Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California) is an American film and television actress and producer.
Background
Her family
She is the granddaughter of stage and movie actors John Barrymore widely regarded as his generation's greatest actor, and the film actress Dolores Costello. Barrymore is also the great-niece of Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore. Her father, John Drew Barrymore, and half-brother, John Blyth, are also actors (although they haven't experienced the critical or commercial success the other Barrymores have enjoyed). "Drew" was the maiden name of her great-grandmother, Georgiana; "Blythe" was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice. Drew's mother is Hungarian-born actor and model, Ildiko Jaid Mako (born 1944).
Young career rise
Barrymore's career began at the age of 11 months, when she appeared in a dog food commercial. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers feared litigat...[read more about Drew Barrymore's biography]
