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“If I ever start talking to you about my 'craft', my 'instrument', you have permission to shoot me (should have been the last thing she ever said).”
Birthname:
Drew Blyth Barrymore
Hometown:
Culver City, California
Assets:
sweet, natural, perfect smile, down to earth, sense of humor, Hollywood royalty, prettyness
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Vices:
Formerly booze, coke and the music of Ratt, now just Ratt, Retards
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Chicks She's Worked With
Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brittany Murphy, Lorraine Bracco, Rosie Perez, Sara Gilbert, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, Anjelica Huston, Christine Taylor, Mary-Louise Parker, Whoopi Goldberg, Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brittany Murphy, Lorraine Bracco, Rosie Perez, Sara Gilbert, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, Anjelica Huston, Christine Taylor, Mary-Louise Parker, Whoopi Goldberg, Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell
Introduction
Many child-stars crash and burn, but few have rebounded like Drew Barrymore. Born into Hollywood royalty, by the time she was eight she had starred in a half dozen movies, been nominated for a golden globe and hosted Saturday Night Live. It only follows that she was drinking by nine, rolling doobies by ten and doing nose dives by 13.
Life story
As the granddaughter of the great John Barrymore, Hollywood connections were never a problem for Drew. Her godfather is Stephen Spielberg and her godmother is Sophia Loren. She made her big screen debut in Altered States, a movie about a dude who does so much acid he regresses into the missing link. Next she played “Gertie” in E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, which was the highest grossing movie of all time for about 10 years. She went on to star in Fire Starter, Irreconcilable Differences and Babes in Toyland then she hit the bottle.
Comeback
She was in and out of rehab twice by the time she was 14 and her fall from grace was one of the most publicized in recent memory. Then she used her giant breasts to stage a comeback, playing a teenage seductress in the film Poison Ivy and then again for a pictorial in Playboy. She had her breasts reduced to a 34C then about four years and five really bad movies later she appeared in Scream (Neve Campbell, Rose McGowen) and her career was back on track.
Film Producer
She formed her own production company called Flower Films and has put together a string of hit movies including Charlie’s Angels (Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu) Donnie Darko (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle(Demi Moore) and Fever Pitch (Ione Skye) as well as the upcoming He’s Just Not That Into You (Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly).
At one point she manages to pull off moderately challenged good-looking in Donnie Darko, until finally she reverts back to her signature 'tries too hard tard' look, that's been coined by Giovanni Ribisi and Juliette Lewis to varying effect.
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
ET, Firestarter, Irreconcilable Differences, Cat's Eye, Babes in Toyland, Far From Home, Motorama, Poison Ivy, Sketch Artist, Guncrazy, The Amy Fisher Story, No Place to Hide, Doppelganger, Wayne's World 2, Inside the Goldmine, Bad Girls, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Everyone Says I Love You, Scream, Wishful Thinking, Best Men, The Wedding Singer, Ever After, Home Fries, Never Been Kissed, Skipped Parts, Titan A.E., Charlie's Angels, Full Throttle, Donnie Darko, Freddie Got Fingered, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Duplex, First Dates, Fever Pitch, Curious George, Music and Lyrics, Lucky You, Family Guy
Dudes she has worked with:
Jimmy Fallon, Adam Sandler, Hugh Grant, Eric Bana, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Tom Green, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Vartan, Luke Wilson, Dougray Scott, Edward Norton, Chris O\'Donnell, Tom Skerritt
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