Drew Barrymore represents the Barrymore family of John Barrymore. She is a multifaceted personality who is a successful actress, producer, director, photographer and a model. She was born on 22 February 1975 in Culver City, California. Her first name Drew was her great grandmother’s maiden name which was named by her parent. Although Drew Barrymore maintains a Hollywood background as she comes from one of the oldest & the most prestigious family of Hollywood but she made her own place in the crowd by her awesome performance on screen. Drew began acting at the age of 11 months. She appeared in a dog food commercial. She made her acting debut at the age of 6 years with Altered States in 1980, in which she played a small part. Next year Drew appeared in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Gertie, younger sister of Elliott. She got fame for her beautiful performance in E.T. She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her played character in Irreconcilable Differences.
Drew has lived a troubled childhood and she started cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana at the age of 12 years as well as she attempted to suicide also at the age of 14. In her late teen, she performed her rebelliousness on screen in Poison Ivy. She posed nude for cover of Interview magazine with Jamie Walters and appeared nude in famous man’s magazine Playboy. She got a quilt from her godfather Steven Spielberg with a note written “Cover yourself up” with enclosed copies of her altered playboy pictures.
Drew won her second Golden Globe nomination for Guncrazy in 1993. In 1995, she appeared in Boys on the Side co-starred with Mary-Louise Parker and Whoopi Goldberg and got appreciation from the critics. Later she did some more films like Batman Forever, Scream, Wishful Thinking, The Wedding Singer and Home Fries. In 1995, Drew Barrymore established her own production company nhamed ‘Flower Films’ with Nancy Juvonen and entered in production and direction. She has produced ten movies and several television shows including Never Been Kissed, Charlie’s Angels, Donnie Darko, Duplex, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, 50 First Dates, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, He’s Just Not That Into You and Whip It! With a overall earning of 2.5 billion. Drew has been ranked as #1 in People’s annual 100 Most Beautiful Peoples list in addition to she has been ranked 3rd in the “most wanted list of female celebrity” a survey conduced by Los Angeles marketing research firm. She is a philanthropic and is associated with several social welfare organizations. She was named as Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations’ World Food Program as well as she donated $1 million also to the social cause.
Drew Barrymore has won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Grey Gardens (2009). She has won several nomination for international repute awards including BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture & Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama for Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Guncrazy (1992), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) for Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) & Grey Gardens (2009), MTV Awards for Charlie’s Angels (2000), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and 50 First Dates (2004) and several other awards.
Drew is a good photographer too. She has worked as guest photographer for magazines. Besides it, she hosted several shows including Saturday Night Live (SNL) for five times. She appeared as spokesperson and model for CoverGirl, Gucci jewellery line and IMG Models, New York.
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