Who is Drew Barrymore?

Drew Barrymore is an actress, author, director, model as well as producer and who belongs to American culture. She is a member of the Barrymore family and granddaughter of  John Barrymore.

Her famous role as a child actress in Steven Spielberg’s film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in the year 1982.

She has also suffered from drugs as well as alcohol but still, she continued her profession and released her autobiography, Little Girl Lost in 1991.

She has also appeared in successful films like  Poison Ivy in 1992, Screams in 1996, and Ever After in 1998.

In the years 1998, 2004, and 2014 she starred with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer,  50 First Dates, and Blended respectively. And she works in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet since 2017.

Drew Barrymore: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Drew Barrymore was born on 22nd February 1975 in the Barrymore family who lived in Culver City, California. She is the daughter of actor John Barrymore and aspiring actress Jaid.

Her name “Drew” was driven from the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew, and her middle name, “Blythe,” was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice.

She grew up on Poinsettia Place in West Hollywood until the age of 7 and then shifted to Sherman Oaks. And again when she turned 14, she moved back to West Hollywood.

While growing she started to learn bad habits at a very young age. She started smoking at the age of nine, drinking alcohol at age 11, smoking marijuana at age twelve, and snorting cocaine at age thirteen.

Due to these habits, she was rehabbed at the age of 14 as well as she attempted suicide at the same age. Then later she moved into her own apartment at the age of fifteen.