Drew Barrymore
Biography
Drew Barrymore is an American actress from a family of actors who became a child star after playing Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and a girl with pyrokinesis in Firestarter (1984). Her work in E.T. earned a Young Artist Award and a Rising Star nomination at the British Academy Film Awards, and she was the youngest person to guest-host Saturday Night Live at seven. As a teenager she took roles in Poison Ivy and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Guncrazy, then established herself as a leading actress in Boys on the Side and Scream. She starred with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer and was one of the trio in Charlie's Angels (2000). She won a Golden Globe for Grey Gardens (2009), founded Flower Films, directed her first feature, Whip It (2009), and later played Sheila Hammond on Santa Clarita Diet. She hosts The Drew Barrymore Show.
51years old
Turns 52 on February 22in 103 days
- Born Culver City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Drew Blythe Barrymore (birth name)Also credited as Drew Blyth Barrymore
Movie Career
- Films
- 58
- Career span
- 46 years1980 to 2026
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A first
Drew Barrymore became the youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live when she hosted on November 20, 1982, at just seven years old, a record that still stands.
A role that slipped away
Drew Barrymore was so eager to be in Scream that she approached the production team herself, but after unexpected commitments she ended up in the minor role of Casey Becker while Neve Campbell took the lead.
Big break
Drew Barrymore landed the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial after she impressed director Steven Spielberg with a story she made up about leading a punk rock band.
Behind the camera
Barrymore made her directorial debut with Whip It, in which she also starred. The film follows a high-schooler who quits the teen beauty pageant scene to join an Austin roller derby league. Barrymore spent months revising the script with screenwriter Shauna Cross.
First role
Barrymore was eleven months old when she appeared in a dog food commercial. She then had a small role in her film debut, Altered States, and later played Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Drew Barrymore movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tamra Davis directed three of these films, McG two and Frank Coraci two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Cameron Diaz's page
Sam Rockwell's page
Adam Sandler's page
James Le Gros's page
Lucy Liu's page
Tamra DavisDirector, 3 films, 1992 to 2000
All films by Tamra Davis
McGDirector, 2 films, 2000 to 2003
All films by McG
All films by Frank Coraci
Also three films together2 more actors
- Allen Covert50 First Dates (2004), Never Been Kissed (1999) and The Wedding Singer (1998)
- Matt LeBlancMy Date with Drew (2005), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and Charlie's Angels (2000)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Drew Barrymore's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.6 billion
41 of the 58 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 58 films: 41 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 11 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 41Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 11Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 65% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$797M22.2% of the total
- 2$337M9.4% of the total
- 3$264M7.3% of the total
- 4$259M7.2% of the total
- 5$196M5.5% of the total
- 6$179M5.0% of the total
- 7$173M4.8% of the total
- 8$149M4.1% of the total
$1.2 billionfrom the other 33 films with a worldwide figure, 35% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 1999 to 2010, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2010 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Grey Gardens | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2010 | GLAAD Vanguard Award | Won | |
| 2004 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
| 2001 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Won | |
| 1999 | Crystal Award | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | Won | ||
| Saturn Awards | Won | ||
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