Drew Barrymore was born February 22, 1975 into the renowned Barrymore acting family of John Drew Barrymore and Ildiko Jaid Barrymore (nee Mako) an aspiring actress. Drew’s parents divorced after she was born. She has a half brother John Blyth Barrymore, also an actor, and two half-sisters, Blyth and Brahma. Her acting lineage paces back some 200 years into the past; her great-great grandparents John and Louisa Lane, her great-grandparents, and her grandparents John Barrymore and Dolores Costello were all highly successful actors. She is the grandniece of Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and Helene Costello, and the great grandniece of John Drew, Jr., actress Louisa Drew, and she is the goddaughter of director Steven Spielberg. Drew was bitten by her would be co-star in the first audition she ever had. She was just 11 months old. The dog was teething and Barrymore just laughed at the unexpected nibble. She was hired for the dog food commercial on the spot. Her career did every thing but bite for her from this early point on. She landed a part in a feature film Altered States at the age of five and a year later got the role of a lifetime as Gertie in ET. Her personal life was not so fortunate. She was arrested for snorting cocaine and was in rehab by the time she was 14. Drew has come through it all to become one of America and in fact the worlds’ favorite actresses. She is still a sweetheart at the tender age of just 32 with her career and her life now both in check.
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