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 nine Emmy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Barrymore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2023.
Barrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), followed by starring roles in Poison Ivy (1992), Boys on the Side (1995), Scream (1996), Ever After (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000) and it's 2003 sequel. She starred with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer (1998), 50 First Dates (2004) and Blended (2014). She also acted in Batman Forever (1995), Donnie Darko (2001), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Fever Pitch (2005), Music and Lyrics (2007), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), and Going the Distance (2010). She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It (2009).
On television, she portrayed Edith Bouvier Beale in the HBO film Grey Gardens (2009) earning a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She starred in the Netflix horror sitcom Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019) and currently hosts her CBS syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show (2020–present). In September 2023, she announced she would return to the show without writers during the then-ongoing WGA strike, but after backlash, reversed the decision the same month.
Barrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films and has starred in several of its projects. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013. Her other business ventures include a range of wines, homeware and clothing. She has released four books including her memoir Little Girl Lost (1990) and her photobook Find It in Everything (2014), both of which were New York Times bestsellers.