Eliza Dushku Biography

Name:Eliza Patricia Dushku

Date of Birth:December 30, 1980

Palce of Birth:Watertown, Massachusetts

Eliza Patricia Dushku  is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. Eliza  Dushku starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse. Eliza  Dushku is also known for her role in films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as her voice work on video games.

Early Life

Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor. Dushku's father is Albanian and her mother is of Danish and English descent. Dushku attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, and graduated from Watertown High School. Eliza  Dushku was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the faith of her mother, though she is not practicing. Eliza  Dushku has three older brothers: Aaron, Benjamin (Ben), and Nathaniel (Nate). Eliza  Dushku parents divorced when she was an infant.

Career 

Early career

Dushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. Eliza  Dushku was chosen in a five month search for the lead role of Alice in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. Eliza  Dushku had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in Bye Bye Love, as Cindy Johnson in Race the Sun, and roles in a television movie and a short film.

Dushku took time off from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. Eliza  Dushku was accepted to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Suffolk University in Boston, where her mother serves as professor of government and previously served as dean of the campus in Dakar, Senegal.

Later roles 

Dushku at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the whole third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel. Repentant and rededicated, Faith returned as a heroine in other episodes of Angel and in the last five episodes of Buffy. Dushku was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners.Eliza Dushku said:I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything – disgusting things that you don't even want to know about. And they send me pictures – 'Oh, here's a picture of me before I was incarcerated!' – and there's some guy sat on the sofa with a bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than Buffy.

In 2000, Dushku starred in the hit cheerleader comedy Bring It On. Eliza  Dushku followed that up with Soul Survivors, reuniting her with Race The Sun co-star Casey Affleck. One reviewer described the film as "84 minutes of everyone's wasted time". In 2001, she appeared in The New Guy with DJ Qualls and City by the Sea with Robert De Niro and James Franco. The latter film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews. The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

In 2003, Dushku starred the horror film Wrong Turn, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she starred in a new Fox TV series, Tru Calling, where she played the main character, medical student Tru Davies. After having a grant pulled out from under her, Tru is forced to take a job at a local morgue where she discovers her power to "re-live" the previous day over again if one of the deceased asks for her help to change what has happened. Dushku turned down a role in a spin-off of Buffy The Vampire Slayer which would have been about Faith. Eliza  Dushku has had many roles as a "bad girl" in movies and relishes the opportunities. In an interview with Maxim in May 2001, Dushku says of her roles, "It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."

Dushku starred in an Off-Broadway production entitled Dog Sees God from December 2005, playing "Van's sister", a character paralleled with Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip on which the play production is based. Eliza  Dushku quit in February 2006 along with other members of the cast amidst rumors of abuse from the producer (which were later dismissed).

Eliza  Dushku played the lead character on Nurses, a hospital comedy/drama for Fox. This was the second Fox pilot in which she was cast, but not broadcast. Eliza  Dushku appeared in the Simple Plan music video, "I'm Just a Kid", as the band's love interest, as well as Nickelback's video for "Rockstar".

Dushku has roles in two video games. Eliza  Dushku  voiced the role of Yumi Sawamura in the English language version of Yakuza for the PlayStation 2, which was published and developed by SEGA, and released in September 2006. Dushku also stars as Shaundi, one of the lead characters in Saints Row 2, which was developed by Volition and published by THQ. It was released in North America on October 14, 2008, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Eliza  Dushku was the voice talent for the role of Rubi Malone, the main character in the game WET. Eliza  Dushku appeared at Spike TV's 2008 Video Game Awards in December 2008.

Recent work 

Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son in which she would star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. The movie was released at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Another project is On Broadway, an independent movie filmed in her native Boston. The movie is receiving great reviews and a few of them highlight Dushku's performance. It is shown in independent film festivals and has won six awards.

Variety announced on August 2, 2006 that Dushku would co-star with Macaulay Culkin in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. A reviewer described Dushku as "charming" and giving the character "an edge." The movie was released in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007 and on DVD on January 22, 2008. Eliza  Dushku starred in Open Graves, a 2008 horror-thriller about a satanic game co-starring Mike Vogel. Eliza  Dushku played the main character in The Thacker Case and The Alphabet Killer, both thrillers based on real-life events, one of them directed by Rob Schmidt with whom she had worked on Wrong Turn. Both movies were released in 2008. The Alphabet Killer contains Dushku's first topless scene. The film earned mixed reviews, but reviewers praised Dushku's performance, commenting "Eliza Dushku commands the screen but cannot reconcile the script's conflicted and increasingly idiotic agendas." Eliza  Dushku appeared in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The film was directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son.

On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio would develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They approached her with existing pitches and scripts.

Consequently, it was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, back to TV, as they agreed to create a show called Dollhouse. Dushku produced the show and played the main character, 'Echo', which aired on Fox during the 2008–09 TV Season. One TV reviewer said Dushku "does wonderful things to a tank top, but her grasp of this vague, personality-changing character is a bit of a muddle." In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and how her reconnection with Whedon came about:

I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal with Fox. We'd had a cool relationship in the past and I so wanted to do something else, and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are.

Dushku described Whedon as "my favorite genius ... favorite friend ... big brother ... and the only person out here I've ever wholeheartedly trusted, because he's never let me down." Dollhouse was renewed for a second season. The producers cited their confidence in the strength of Joss Whedon's fan base and high DVR numbers as their reasons for keeping the show. FOX cancelled Dollhouse on November 11, 2009. The show officially wrapped filming on the second and final season on December 16, 2009.

Dushku was the voice actor for contract killer "Rubi Malone" in the action video game Wet. Dushku secured exclusive rights to make "The Perfect Moment", a film based on the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and enlisted the help of Ondi Timoner.

Dushku provides her voice for Noah's Ark: The New Beginning and will appear in the film Locked In set for release in 2010.

