Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore (born in Los Angeles, California, February 22, 1975), granddaughter of classic Hollywood actor John Barrymore, and grandniece of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, started acting as a child in movies like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) directed by Steven Spielberg, Firestarter (1984) from the 1980 novel by Stephen King, Irreconcilable Differences (1994) by Charles Shyer. As a teenager she acted in Guncrazy (1992) by Tamra Davis, Bad Girls (1994) by Jonathan Kaplan, Boys on the Side (1995) by Herbert Ross. After founding her production company, Flower Films, she produced and starred in Never Been Kissed (1999), Charlie’s Angels (2000) with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, Music and Lyrics (2007) with Hugh Grant, she directed Whip It (2009) starring Elliot Page. She acted in movies like Everyone Says I Love You (1996) written and directed by Woody Allen, The Wedding Singer (1998) with Adam Sandler, Ever After (1998) by Andy Tennant, Donnie Darko (2001) with Jake Gyllenhaal, Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) directed by Penny Marshall, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) directed by George Clooney. On television she acted with Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens (2009), the series Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019).