Her first television appearance was in an advertisement at eleven months old. Drew Barrymore film debut was in Altered States in 1980. She later starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles. In the wake of sudden stardom, Barrymore endured notoriously troubled childhood. She was already a regular at the famed Studio 54 when she was a little girl, smoking cigarettes at age nine, drinking alcohol by the time she was 11, smoking marijuana at 12, and snorting cocaine at 13. Her nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media. She was in rehab at age 13. A suicide attempt at age 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety."Barrymore later described this period of her life in her 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost. The next year, following a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment and has never relapsed.
In her late teens, Barrymore forged a new image as she played a manipulative teenage seductress in Poison Ivy (1992), which was a box office failure, but was popular on video and cable. That same year, at the age of 17, she posed nude for the cover of the July issue of Interview magazine with her then-fiancé, actor Jamie Walters, as well as appearing nude in pictures inside the issue. In 1993, Barrymore earned a second Golden Globe nomination for the film Guncrazy. Barrymore would go on to pose nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. Steven Spielberg, who directed her in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when she was a child, gave her a quilt for her twentieth birthday with a note that read, "Cover yourself up". Enclosed were copies of her Playboy pictures, with the pictures altered by his art department so that she appeared fully clothed.During a 1995 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Barrymore climbed onto David Letterman's desk and bared her breasts to him, her back to the camera, in celebration of his birthday. She modeled in a series of Guess? jeans ads during this time. She underwent breast reduction surgery in 1992, and has commented on the subject "I really love my body and the way it is right now. There's something very awkward about women and their breasts because men look at them so much. When they're huge, you become very self-conscious. Your back hurts. You find that whatever you wear, you look heavy in. It's uncomfortable. I've learned something, though, about breasts through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is, Men love them, and I love that.
In 1991, at the age of 16, Barrymore became engaged to Leland Hayward, grandson of Hollywood producer Leland Hayward. However after a few months, this engagement was called off. Soon afterward, Barrymore was engaged to and lived with musician/actor Jamie Walters in 1992–93. She was married to Welsh bartender turned bar owner Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994. Her second marriage was to comedian Tom Green from July 7, 2001 to October 15, 2002. Green filed for divorce in December 2001. In 2002, Barrymore began dating Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti, soon after they met at a concert. Their five year relationship, however, ended on January 10, 2007. She most recently dated Justin Long,however,they confirmed their split in July 2008. The couple reunited in 2009 and Us Weekly reported that they signed on to co-star in the upcoming film Going the Distance.
In the 1990s Barrymore was frequently described as bisexual, although she said in a 1997 interview that she had not "been with a woman in about two years". In 2004, she was quoted as saying "A woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else. When I was younger I used to go with lots of women. Totally. I love it". In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore in the mid-nineties. Barrymore was formerly a vegetarian, but has since begun to eat meat.
Drew Barrymore Filmography:
| As Actor | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1978 | Suddenly, Love | Bobbi Graham (Uncredited) |
| 1980 | Bogie | Leslie Bogart |
| Altered States | Margaret Jessup | |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gertie |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Charlene "Charlie" McGee |
| Irreconcilable Differences | Casey Brodsky | |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Our Girl, Amanda (all segments) |
| 1986 | Babes in Toyland | Lisa Piper |
| 1989 | See You in the Morning | Cathy Goodwin |
| Far From Home | Joleen Cox | |
| 1991 | Motorama | Fantasy Girl |
| 1992 | 2000 Malibu Road | Lindsay |
| Waxwork II: Lost in Time | Vampire Victim #1 | |
| Poison Ivy | Ivy | |
| Guncrazy | Anita Minteer | |
| 1993 | The Amy Fisher Story | Amy Fisher |
| No Place to Hide | Tinsel Hanley | |
| Doppelganger | Holly Gooding | |
| Wayne's World 2 | Bjergen Kjergen | |
| 1994 | Inside the Goldmine | Daisy |
| Bad Girls | Lilly Laronette | |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Holly Pulchik-Lincoln |
| Mad Love | Casey Roberts | |
| Batman Forever | Sugar | |
| 1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | Skylar Dandridge |
| Scream | Casey Becker | |
| 1997 | Wishful Thinking | Lena |
| Best Men | Hope | |
| 1998 | The Wedding Singer | Julia Sullivan |
| Ever After | Danielle de Barbarac | |
| Home Fries | Sally Jackson | |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Josie Geller |
| Olive, the Other Reindeer | Olive | |
| 2000 | The Simpsons | Sophie (voice) |
| Skipped Parts | Fantasy Girl | |
| Titan A.E. | Akima | |
| Charlie's Angels | Dylan Sanders | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Karen Pomeroy |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Mr. Davidson's Receptionist | |
| Riding in Cars with Boys | Beverly Donofrio | |
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Penny |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Dylan Sanders |
| Duplex | Nancy Kendricks | |
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | Lucy Whitmore |
| My Date With Drew | Herself | |
| 2005 | Fever Pitch | Lindsey Meeks |
| 2006–2009 | Family Guy | Jillian Russell (voice) |
| 2006 | Curious George | Maggie |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics | Sophie Fisher |
| Lucky You | Billie Offer | |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Chloe |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Mary Harris |
| Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale | |
| Everybody's Fine | Rosie | |
| Whip It | Smashly Simpson | |
| 2010 | Going the Distance | Erin |
| As Director | ||
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2004 | Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start | Director; Documentary |
| 2009 | Whip It | Directorial debut |
| As Producer | ||
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Executive producer |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Producer |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Executive producer |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Producer |
| Duplex | Producer | |
| 2005 | Fever Pitch | Producer |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Executive producer |
| Whip It | Executive producer | |
| Nominated — Bronze Horse | ||
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