Dushku guest-starred in CBS' comedy The Big Bang Theory in the fall of 2010 which aired on November 4, 2010.

In 2011, Dushku featured alongside Jayson Floyd in "One Shot", a short action clip on YouTube directed by and starring Freddie Wong, which was released on May 13, 2011.Dushku will have a lead role in an online animated "motion comic" series, titled Torchwood: Web of Lies, based on Starz' upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day.

In August 2011, Dushku visited Albania to film a documentary on her father's country of origin with a crew from the Travel Channel and Lonely Planet.

Personal Life

Dushku resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.

Dushku is the CEO of her production company, Boston Diva Productions.

In 2006, she visited her father's family in Albania after an invitation from the Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha. Eliza  Dushku visited Kosovo and got an Albanian Eagle tattoo on the back of her neck.

Dushku began dating former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Rick Fox in October 2009, and in August 2010 the couple confirmed that they are living together.

While on her second visit to Albania in 2011, she applied for Albanian citizenship and obtained the Albanian passport and ID Card. Eliza  Dushku became an honorary citizen of Tirana,and was given the honorary title of Tirana Ambassador of Culture and Tourism in the World by Tirana mayor Lulzim Basha. Additionally, she was given honorary citizen status in her father's home town of Korce, Albania.

Awards and Nominations 

Dushku in 2004 . Eliza  Dushku was twice nominated in 2004: for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Star – Female for Tru Calling and for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films at the 30th Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series for Tru Calling.

Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the "Hot 100 Women of 2009" list.

Dushku was nominated in 2009 for a Scream Award for Best Science Fiction Actress for her role of Echo.

The municipality of Tirana honored Eliza Dushku as an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, capital of Albania.

In October 2011, Dushku was named Ambassador for the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show Entertainment Matters program.

Filmography

1992 That Night Alice Bloom

1993 This Boy's Life Pearl

1994 Fishing with George Piper Reeves Short film

1994 True Lies Dana Tasker

1995 Bye Bye Love Emma

1995 Journey Cat TV movie

1996 Race the Sun Cindy Johnson

1998–2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Faith 20 episodes

2000 Bring It On Missy Pantone

2000–2003 Angel Faith 6 episodes

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Sissy

2001 Soul Survivors Annabel

2002 New Guy, TheThe New Guy Danielle

2002 City by the Sea Gina

2002 King of the Hill Jordan Hilgren-Bronson (voice) Episode: "Get Your Freak Off"

2003 Wrong Turn Jessie Burlingame

2003 Kiss, TheThe Kiss Megan Video

2003–2005 Tru Calling Tru Davies 27 episodes

2005 That '70s Show Sarah Episode: "It's All Over Now"

2006 Last Supper, TheThe Last Supper Waitress Short film

2007 Nurses Eve Morrow TV movie

2007 On Broadway Lena Wilson

2007 Nobel Son City Hall

2007 Ugly Betty Cameron Ashlock Episode: "Giving Up the Ghost"

2007 Sex and Breakfast Renee

2008 Bottle Shock Joe

2008 Alphabet Killer, TheThe Alphabet Killer Megan Paige

2008 Coverup, TheThe Coverup Monica Wright

2009 Open Graves Erica

2009–2010 Dollhouse Echo 27 episodes

2010 Locked In Renee

2010 Big Bang Theory, TheThe Big Bang Theory FBI Special Agent Angela Page Episode: "The Apology Insufficiency"

2011 Robotomy Shockzana (voice) Episode: "From Wretchnya with Love"

2011 Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Zalbeth (voice) Post-production

2011 Batman: Year One Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice)

2011 DC Showcase: Catwoman Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice) short film

2011 White Collar Raquel Laroque Season 3 Episode 9: On The Fence

2011 The Guild Herself Episode: "Social Traumas"

2011 The League Kristen Episode: "The Light of Genesis"

Video Games 

2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Faith

2005 Yakuza Yumi

2008 Saints Row 2 Shaundi

2009 Wet Rubi Malone

2011 Fight Night Champion Megan McQueen

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Eliza Dushku Biography

Name:Eliza Patricia Dushku

Date of Birth:December 30, 1980

Palce of Birth:Watertown, Massachusetts

Eliza Patricia Dushku  is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. Eliza  Dushku starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse. Eliza  Dushku is also known for her role in films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as her voice work on video games.

Early Life

Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor. Dushku's father is Albanian and her mother is of Danish and English descent. Dushku attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, and graduated from Watertown High School. Eliza  Dushku was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the faith of her mother, though she is not practicing. Eliza  Dushku has three older brothers: Aaron, Benjamin (Ben), and Nathaniel (Nate). Eliza  Dushku parents divorced when she was an infant.

Career 

Early career

Dushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. Eliza  Dushku was chosen in a five month search for the lead role of Alice in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. Eliza  Dushku had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in Bye Bye Love, as Cindy Johnson in Race the Sun, and roles in a television movie and a short film.

Dushku took time off from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. Eliza  Dushku was accepted to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Suffolk University in Boston, where her mother serves as professor of government and previously served as dean of the campus in Dakar, Senegal.

Later roles 

Dushku at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the whole third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel. Repentant and rededicated, Faith returned as a heroine in other episodes of Angel and in the last five episodes of Buffy. Dushku was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners.Eliza Dushku said:I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything – disgusting things that you don't even want to know about. And they send me pictures – 'Oh, here's a picture of me before I was incarcerated!' – and there's some guy sat on the sofa with a bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than Buffy.

