Biography of Drew Barrymore

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.