Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975. Parented by the famous hollywood-royalty Barrymore family. She first acted 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. 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 finally begun to settle down. She has now begun to throw off her bad girl attitude and settle for a more womanly one. Drew was a spokesperson, and actress for a women's condom commercial which aired on MTV. In 1996. on a film shoot, Drew met her latest love, Luke Wilson, whom she broke up with recently(1999).

Drew is now enjoying her life. She played a Cinderella with Girl Power in the movie "Ever After"(1998), she palyed a pregnant fast-food worker in "Home Fries"(1998), and played Luke Wilson's fiance in the movie "Best Men"(1998). Her first produced movie got released in the theaters on April 9, 1999, "Never Been Kissed." "Never Been Kissed" is her company's, Flower Films, first released movie. Her partner in Flower Films is Nancy Juvonen. Flower Films alo produced the Charlie's Angels films.

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