In 2000, Dushku starred in the hit cheerleader comedy Bring It On. Eliza  Dushku followed that up with Soul Survivors, reuniting her with Race The Sun co-star Casey Affleck. One reviewer described the film as "84 minutes of everyone's wasted time". In 2001, she appeared in The New Guy with DJ Qualls and City by the Sea with Robert De Niro and James Franco. The latter film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews. The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

In 2003, Dushku starred the horror film Wrong Turn, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she starred in a new Fox TV series, Tru Calling, where she played the main character, medical student Tru Davies. After having a grant pulled out from under her, Tru is forced to take a job at a local morgue where she discovers her power to "re-live" the previous day over again if one of the deceased asks for her help to change what has happened. Dushku turned down a role in a spin-off of Buffy The Vampire Slayer which would have been about Faith. Eliza  Dushku has had many roles as a "bad girl" in movies and relishes the opportunities. In an interview with Maxim in May 2001, Dushku says of her roles, "It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."

Dushku starred in an Off-Broadway production entitled Dog Sees God from December 2005, playing "Van's sister", a character paralleled with Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip on which the play production is based. Eliza  Dushku quit in February 2006 along with other members of the cast amidst rumors of abuse from the producer (which were later dismissed).

Eliza  Dushku played the lead character on Nurses, a hospital comedy/drama for Fox. This was the second Fox pilot in which she was cast, but not broadcast. Eliza  Dushku appeared in the Simple Plan music video, "I'm Just a Kid", as the band's love interest, as well as Nickelback's video for "Rockstar".

Dushku has roles in two video games. Eliza  Dushku  voiced the role of Yumi Sawamura in the English language version of Yakuza for the PlayStation 2, which was published and developed by SEGA, and released in September 2006. Dushku also stars as Shaundi, one of the lead characters in Saints Row 2, which was developed by Volition and published by THQ. It was released in North America on October 14, 2008, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Eliza  Dushku was the voice talent for the role of Rubi Malone, the main character in the game WET. Eliza  Dushku appeared at Spike TV's 2008 Video Game Awards in December 2008.

Recent work 

Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son in which she would star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. The movie was released at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Another project is On Broadway, an independent movie filmed in her native Boston. The movie is receiving great reviews and a few of them highlight Dushku's performance. It is shown in independent film festivals and has won six awards.

Variety announced on August 2, 2006 that Dushku would co-star with Macaulay Culkin in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. A reviewer described Dushku as "charming" and giving the character "an edge." The movie was released in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007 and on DVD on January 22, 2008. Eliza  Dushku starred in Open Graves, a 2008 horror-thriller about a satanic game co-starring Mike Vogel. Eliza  Dushku played the main character in The Thacker Case and The Alphabet Killer, both thrillers based on real-life events, one of them directed by Rob Schmidt with whom she had worked on Wrong Turn. Both movies were released in 2008. The Alphabet Killer contains Dushku's first topless scene. The film earned mixed reviews, but reviewers praised Dushku's performance, commenting "Eliza Dushku commands the screen but cannot reconcile the script's conflicted and increasingly idiotic agendas." Eliza  Dushku appeared in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The film was directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son.

On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio would develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They approached her with existing pitches and scripts.

Consequently, it was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, back to TV, as they agreed to create a show called Dollhouse. Dushku produced the show and played the main character, 'Echo', which aired on Fox during the 2008–09 TV Season. One TV reviewer said Dushku "does wonderful things to a tank top, but her grasp of this vague, personality-changing character is a bit of a muddle." In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and how her reconnection with Whedon came about:

I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal with Fox. We'd had a cool relationship in the past and I so wanted to do something else, and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are.

Dushku described Whedon as "my favorite genius ... favorite friend ... big brother ... and the only person out here I've ever wholeheartedly trusted, because he's never let me down." Dollhouse was renewed for a second season. The producers cited their confidence in the strength of Joss Whedon's fan base and high DVR numbers as their reasons for keeping the show. FOX cancelled Dollhouse on November 11, 2009. The show officially wrapped filming on the second and final season on December 16, 2009.

Dushku was the voice actor for contract killer "Rubi Malone" in the action video game Wet. Dushku secured exclusive rights to make "The Perfect Moment", a film based on the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and enlisted the help of Ondi Timoner.

Dushku provides her voice for Noah's Ark: The New Beginning and will appear in the film Locked In set for release in 2010.

Dushku guest-starred in CBS' comedy The Big Bang Theory in the fall of 2010 which aired on November 4, 2010.

In 2011, Dushku featured alongside Jayson Floyd in "One Shot", a short action clip on YouTube directed by and starring Freddie Wong, which was released on May 13, 2011.Dushku will have a lead role in an online animated "motion comic" series, titled Torchwood: Web of Lies, based on Starz' upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day.

In August 2011, Dushku visited Albania to film a documentary on her father's country of origin with a crew from the Travel Channel and Lonely Planet.

Personal Life

Dushku resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.

Dushku is the CEO of her production company, Boston Diva Productions.

In 2006, she visited her father's family in Albania after an invitation from the Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha. Eliza  Dushku visited Kosovo and got an Albanian Eagle tattoo on the back of her neck.

Dushku began dating former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Rick Fox in October 2009, and in August 2010 the couple confirmed that they are living together.

While on her second visit to Albania in 2011, she applied for Albanian citizenship and obtained the Albanian passport and ID Card. Eliza  Dushku became an honorary citizen of Tirana,and was given the honorary title of Tirana Ambassador of Culture and Tourism in the World by Tirana mayor Lulzim Basha. Additionally, she was given honorary citizen status in her father's home town of Korce, Albania.

Awards and Nominations 

Dushku in 2004 . Eliza  Dushku was twice nominated in 2004: for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Star – Female for Tru Calling and for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films at the 30th Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series for Tru Calling.

Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the "Hot 100 Women of 2009" list.

Dushku was nominated in 2009 for a Scream Award for Best Science Fiction Actress for her role of Echo.

The municipality of Tirana honored Eliza Dushku as an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, capital of Albania.

In October 2011, Dushku was named Ambassador for the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show Entertainment Matters program.

