Child Star at 6
Born into a legendary show
business family, at the age of six
she landed a role in E.T. She
received a golden globe at the age
of nine. In the wake of sudden
stardom, she endured a troubled
childhood.
Bad Influences
She was already a regular at
Studio 54 as a little girl, smoking
and drinking at 9, smoking
marijuana at 10 and snorting
cocaine at 13. She was in rehab
at 13, and again at 14.
Keeps coming back
She kept her badgirl image and
started to stage a comeback
playing a manipulative teenage
seductress in Poison Ivy. She
landed a series of sexy but
unmemorable roles. Then made a
major comeback in Scream. She
has since appeared in a series of
romantic comedies, where her
smiling, coy sincerity made her
irresistible to audiences.
Resilience
To quote Yahoo Movies: Heir to a
Hollywood dynasty, child star,
prepubescent drug and alcohol
abuser, teenage sexpot, and
resurrected vessel of celluloid
purity, Drew Barrymore is nothing
if not the embodiment of the rise
and fall of Hollywood fortunes,
self-reinvention, and the healing
powers of good PR.
Beautiful Ambassador
She now commands the second
highest salary per movie of all
actresses. In 2007, she reached
Number 1 in People’s Most
Beautiful People. In 2007 she was
named Ambassador Against
Hunger for the United Nations
World Food Program.
Autobiography: Little Girl Lost
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