Barrymore attended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School. She moved back to West Hollywood upon becoming emancipated at age fourteen. In her 2015 memoir, Wildflower, she says she talks "like a valley girl" because she grew up in Sherman Oaks. Childhood īarrymore grew up on Poinsettia Place in West Hollywood, until she moved to Sherman Oaks at the age of seven. She and her father never had anything resembling a significant relationship and seldom spoke to each other. In her 1991 autobiography Little Girl Lost, Barrymore recounted early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when she was six months old. īarrymore's first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother Georgie Drew, and her middle name, Blythe, was the surname of the family first used by her great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore. īarrymore's godmothers are actress Sophia Loren and Lee Strasberg's widow, Anna Strasberg Barrymore described her relationship with the latter as one that "would become so important to me as a kid because she was so kind and nurturing." Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg. She is a great-grandniece of Broadway idol John Drew, Jr., and silent film actor, writer and director Sidney Drew. Barrymore is a niece of Diana, a grandniece of Lionel, Ethel and Helene Costello, and a great-great-granddaughter of Irish-born John and English-born Louisa Lane Drew, all of whom were also actors. All of her paternal great-grandparents, Maurice and Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice and Mae Costello ( née Altschuk), and her paternal grandparents, John and Dolores Costello, were actors, with John being arguably the most acclaimed actor of his generation. īarrymore was born into an acting family. Her parents divorced in 1984, when Barrymore was nine.
Through her father, Barrymore has three older half-siblings, including actor John Blyth Barrymore. Īnne Helm and Drew's father, John Drew Barrymore, in Gunsmoke, 1964ĭrew Blythe Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, to American actor John Drew Barrymore and aspiring actress Jaid Barrymore (born Ildikó Jaid Makó), who was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees. Dutton published a collection of Barrymore's autobiographical essays in a book titled Wildflower in 2015. Her other business ventures include a range of wines and a clothing line. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013, which has grown to include lines in make-up, perfume and eyewear. It produced several projects in which she has starred.
She starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet and currently hosts her syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show.īarrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in Grey Gardens. She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It.
Her other films include Firestarter, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, Going the Distance, Big Miracle and Miss You Already. Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in several films, including The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended.
She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream and Ever After. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.īarrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E.T. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award and five Emmy Awards. Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, talk show host and author.