Filmography

1992 That Night Alice Bloom

1993 This Boy's Life Pearl

1994 Fishing with George Piper Reeves Short film

1994 True Lies Dana Tasker

1995 Bye Bye Love Emma

1995 Journey Cat TV movie

1996 Race the Sun Cindy Johnson

1998–2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Faith 20 episodes

2000 Bring It On Missy Pantone

2000–2003 Angel Faith 6 episodes

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Sissy

2001 Soul Survivors Annabel

2002 New Guy, TheThe New Guy Danielle

2002 City by the Sea Gina

2002 King of the Hill Jordan Hilgren-Bronson (voice) Episode: "Get Your Freak Off"

2003 Wrong Turn Jessie Burlingame

2003 Kiss, TheThe Kiss Megan Video

2003–2005 Tru Calling Tru Davies 27 episodes

2005 That '70s Show Sarah Episode: "It's All Over Now"

2006 Last Supper, TheThe Last Supper Waitress Short film

2007 Nurses Eve Morrow TV movie

2007 On Broadway Lena Wilson

2007 Nobel Son City Hall

2007 Ugly Betty Cameron Ashlock Episode: "Giving Up the Ghost"

2007 Sex and Breakfast Renee

2008 Bottle Shock Joe

2008 Alphabet Killer, TheThe Alphabet Killer Megan Paige

2008 Coverup, TheThe Coverup Monica Wright

2009 Open Graves Erica

2009–2010 Dollhouse Echo 27 episodes

2010 Locked In Renee

2010 Big Bang Theory, TheThe Big Bang Theory FBI Special Agent Angela Page Episode: "The Apology Insufficiency"

2011 Robotomy Shockzana (voice) Episode: "From Wretchnya with Love"

2011 Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Zalbeth (voice) Post-production

2011 Batman: Year One Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice)

2011 DC Showcase: Catwoman Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice) short film

2011 White Collar Raquel Laroque Season 3 Episode 9: On The Fence

2011 The Guild Herself Episode: "Social Traumas"

2011 The League Kristen Episode: "The Light of Genesis"

Video Games 

2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Faith

2005 Yakuza Yumi

2008 Saints Row 2 Shaundi

2009 Wet Rubi Malone

2011 Fight Night Champion Megan McQueen

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Drew Barrymore Biography

Name:Drew Blyth Barrymore

Date of Birth:February 22, 1975

Place of Birth:Culver City, California, 

                      United States

Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model.  Drew Barrymore is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore.  Drew Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States in 1980. Afterwards, she starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.  Drew Barrymore quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.

Following a turbulent childhood which was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, Barrymore wrote the 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost.  Drew Barrymore successfully made the transition from child star to adult actress with a number of films including Poison Ivy, Bad Girls, Boys on the Side, and Everyone Says I Love You. Subsequently, she established herself in romantic comedies such as The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.

In 1995, she and business partner Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films, with its first production the 1999 Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko. Barrymore's more recent projects include He's Just Not That into You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Everybody's Fine and Going the Distance. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore appeared on the cover of the 2007 People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue.

Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, she has donated over US$1 million to the program. In 2007, she became both CoverGirl's newest model and spokeswoman for the cosmetic and the face for Gucci's newest jewelry line. In 2010, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens.

Career

Early career 

President Reagan with Drew Barrymore at a ceremony launching the Young Astronauts program on the south lawn. October 17, 1984 Barrymore's career began when she was auditioned for a dog food commercial at 11 months old. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers were afraid she would cry, but she merely laughed, and was hired for the job. Drew Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States (1980), in which she got a small part. A year later, she landed the role of Gertie, the younger sister of Elliott, in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which made her famous.  Drew Barrymore received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her role in Irreconcilable Differences, in which she starred as a young girl divorcing her parents. In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: "Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm."

Rebellious era 

Barrymore with Corey Feldman at the 61st Academy Awards, March 29, 1989In the wake of this sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood.  Drew Barrymore was already a regular at the famed Studio 54 when she was a little girl, smoking cigarettes at age nine, drinking alcohol by the time she was 11, smoking marijuana at 12, and snorting cocaine at 13.  Drew Barrymore nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media.  Drew Barrymore was in rehab at age 13. A suicide attempt at age 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety." Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, Little Girl Lost. The next year, following a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment.

In her late teens, her rebelliousness played itself out on screen and in print. Barrymore forged an image as a manipulative teenage seductress, beginning with the film Poison Ivy (1992), which was a box office failure, but was popular on video and cable. That same year, at the age of 17, she posed nude for the cover of the July issue of Interview magazine with her then-fiancé, actor Jamie Walters, as well as appearing nude in pictures inside the issue.  Drew Barrymore also underwent breast reduction surgery in 1992, and has said on the subject:

I really love my body and the way it is right now. There's something very awkward about women and their breasts because men look at them so much. When they're huge, you become very self-conscious. Your back hurts. You find that whatever you wear, you look heavy in. It's uncomfortable. I've learned something, though, about breasts through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is: Men love them, and I love that.

In 1993, Barrymore earned a second Golden Globe nomination, this time for the film Guncrazy. Barrymore would go on to pose nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. Steven Spielberg, who directed her in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when she was a child and was her godfather, gave her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that read, "Cover yourself up". Enclosed were copies of her Playboy pictures, with the pictures altered by his art department so that she appeared fully clothed. During a 1995 appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, Barrymore climbed onto David Letterman's desk and bared her breasts to him, her back to the camera, in celebration of his birthday. Drew Barrymore modeled in a series of Guess? jeans ads during this time.

Return to prominenceIn 1995, Barrymore starred in Boys on the Side opposite Whoopi Goldberg and Mary-Louise Parker, and had a cameo role in Joel Schumacher's film Batman Forever, in which she portrayed a moll to Tommy Lee Jones' character, Two-Face. The following year, she made a cameo in the successful horror film Scream. Barrymore has continued to be highly bankable, and a top box office draw.  Drew Barrymore was frequently cast in romantic comedies such as Wishful Thinking (1997), The Wedding Singer (1998), and Home Fries (1998).Barrymore's role in the costume drama Ever After (1998) offered a modern take on the classic fairy tale of Cinderella and served as a reminder, according to Roger Ebert, of how well Drew Barrymore "can hold the screen and involve us in her characters".

