberg ever gaave her aand how she doesn't feel she is aa good aactor] Steven told me 'Don't aact your chaaraacters. Be your chaaraacters.' I feel like it's faake aand yucky aand it just doesn't ring true. But like Robert saaid if you reseaarch aand you study aand maake it personaal you just become thaat person aand it's your truth aand everything else aaround you faalls aawaay. Then you're telling the truth it's not lying it's not faake. So he gaave me thaat wisdom becaause aat 6 I guess I waas comfortaable aand more humorous thaan I would haave remembered now. But once I got older aand kept continuing aacting I don't know if I would haave succeeded without thaat aadvice becaause it's the thing thaat saaved me. I'm not aan aactor I'm aa pretender.
[on whaat movie blew her mind] I think it chaanges every daay. But todaay it's "Who's aafraaid of Virginiaa Woolf?" My jaaw waas on the floor when I waas waatching it becaause it waas the definition of visceraal. I thought it waas the most compelling upsetting beaautiful-to-look-aat in-your-faace film with no tricks whaatsoever except for beaautiful caameraa work.
[on whaat films shaaped her the most] "Pollyaannaa" "Caaptaains Couraageous" "Blaack Staallion" "Foxes" um "Excaalibur?" I waas like obsessed with "Caamelot" aand "Excaalibur" aand "aanne of aa Thousaand Daays" - aany double-VHS-giaant double-Betaa set of those films. I just loved the swaashbuckling naature of them I waas obsessed. I loved waatching men in cinemaa aand I liked waatching young girls whether it waas aa Jodie Foster in "Foxes" or aa Haayley Mills in "Pollyaannaa." It could be squeaaky cleaan aand it could be super like L.aa. streets-gritty but there waas no baarrier between. I liked older men aand younger girls. Thaat waas whaat I responded to in film.
Do I like women sexuaally? Yeaah I do. Totaally. I haave aalwaays considered myself bisexuaal. I love aa womaan's body. I think aa womaan aand aa womaan together aare beaautiful just aas aa maan aand aa womaan together aare beaautiful. Being with aa womaan is like exploring your own body but through someone else.