Charming, free-spirited and - above all talented, Drew Barrymore has come a long
way since her big-screen breakout in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi blockbuster,
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial . Despite a troubled and much-publicized adolescence
during which she appeared in only a handful of films, Barrymore's star was officially
on the rise during the mid-90s with notable appearances in Poison Ivy ,
Bad Girls , Boys on the Side , Batman Forever , Woody Allen's
Everyone Says I Love You and Wes Craven's Scream . Turns in The
Wedding Singer , Ever After , Never Been Kissed , Charlie's
Angels , Riding in Cars with Boys and Donnie Darko followed,
proving to once-cynical audiences that Barrymore was not only a capable leading
lady, but also a gifted and versatile actor. Recent projects have included 50
First Dates , Fever Pitch , Music and Lyrics , Curtis Hanson's
Lucky You and the forthcoming Grey Gardens .
Steven Spielberg gave her a quilt for her birthday with a note "Cover yourself
up". Enclosed was a copy of the
January
1995 issue of Playboy Magazine for which she posed nude, with the pictures
altered by Spielberg's art department so that she appeared fully clothed.