Besides a number of appearances in films produced by her company, Flower Films, including Charlie's Angels, Barrymore had a dramatic role in the comedy/drama Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), playing a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father (based on the real-life story of Beverly D'Onofrio). In 2002, Barrymore appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, alongside Sam Rockwell and Julia Roberts.

Flower Films and recent work 

Barrymore at the 2007 Tribeca Film FestivalIn 1995, Barrymore formed Flower Films, a production company, with business partner Nancy Juvonen.The first film produced by the company was 1999's Never Been Kissed. The second offering from the company was Charlie's Angels (2000), a major box office success in 2000 that helped solidify the standing of both Barrymore and the company. When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher. Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9/11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

In 2003, she reprised her role as Dylan Sanders in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in Olive, the Other Reindeer and appeared with Ben Stiller in Duplex in 2003. Flower Films produced 50 First Dates with co-star Adam Sandler's Happy Madison company in 2004.Summing up Barrymore's appeal, Roger Ebert, in his review of 50 First Dates, described Barrymore as having a "smiling, coy sincerity," describing the film as "ingratiating and lovable." 50 First Dates was followed by Fever Pitch (2005), and in 2007, Music and Lyrics and Lucky You. Barrymore's more recent projects include Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2008, and 2009's He's Just Not That into You, Grey Gardens and Everybody's Fine. Barrymore's directorial debut film Whip It, was released in October 2009. Whip It starred Ellen Page and Marcia Gay Harden and centered on an obsession with beauty pageants and the Austin, Texas, Hurl Scouts roller derby team. Barrymore also co-starred in the film.

In 2010, Barrymore reunited with former partner Justin Long on the set of Going the Distance, directed by Nanette Burstein. A R-rated romantic comedy about a couple dealing the ups and downs of a long distance relationship while commuting between New York City and San Francisco, the largely improvised film garnered generally mixed reviews by critics,who summed it as "timelier and a little more honest than most romantic comedies." Budgeted at US$32 million,the film became a moderate financial success at a worldwide box office total of US$40 million.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore has been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle (2012), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

On August 2, 2011, Drew directed the music video for a song "Our Deal", for band Best Coast, with features Chloë Moretz, Miranda Cosgrove, Tyler Posey, Donald Glover, Shailene Woodley and Alia Shawkat.

Other career highlights Barrymore began a recurring character in the animated comedy Family Guy as Brian Griffin's simple-minded girlfriend, Jillian.  Drew Barrymore has since appeared in ten episodes.  Drew Barrymore was the subject of the 2005 documentary My Date with Drew. In it, an aspiring filmmaker and a fan of Barrymore's, uses his limited resources in an attempt to gain a date with her. On February 3, 2004, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Josette Sheeran Shiner, Barrymore, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Tergat Barrymore's films have a worldwide box office gross that stands at over US$2.3 billion. According to The Hollywood Reporter's annual Star Salary Top 10, she was tied for eighth place on the top ten list of actresses' salaries, commanding 10 to 12 million dollars per movie for 2006. On February 3, 2007, Barrymore hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the fifth time, making her the second female host (after Candice Bergen) in the show's history to do so.  Drew Barrymore hosted again on October 10, 2009, becoming the first female to host six times. Barrymore still holds the record as the youngest celebrity ever to host the show (1982, at age seven). Barrymore became a CoverGirl Cosmetics' model and spokeswoman in 2007,. Today, Drew Barrymore is still one of the faces for CoverGirl, alongside Queen Latifah and Taylor Swift. The company partnered up with Drew because "she emulates the iconic image of CoverGirl with her fresh, natural beauty and energetic yet authentic spirit" said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Vice President and General Manager of CoverGirl Cosmetics North America.  Drew Barrymore has been brought not only her personality into this endorsement but also her creative side, as she is also a co-creator of the ads.  Drew Barrymore was No. 1 in People's annual 100 Most Beautiful People list in 2007. Also in 2007, she was named the new face for the Gucci jewelry line.Barrymore is signed to IMG Models New York City.

In May 2007, Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme and later donated $1 million to the cause.In September 2010, Barrymore was confirmed to play the role of Ganga in the Indian Bollywood film The Lifestyle – In Generation Next to be directed by Santosh Kumar Jain, to be released in 2012.  Several articles and interviews reported Barrymore's taste for photography. As a guest photographer for a magazine series called "They Shoot New York," she appeared on the cover holding a Pentax K1000 film camera. Drew Barrymore hopes to expose her work in a gallery one day, as she documented the last decade of her life with a Pentax camera.

Personal Life 

Barrymore at the Music and Lyrics London premiere, 2007In 1991, at the age of 16, Barrymore became engaged to Leland Hayward, grandson of Hollywood producer Leland Hayward. After a few months, this engagement was called off. Barrymore was engaged to and lived with musician/actor Jamie Walters in 1992–93.

 Drew Barrymore was married to Welsh bartender turned bar owner Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994. Barrymore married comedian Tom Green on July 7, 2001. Green filed for divorce in December 2001. The divorce was finalized on October 15, 2002.

In 2002, Barrymore began dating The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti, soon after they met at a concert. Their five year relationship ended on January 10, 2007.  Drew Barrymore dated actor Justin Long, but they confirmed their split in July 2008.The couple reunited in 2009 and co-starred in the 2010 film Going the Distance. The two then reportedly split again in 2010 and Drew started dating the son of former Chanel CEO Will Kopelman.

Since the 1990s, Barrymore has been frequently mentioned as one of the few openly bisexual Hollywood personalities.In 2004, she was quoted as saying, "A woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else. When I was younger I used to go with lots of women. Totally. I love it". In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore in the mid-1990s.

