Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, producer, talk show host, author and businesswoman. 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 seven Emmy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.

Biography[]

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.

She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, 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.

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. Her other business ventures include a range of wines, homeware and clothing.^[4] 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. 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.

On Saturday Night Live[]

As host[]

She is the popular guest-host of Saturday Night Live, having hosted 6 times. She hosted on November 20, 1982, making her the youngest person ever to host SNL, at 7 years, 8 months and 29 days, then later hosted five episodes (for dates, see infobox).

Cameos[]

She also made cameos on November 18, 2000, where she appeared in the opening monologue with her then-husband Tom Green hosting, April 9, 2005, where she appeared as Ann Coulter in the "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch and on January 21, 2006, where she appeared on the Weekend Update segment. She also appeared on February 7, 2009, the fifteenth episode of Season 34, hosted by actor Bradley Cooper, with musical guests TV on the Radio, during the goodnights.

Impersonated[]

She was also impersonated by Jan Hooks on the March 16, 1991 episode during the "America's Most Wanted" sketch, by Kate Hudson on the October 14, 2000 episode during the "Inside the Actors Studio" sketch, by Rachel Dratch on the November 11, 2000 episode during the Weekend Update segment, by Katie Holmes on the February 24, 2001 episode during the "KXLA Special Report" sketch and by Kristen Wiig on the February 4, 2006 episode during the "Prince Show" sketch, the December 10, 2011 episode during the "The Apocalypse" sketch and on the April 7, 2012 episode during the "Bein' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel" sketch.