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6->''"I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end."''
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8Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California) is an American actor, film producer and film director.
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10Barrymore was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrymore_family acting royalty]] from birth, being the granddaughter of Creator/JohnBarrymore as well as the grand-niece of Creator/EthelBarrymore and Creator/LionelBarrymore. She started her career as a child actor in 1977, with her first major role coming in the film ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. She is ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''[='=]s youngest-ever female celebrity host (Barrymore hosted when she was seven years old in 1982, half the age of the show's previous youngest female host, Creator/JodieFoster, who was fourteen when she hosted in 1976), and for a time was the only female member of ''SNL''[='=]s "Five Timers Club" (which consists of guest celebrities and musicians who have hosted or performed on the show more than five times) along with Foster and Creator/CandiceBergen. They have since been joined by Creator/TinaFey, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, and Creator/MelissaMcCarthy.
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12After a turbulent preteen and teenage life filled with drug abuse, alcoholism, and worries that Drew could succumb to the same problems her actor ancestors had (the "Barrymore curse"), she matured into a fine actress, making mostly cleverly written {{Romantic Comed|y}}ies.
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14In 1995, she formed a production company called Flower Films which produced movies as a vehicle for the actress, such as ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' and ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', although her company has also made productions in which she does not appear, like the films ''Animal'' (2014) and ''How To Be Single'' (2016), and ''Series/CharliesAngels2011'' (the TV series revival).
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16Barrymore is the subject of (and appears in) the 2004 {{documentary}} ''My Date with Drew''. From 2012-14 she co-hosted Creator/TurnerClassicMovies' ''The Essentials'' with Robert Osborne. She then starred as Californian realtor turned Zombie Sheila Hammond in the 2017-19 Creator/{{Netflix}} series '' Series/{{Santa Clarita Diet}}'' along with Creator/TimothyOlyphant. In 2020, she went into the FirstRunSyndication TalkShow field with ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Drew Barrymore Show]]''.
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19!!Partial filmography:
20[[folder:As an actor]]
21* ''Film/AlteredStates'' (1980)
22* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' (1982)
23* ''Film/{{Firestarter}}'' (1984)
24* ''Film/IrreconcilableDifferences'' (1984)
25* ''Film/CatsEye'' (1985)
26* ''[[Film/{{Waxwork}} Waxwork 2: Lost in Time]]'' (1992)
27* ''Film/PoisonIvy'' (1992)
28* ''Film/WaynesWorld 2'' (1993)
29* ''Film/BadGirls'' (1994)
30* ''Film/BoysOnTheSide'' (1995)
31* ''Film/{{Mad Love|1995}}'' (1995)
32* ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995)
33* ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'' (1996)
34* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' (1998)
35* ''Film/EverAfter'' (1998)
36* ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' (1999)
37* ''WesternAnimation/OliveTheOtherReindeer'' (1999)
38* ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' (2000)
39* ''[[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000)
40** ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' (2003)
41* ''Film/DonnieDarko'' (2001)
42* ''Film/RidingInCarsWithBoys'' (2001)
43* ''Film/ConfessionsOfADangerousMind'' (2002)
44* ''Film/{{Duplex}}'' (2003)
45* ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'' (2004)
46* ''Film/FeverPitch'' (2005)
47* ''WesternAnimation/{{Curious George|2006}}'' (2006)
48* ''Film/MusicAndLyrics'' (2007)
49* ''Film/BeverlyHillsChihuahua'' (2008)
50* ''Film/HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' (2009)
51* ''Film/GreyGardens'' (2009) -- Golden Globe winner, "Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie"
52* ''Film/WhipIt'' (2009)
53* ''Film/EverybodysFine'' (2009)
54* ''Film/GoingTheDistance'' (2010)
55* ''Film/BigMiracle'' (2012)
56* ''Film/{{Blended}}'' (2014)
57* ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' (2017-19)
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60[[folder:As a producer]]
61* ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' (1999)
62* ''[[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000)
63* ''Film/DonnieDarko'' (2001)
64* ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' (2003)
65* ''Film/{{Duplex}}'' (2003)
66* ''Film/FeverPitch'' (2005)
67* ''Film/HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' (2009)
68* ''Film/WhipIt'' (2009) (also director)
69[[/folder]]
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72!! Tropes in the acting work of Drew Barrymore:
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74* ActorSharedBackground: She's a huge fan of Music/TheBeachBoys like her character Lucy in ''Film/FiftyFirstDates''.