Filmography/Television

1978 Suddenly, Love Bobbi Graham (Uncredited) TV movie

1980 Bogie Leslie Bogart TV movie

1980 Altered States Margaret Jessup

1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Gertie Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer

1984 Firestarter Charlene "Charlie" McGee Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

1984 Irreconcilable Differences Casey Brodsky Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

1985 Cat's Eye Our Girl, Amanda (all segments)

1986 Babes in Toyland Lisa Piper TV movie

1989 See You in the Morning Cathy Goodwin

1989 Far From Home Joleen Cox

1991 Motorama Fantasy Girl

1992 2000 Malibu Road Lindsay 6 episodes

1992 Sketch Artist  

1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time Vampire Victim No.1

1992 Poison Ivy Ivy

1992 Guncrazy Anita Minteer Best Actress Award at the MystFest

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

1993 Amy Fisher Story, TheThe Amy Fisher Story Amy Fisher

1993 No Place to Hide Tinsel Hanley

1993 Doppelganger Holly Gooding

1993 Wayne's World 2 Bjergen Kjergen

1994 Inside the Goldmine Daisy

1994 Bad Girls Lilly Laronette

1995 Boys on the Side Holly Pulchik-Lincoln

1995 Mad Love Casey Roberts

1995 Batman Forever Sugar

1996 Everyone Says I Love You Skylar Dandridge

1996 Scream Casey Becker Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

1997 Wishful Thinking Lena

1997 Best Men Hope

1998 Wedding Singer, TheThe Wedding Singer Julia Sullivan MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress {also for Ever After}

Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy

Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress (also for Ever After)

Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

1998 Ever After Danielle de Barbarac Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress {also for The Wedding Singer}

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Drama/Romance

Saturn Award for Best Actress

Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress (also for The Wedding Singer)

1998 Home Fries Sally Jackson

1999 Never Been Kissed Josie Geller Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Female

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Recipient – Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards- Crystal Award.

1999 Olive, the Other Reindeer Olive Voice

Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)

2000 Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons Sophie (voice) 1 episode

2000 Skipped Parts Fantasy Girl Nominated—Video Premiere Award for Best Supporting Actress

2000 Titan A.E. Akima voice

2000 Charlie's Angels Dylan Sanders Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team (Internet Only) (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

2001 Donnie Darko Karen Pomeroy

2001 Freddy Got Fingered Mr. Davidson's Receptionist Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress (shared with Julie Hagerty)

2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Beverly Donofrio

2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Penny

2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Dylan Sanders Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

2003 Duplex Nancy Kendricks

2004 50 First Dates Lucy Whitmore MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo

People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Female

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

2004 My Date With Drew Herself

2005 Fever Pitch Lindsey Meeks Nominated—Audience Award for Best International Actress

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

2005–

present Family Guy Mrs. Lockhart & Jillian Russell (voice) 1 episode for Mrs. Lockhart and 10 episodes for Jillian Russell

2006 Curious George Maggie voice

2007 Music and Lyrics Sophie Fisher Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Female Movie Star

2007 Lucky You Billie Offer

2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Chloe voice

2009 He's Just Not That Into You Mary Harris

2009 Grey Gardens Edith Bouvier Beale Made-for-cable HBO film

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie

2009 Everybody's Fine Rosie

2009 Whip It Smashley Simpson also director

2010 Going the Distance Erin Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Star

2012 Big Miracle Rachel Kramer

Director 

2004 Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start Director; Documentary

2009 Whip It Directorial debut

2011 Our Deal Music Video for Best Coast

Producer 

1999 Never Been Kissed Executive producer

2000 Charlie's Angels Producer

2001 Donnie Darko Executive producer

2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Producer

2003 Duplex Producer

2005 Fever Pitch Producer

2009 He's Just Not That Into You Executive producer

2009 Whip It Executive producer

Nominated—Bronze Horse

2011 Charlie's Angles (TV Series) Executive producer.

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Drew Barrymore Biography

Name:Drew Blyth Barrymore

Date of Birth:February 22, 1975

Place of Birth:Culver City, California, 

                      United States

Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model.  Drew Barrymore is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore.  Drew Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States in 1980. Afterwards, she starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.  Drew Barrymore quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.

Following a turbulent childhood which was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, Barrymore wrote the 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost.  Drew Barrymore successfully made the transition from child star to adult actress with a number of films including Poison Ivy, Bad Girls, Boys on the Side, and Everyone Says I Love You. Subsequently, she established herself in romantic comedies such as The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.

In 1995, she and business partner Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films, with its first production the 1999 Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko. Barrymore's more recent projects include He's Just Not That into You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Everybody's Fine and Going the Distance. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore appeared on the cover of the 2007 People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue.

Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, she has donated over US$1 million to the program. In 2007, she became both CoverGirl's newest model and spokeswoman for the cosmetic and the face for Gucci's newest jewelry line. In 2010, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens.

Career

Early career 

President Reagan with Drew Barrymore at a ceremony launching the Young Astronauts program on the south lawn. October 17, 1984 Barrymore's career began when she was auditioned for a dog food commercial at 11 months old. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers were afraid she would cry, but she merely laughed, and was hired for the job. Drew Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States (1980), in which she got a small part. A year later, she landed the role of Gertie, the younger sister of Elliott, in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which made her famous.  Drew Barrymore received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her role in Irreconcilable Differences, in which she starred as a young girl divorcing her parents. In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: "Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm."

Rebellious era 

Barrymore with Corey Feldman at the 61st Academy Awards, March 29, 1989In the wake of this sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood.  Drew Barrymore was already a regular at the famed Studio 54 when she was a little girl, smoking cigarettes at age nine, drinking alcohol by the time she was 11, smoking marijuana at 12, and snorting cocaine at 13.  Drew Barrymore nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media.  Drew Barrymore was in rehab at age 13. A suicide attempt at age 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety." Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, Little Girl Lost. The next year, following a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment.

