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Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975)[1] is an American actress, producer, talk show host and author. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she has received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for nine Emmy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. She is also the Chief Gifting Officer for Etsy as of January 2024.[2]

For other uses, see Drew Barrymore (disambiguation).

Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore

(1975-02-22) February 22, 1975
  • Actress
  • producer
  • talk show host
  • author
  • businesswoman

1976–present

  • Jeremy Thomas
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    (m. 1994; div. 1995)​
  • ​
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    (m. 2001; div. 2002)​
  • Will Kopelman
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    (m. 2012; div. 2016)​

Fabrizio Moretti
(2002–2007)

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Barrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost, which became a New York Times bestseller.[1] She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream, and Ever After. Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in the films The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, and Blended. Her other films include Firestarter, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, Going the Distance, Big Miracle, and Miss You Already. She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in Grey Gardens. She starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet and currently hosts her syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show. In September 2023, she announced she would return to the show without writers during the ongoing WGA strike,[3] but after backlash, she reversed the decision the same month.[4]


Barrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films. It produced several projects in which she has starred. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013, which has grown to include lines in perfume, hair products and eyewear.[5] Her other business ventures include a range of wines,[6] homeware and clothing.[7] In 2014, Barrymore released the New York Times bestselling photobook Find It in Everything of photographs she had taken over the span of a decade of everyday situations in the shape of a heart, including a discarded straw wrapper, a hole in a T-shirt, and a scallion in a bowl of miso soup.[8][9] E. P. Dutton published a collection of Barrymore's autobiographical essays in her New York Times bestselling book Wildflower in 2015, for which she also narrated the audiobook version.[10][11]

Personal life[edit]

In 1991, Barrymore was engaged to Leland Hayward's grandson, Leland III.[152] The engagement was called off a few months later.[153] She was engaged to Jamie Walters from 1992 to 1993.[154]


Barrymore married Welsh-born Los Angeles bar owner Jeremy Thomas on March 20, 1994. She filed for divorce from him less than two months later.[1][18]


In late 1994, Barrymore began dating Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson.[155] Barrymore began dating with MTV host and comedian Tom Green in 1999. They were engaged in July 2000 and married a year later.[1] Together, they starred in Charlie's Angels and Green's directorial film debut, Freddy Got Fingered. Green filed for divorce in December 2001, which was finalized on October 15, 2002.[156][157]


In 2002, Barrymore began dating The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti shortly after they met at a concert.[1] Their relationship ended in January 2007.[71][158] She began dating Justin Long,[159] but they broke up in July 2008.[160]


In early 2011, Barrymore began dating art consultant Will Kopelman, the son of former Chanel COO Arie L. Kopelman.[161] The couple announced their engagement in January 2012,[162][163] and married on June 2, 2012, in Montecito, California.[164] Four days later, the couple's wedding image appeared on the cover of People magazine.[165] They have two daughters, born in 2012 and 2014.[166][167] On April 2, 2016, Barrymore and Kopelman released a statement about their separation.[168] On July 15, 2016, Barrymore officially filed for divorce, which was finalized on August 3, 2016.[169][170]


In an interview with Contactmusic.com in 2003, Barrymore said: "Do I like women sexually? Yeah, I do. Totally. I have always considered myself bisexual. I love a woman's body. I think a woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else".[171][172]


Barrymore is the godmother of Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.[173]


Barrymore eats a plant-based diet,[174] and reportedly convinced Cardi B to try veganism.[175][176][177] Since 2023, she resides in Manhattan.[178]

Barrymore, Drew. Little Girl Lost. , 1990. ISBN 0-671-68923-1

Pocket Books

Barrymore, Drew. Find It in Everything. , 2014. ISBN 0316259063

Little, Brown and Company

Barrymore, Drew. Wildflower. , 2015. ISBN 1101983817

Dutton

Barrymore, Drew and Valdes, Pilar. Rebel Homemaker: Food, Family, Life. , 2021. ISBN 0593184106

Dutton

List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

Aronson, Virginia. Drew Barrymore. Chelsea House, 1999.  0-7910-5306-7

ISBN

Bankston, John. Drew Barrymore. Chelsea House Publishers, 2002.  0-7910-6772-6

ISBN

Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 11.

Ellis, Lucy. Drew Barrymore: The Biography. Aurum Press, 2004.  1-84513-032-4

ISBN

Hill, Anne E. Drew Barrymore. Lucent Books, 2001.  1-56006-831-0

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