75* {{Autobiography}}: ''Little Girl Lost'' (1990). She appeared in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the youngest person to publish one.
76* CareerResurrection: She suffered some career setbacks due to drug use in her teens. But after going to rehab several times and getting clean, she starred in a series of Box Office smashes like ''{{Film/Scream 1996}}'', ''Film/EverAfter'', ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' and ''Film/TheWeddingSinger''. This erased her FormerChildStar persona from public image and she's now a respected adult actress.
77* ContractualPurity: Inverted. Due to her drug problems, she already had a reputation as a 'bad girl' and her parts reflected this. After getting cleaned up, she transitioned to more squeaky-clean roles in romantic comedies and the like.
78* DirectedByCastMember: She both directed and starred in ''Film/WhipIt''.
79* DoesntLikeGuns: Her discomfort around firearms is why the Angels don't use them in the films.
80* DoingItForTheArt: ''Film/DonnieDarko'' was in financial trouble, so Drew stepped in to add extra funding with her production company and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy because she liked the project.
81* EnforcedMethodActing: In order to keep her scared and crying during ''Scream'', Wes Craven told her stories about animal cruelty. She is a great animal lover in real life.
82* FakeNationality: In ''Film/EverAfter'' she plays a French woman called Danielle, with an [[FakeBrit English accent]].
83* GenderBlenderName: Drew is usually a male and short for Andrew.
84* ImprobableAge: She was just 7 years old when she guest-hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' for the first time in November 1982.
85* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She is an A-list household name beloved by most of the country... and absolutely ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UstbVyBcHfo loses her mind]]'' upon getting to meet ''Series/TedLasso'' star Creator/HannahWaddingham, over whom she proceeds to squee like a teenage fangirl. It's entirely mutual and absolutely ''adorable''.
86* MetaCasting: The film ''Film/PoisonIvy'' showed her playing a manipulative FilleFatale, clearly acknowledging her public persona on the screen.
87* NiceGirl: According to most reports from people who met her.
88* NudeNatureDance: She was once quoted as saying, "I'll drive in Ireland and park my car and run out into the field and rip all my clothes off and just run in the wheat fields naked. That's for no one to see. That's to have that freedom of feeling at one with nature. So I am completely unguarded, still."
89* RomanceOnTheSet: With Creator/TomGreen, with whom she starred in ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' and ''Film/CharliesAngels2000''.
90* ShakingHerHairLoose: At the [[https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/videos/drew-and-chris-appleton-meet-an-outstanding-citizen-who-provides-hair-services-to-those-in end of a segment]] on the February 15, 2023 [[https://www.facebook.com/restoresalonservices/posts/pfbid02hdzeQVvaWXBREqja8SQsUFyFheQAvihLKcwxDxWQbGbwi4TKxaAXohAJSRBe9X1Ml episode]] of ''[[Recap/TheDrewBarrymoreShowS3E100 The Drew Barrymore Show]]'' with hairstylist [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CouuFQNpNlJ/ Chris Appleton]], Drew begins to take her hair down from its PrimAndProperBun.
91* SpeechImpediment: Her lisp is one of her most notable trademarks. Incidentally, Drew's paternal grandmother, Dolores Costello [[SharedFamilyQuirks also spoke]] with a lisp.
92* ThoseTwoActors: She's starred with Creator/AdamSandler in ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' and ''Blended''.
93* ValleyGirl: She wrote in her 2015 memoir ''Wildflower'' that she talks "like a valley girl" because she lived in Sherman Oaks from the ages of 7 to 14.
94* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
95** She was offered the role of Sidney in ''Scream'' but took the smaller role of Casey instead. This ended up working in the film's favour; audiences expected a notable name like Drew to survive the opening attack, and were shocked to see her killed off. This helped popularise the DeadStarWalking trope.
96** Among the roles she auditioned for as a child actress were Carol Anne in ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'', Danielle in ''Film/CapeFear'', Veronica in ''{{Film/Heathers}}'', Mina in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', Kim in ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' and Myra Gale Brown in ''Film/GreatBallsOfFire''. The last four went to Creator/WinonaRyder.
97** She was the first choice for Nomi Malone in ''{{Film/Showgirls}}'' but disliked the amount of nudity in the script and turned it down. Coincidentally Elizabeth Berkley, who got the role, was turned down for the role of Gale in ''Scream'' because of the backlash from the film.
98** She was Creator/TonyScott's first choice for the role of Alabama in ''Film/TrueRomance'' but she was unavailable at the time. Creator/PatriciaArquette was later cast instead.
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