In her late teens, her rebelliousness played itself out on screen and in print. Barrymore forged an image as a manipulative teenage seductress, beginning with the film Poison Ivy (1992), which was a box office failure, but was popular on video and cable. That same year, at the age of 17, she posed nude for the cover of the July issue of Interview magazine with her then-fiancé, actor Jamie Walters, as well as appearing nude in pictures inside the issue.  Drew Barrymore also underwent breast reduction surgery in 1992, and has said on the subject:

I really love my body and the way it is right now. There's something very awkward about women and their breasts because men look at them so much. When they're huge, you become very self-conscious. Your back hurts. You find that whatever you wear, you look heavy in. It's uncomfortable. I've learned something, though, about breasts through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is: Men love them, and I love that.

In 1993, Barrymore earned a second Golden Globe nomination, this time for the film Guncrazy. Barrymore would go on to pose nude for the January 1995 issue of Playboy. Steven Spielberg, who directed her in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when she was a child and was her godfather, gave her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that read, "Cover yourself up". Enclosed were copies of her Playboy pictures, with the pictures altered by his art department so that she appeared fully clothed. During a 1995 appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, Barrymore climbed onto David Letterman's desk and bared her breasts to him, her back to the camera, in celebration of his birthday. Drew Barrymore modeled in a series of Guess? jeans ads during this time.

Return to prominenceIn 1995, Barrymore starred in Boys on the Side opposite Whoopi Goldberg and Mary-Louise Parker, and had a cameo role in Joel Schumacher's film Batman Forever, in which she portrayed a moll to Tommy Lee Jones' character, Two-Face. The following year, she made a cameo in the successful horror film Scream. Barrymore has continued to be highly bankable, and a top box office draw.  Drew Barrymore was frequently cast in romantic comedies such as Wishful Thinking (1997), The Wedding Singer (1998), and Home Fries (1998).Barrymore's role in the costume drama Ever After (1998) offered a modern take on the classic fairy tale of Cinderella and served as a reminder, according to Roger Ebert, of how well Drew Barrymore "can hold the screen and involve us in her characters".

Besides a number of appearances in films produced by her company, Flower Films, including Charlie's Angels, Barrymore had a dramatic role in the comedy/drama Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), playing a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father (based on the real-life story of Beverly D'Onofrio). In 2002, Barrymore appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, alongside Sam Rockwell and Julia Roberts.

Flower Films and recent work 

Barrymore at the 2007 Tribeca Film FestivalIn 1995, Barrymore formed Flower Films, a production company, with business partner Nancy Juvonen.The first film produced by the company was 1999's Never Been Kissed. The second offering from the company was Charlie's Angels (2000), a major box office success in 2000 that helped solidify the standing of both Barrymore and the company. When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher. Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9/11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

In 2003, she reprised her role as Dylan Sanders in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in Olive, the Other Reindeer and appeared with Ben Stiller in Duplex in 2003. Flower Films produced 50 First Dates with co-star Adam Sandler's Happy Madison company in 2004.Summing up Barrymore's appeal, Roger Ebert, in his review of 50 First Dates, described Barrymore as having a "smiling, coy sincerity," describing the film as "ingratiating and lovable." 50 First Dates was followed by Fever Pitch (2005), and in 2007, Music and Lyrics and Lucky You. Barrymore's more recent projects include Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2008, and 2009's He's Just Not That into You, Grey Gardens and Everybody's Fine. Barrymore's directorial debut film Whip It, was released in October 2009. Whip It starred Ellen Page and Marcia Gay Harden and centered on an obsession with beauty pageants and the Austin, Texas, Hurl Scouts roller derby team. Barrymore also co-starred in the film.

In 2010, Barrymore reunited with former partner Justin Long on the set of Going the Distance, directed by Nanette Burstein. A R-rated romantic comedy about a couple dealing the ups and downs of a long distance relationship while commuting between New York City and San Francisco, the largely improvised film garnered generally mixed reviews by critics,who summed it as "timelier and a little more honest than most romantic comedies." Budgeted at US$32 million,the film became a moderate financial success at a worldwide box office total of US$40 million.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore has been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle (2012), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

On August 2, 2011, Drew directed the music video for a song "Our Deal", for band Best Coast, with features Chloë Moretz, Miranda Cosgrove, Tyler Posey, Donald Glover, Shailene Woodley and Alia Shawkat.

Other career highlights Barrymore began a recurring character in the animated comedy Family Guy as Brian Griffin's simple-minded girlfriend, Jillian.  Drew Barrymore has since appeared in ten episodes.  Drew Barrymore was the subject of the 2005 documentary My Date with Drew. In it, an aspiring filmmaker and a fan of Barrymore's, uses his limited resources in an attempt to gain a date with her. On February 3, 2004, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Josette Sheeran Shiner, Barrymore, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Tergat Barrymore's films have a worldwide box office gross that stands at over US$2.3 billion. According to The Hollywood Reporter's annual Star Salary Top 10, she was tied for eighth place on the top ten list of actresses' salaries, commanding 10 to 12 million dollars per movie for 2006. On February 3, 2007, Barrymore hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the fifth time, making her the second female host (after Candice Bergen) in the show's history to do so.  Drew Barrymore hosted again on October 10, 2009, becoming the first female to host six times. Barrymore still holds the record as the youngest celebrity ever to host the show (1982, at age seven). Barrymore became a CoverGirl Cosmetics' model and spokeswoman in 2007,. Today, Drew Barrymore is still one of the faces for CoverGirl, alongside Queen Latifah and Taylor Swift. The company partnered up with Drew because "she emulates the iconic image of CoverGirl with her fresh, natural beauty and energetic yet authentic spirit" said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Vice President and General Manager of CoverGirl Cosmetics North America.  Drew Barrymore has been brought not only her personality into this endorsement but also her creative side, as she is also a co-creator of the ads.  Drew Barrymore was No. 1 in People's annual 100 Most Beautiful People list in 2007. Also in 2007, she was named the new face for the Gucci jewelry line.Barrymore is signed to IMG Models New York City.

