Friday, August 24, 2007

Heir in Hollywood


One of Charlie's Angels who've got an innocent look. She was born on 22nd of February 1975, in Culver City, California. She's daughter of John Drew Barrymore an actor and Jaid Barrymore, who divorsed after she was born. She is half hungarian from her mother's side.


Drew's career began when she was 11 months old, when she auditioned for dog food commercial. She passed the audition and was hired for the job. At seven years old, she hosted Saturday Night live, the youngest ever to host the show. She made her film debut in Altered States(1980). A year later, she landed the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which made her famous.


She became famous at her younger age that mades her career grow, which cause her not to finished her studies. In the wake of her stardome, she endured a notoriously childhood troubles. Such as smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol by the time she was 9, smoking marijuana at 10, and snorting cocaine at 13. That leads her career fall and undergo a rehab.


After she overcame her substance abuse problems, she entered adulthood and maintained her “bad girl” image. She used her new-found role as a sex symbol to stage a career comeback playing a manipulative, evil teenage seductress in Poison Ivy (1992). She posed nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. She had also appeared nude in five of her recent movies, and modeled in a series of Guess at that time.


She made a comeback in the successful 1996 horror film Scream. Drew has continued to be highly bankable, and a top box ofice draw. She has been especially adept in romantic comedies, such as Wishful Thinking(1996), The Wedding Singer(1998), Home Fries(1998), Never Been Kissed(1999), 50 First Dates(2004) and Fever Pitch(2005). She also produced several films, including Charlie's Angels.


Drew got awards in different fields, like one of the 50 Most Beatiful People in the world. Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1984” in John Willis' Screen World. No.1 in Peoples annual 100 Most Beautiful People. And of course, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Now, she owns her own Production Company “Flower Films”. A CoverGirl Cosmetic's newest model and spokeswoman. Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme. And a new face for the jewelry line of Gucci.


Drew Barrymore trully has a blood of an actress that she've got from her parents, aunt, uncle, grandparents, great-grandparents and even her great-great grandparents. She was born for acting profession, with a natural flair for comedy and a warm. An heir to a Hollywood Dynasty.

1 comment:

regina said...

I have always liked Drew eversince I saw her on Spielberg's ET.