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At age 15, Drew Barrymore legally emancipated herself from her parents, having learned about the concept at age nine while filming Irreconcilable Differences.
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Steven Spielberg, her godfather, gave her a quilt with a note telling her to cover up, accompanied by a Playboy issue with her photos altered to show her fully clothed.
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She originally passed on the lead in Scream 1996 to play Casey Becker instead, feeling it would be more fun.
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Barrymore convinced a 23-year-old fan to cancel planned cosmetic surgery to look like her after learning about it on MTV’s I Want a Famous Face.
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She never completed high school.
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During a 1995 appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, the 20-year-old Barrymore shocked the host by climbing onto his desk and flashing him for his 48th birthday.
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Her godfather Steven Spielberg is also godfather to Gwyneth Paltrow.
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She is allergic to garlic, bee stings, perfume, and coffee.
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At seven years old, she became the youngest host of Saturday Night Live, hosting the 1982 episode where viewers voted against Andy Kaufman’s return.
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She is godmother to Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.
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A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded to her on February 3, 2004, making her one of the Barrymore family to receive that honor.
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On October 10, 2009, she became the most frequent recurring female host of Saturday Night Live, hosting for the sixth time.
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Her autobiography Little Girl Lost was completed when she was 14 years old in 1990.
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Her godmothers are Sophia Loren and Anna Strasberg.
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She was formerly vegan but now avoids strict dietary limitations.
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She lived with David Crosby and his wife for over a year.
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Photography is one of her hobbies.
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At age five, she read Stephen King’s Firestarter.
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Her film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 was selected for the National Film Registry.
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She has been best friends with Cameron Diaz since Charlie’s Angels 2000, and both are fans of the heavy metal group Ratt.
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She has two daughters with ex-husband Will Kopelman: Olive born September 26, 2012 and Frankie born April 22, 2014.
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Her company Flower Films discovered the script for 50 First Dates 2004, which had been optioned by Adam Sandler’s company.
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She is the daughter of John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore, half-sister of Jessica, Blyth Dolores, and John Blyth Barrymore, and granddaughter of John Barrymore and Dolores Costello.
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She auditioned for Heathers 1989, Great Balls of Fire! 1989, Cry-Baby 1990, Edward Scissorhands 1990, Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1992, and Cape Fear 1991, losing four roles to Winona Ryder.
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She admitted on The Rosie O’Donnell Show that she never watches her own movies.
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Her Beverly Hills mansion, worth $3 million, caught fire while she and fiancรฉ Tom Green were sleeping inside; they escaped safely but the house was ruined.
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She was in a relationship with Justin Long twice: from August 2007 to July 2008, and again from June 2009 to November 2009, living together after a trip to Disneyland.
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As a child, she auditioned for the role of Carol Ann Freeling in Poltergeist 1982, which went to Heather O’Rourke.
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She has starred in three films with Adam Sandler: The Wedding Singer 1998, 50 First Dates 2004, and Blended 2014.
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A huge fan of The Beach Boys, she appeared in their music video Rock and Roll to the Rescue and sang ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ in 50 First Dates.
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She was two months pregnant with daughter Frankie when filming Blended 2014.
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She was named an Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Program.
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For Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday, John Kennedy Jr. had her pose as Marilyn Monroe on the cover of his magazine George, with the headline Happy Birthday, Mr. President.
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She turned down the lead role in Showgirls 1995 because of explicit nudity in the script.
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Her first impulsive marriage was to Los Angeles barkeep Jeremy Thomas on March 20, 1994, after knowing him only six weeks; the minister was a clairvoyant from a psychic hotline.
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She became a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox during the filming of Fever Pitch 2005.
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She was in a long-term relationship with The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti from June 2002 to December 2006.
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She confirmed her engagement to art consultant Will Kopelman in January 2012 after he proposed with a 4-carat diamond ring.
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She was delivered by Dr. Paul Fleiss, father of Heidi Fleiss.
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People magazine chose her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
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She auditioned for the role of Satine in Moulin Rouge! 2001, which went to Nicole Kidman.
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She returned to work five months after giving birth to Frankie to begin filming Miss You Already 2015.
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Her first kiss was from Breckin Meyer when they were in grade school; she was 10 and he was 11.
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Her father had English, Irish, and German ancestry; her mother is of Hungarian descent.
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Both her grandfather John Barrymore and great-grandfather Maurice Costello played Sherlock Holmes on screen, with Maurice being the first recorded actor to do so.
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She married Will Kopelman on June 2, 2012, with guests including Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon, and best friend Cameron Diaz as maid of honor.
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She began a relationship with Tom Green in February 2000, got engaged in July 2000, married on July 7, 2001, separated in December 2001, and divorced in October 2002.
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VH1 ranked her #5 on its list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
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High Times magazine named her Stonette of the Year in 2010 for her performance in Going the Distance.
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She was named after her great-grandparents, Georgiana Emma Drew and Maurice Barrymore, both stage actors.