In May 2007, Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme and later donated $1 million to the cause.In September 2010, Barrymore was confirmed to play the role of Ganga in the Indian Bollywood film The Lifestyle – In Generation Next to be directed by Santosh Kumar Jain, to be released in 2012.  Several articles and interviews reported Barrymore's taste for photography. As a guest photographer for a magazine series called "They Shoot New York," she appeared on the cover holding a Pentax K1000 film camera. Drew Barrymore hopes to expose her work in a gallery one day, as she documented the last decade of her life with a Pentax camera.

Personal Life 

Barrymore at the Music and Lyrics London premiere, 2007In 1991, at the age of 16, Barrymore became engaged to Leland Hayward, grandson of Hollywood producer Leland Hayward. After a few months, this engagement was called off. Barrymore was engaged to and lived with musician/actor Jamie Walters in 1992–93.

 Drew Barrymore was married to Welsh bartender turned bar owner Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994. Barrymore married comedian Tom Green on July 7, 2001. Green filed for divorce in December 2001. The divorce was finalized on October 15, 2002.

In 2002, Barrymore began dating The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti, soon after they met at a concert. Their five year relationship ended on January 10, 2007.  Drew Barrymore dated actor Justin Long, but they confirmed their split in July 2008.The couple reunited in 2009 and co-starred in the 2010 film Going the Distance. The two then reportedly split again in 2010 and Drew started dating the son of former Chanel CEO Will Kopelman.

Since the 1990s, Barrymore has been frequently mentioned as one of the few openly bisexual Hollywood personalities.In 2004, she was quoted as saying, "A woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else. When I was younger I used to go with lots of women. Totally. I love it". In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore in the mid-1990s.

Filmography/Television

1978 Suddenly, Love Bobbi Graham (Uncredited) TV movie

1980 Bogie Leslie Bogart TV movie

1980 Altered States Margaret Jessup

1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Gertie Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer

1984 Firestarter Charlene "Charlie" McGee Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

1984 Irreconcilable Differences Casey Brodsky Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

1985 Cat's Eye Our Girl, Amanda (all segments)

1986 Babes in Toyland Lisa Piper TV movie

1989 See You in the Morning Cathy Goodwin

1989 Far From Home Joleen Cox

1991 Motorama Fantasy Girl

1992 2000 Malibu Road Lindsay 6 episodes

1992 Sketch Artist  

1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time Vampire Victim No.1

1992 Poison Ivy Ivy

1992 Guncrazy Anita Minteer Best Actress Award at the MystFest

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

1993 Amy Fisher Story, TheThe Amy Fisher Story Amy Fisher

1993 No Place to Hide Tinsel Hanley

1993 Doppelganger Holly Gooding

1993 Wayne's World 2 Bjergen Kjergen

1994 Inside the Goldmine Daisy

1994 Bad Girls Lilly Laronette

1995 Boys on the Side Holly Pulchik-Lincoln

1995 Mad Love Casey Roberts

1995 Batman Forever Sugar

1996 Everyone Says I Love You Skylar Dandridge

1996 Scream Casey Becker Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

1997 Wishful Thinking Lena

1997 Best Men Hope

1998 Wedding Singer, TheThe Wedding Singer Julia Sullivan MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress {also for Ever After}

Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy

Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress (also for Ever After)

Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

1998 Ever After Danielle de Barbarac Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress {also for The Wedding Singer}

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Drama/Romance

Saturn Award for Best Actress

Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress (also for The Wedding Singer)

1998 Home Fries Sally Jackson

1999 Never Been Kissed Josie Geller Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Female

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Recipient – Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards- Crystal Award.

1999 Olive, the Other Reindeer Olive Voice

Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)

2000 Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons Sophie (voice) 1 episode

2000 Skipped Parts Fantasy Girl Nominated—Video Premiere Award for Best Supporting Actress

2000 Titan A.E. Akima voice

2000 Charlie's Angels Dylan Sanders Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team (Internet Only) (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

2001 Donnie Darko Karen Pomeroy

2001 Freddy Got Fingered Mr. Davidson's Receptionist Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress (shared with Julie Hagerty)

2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Beverly Donofrio

2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Penny

2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Dylan Sanders Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence (Shared with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu)

2003 Duplex Nancy Kendricks

2004 50 First Dates Lucy Whitmore MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo

People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Female

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

2004 My Date With Drew Herself

2005 Fever Pitch Lindsey Meeks Nominated—Audience Award for Best International Actress

Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress

2005–

present Family Guy Mrs. Lockhart & Jillian Russell (voice) 1 episode for Mrs. Lockhart and 10 episodes for Jillian Russell

2006 Curious George Maggie voice

2007 Music and Lyrics Sophie Fisher Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Female Movie Star

2007 Lucky You Billie Offer

2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Chloe voice

2009 He's Just Not That Into You Mary Harris

2009 Grey Gardens Edith Bouvier Beale Made-for-cable HBO film

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie

2009 Everybody's Fine Rosie

2009 Whip It Smashley Simpson also director

2010 Going the Distance Erin Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Star

2012 Big Miracle Rachel Kramer

Director 

2004 Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start Director; Documentary

2009 Whip It Directorial debut

2011 Our Deal Music Video for Best Coast

Producer 

1999 Never Been Kissed Executive producer

2000 Charlie's Angels Producer

2001 Donnie Darko Executive producer

2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Producer

2003 Duplex Producer

2005 Fever Pitch Producer

2009 He's Just Not That Into You Executive producer

2009 Whip It Executive producer

Nominated—Bronze Horse

2011 Charlie's Angles (TV Series) Executive producer.

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