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Drew Barrymore - College Paper

Drew Barrymore

is a 23 year old actress, born on February 22,1975. She was born in Los Angeles into a family known for both its thespian talent and personal life difficulties. When Drew was an infant, her parents were told numerous times, she should "get into commercials."
Drew was a very talented little girl. The movie she first appeared in was a minor role in the movie "The Protagonist’s Daughter." Her main acting career began in 1982 when she was cast as "Gertie" in Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction movie "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial." This movie was one of the most popular films of all time. This great achievement pushed Barrymore to stardom and was now known ...

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world. Drew first started using cocaine when she was 13 years old, at the time she didn’t think she would become addicted to the drug. But she was mistaken, before long she found herself using increasingly large quantities of the drug. Drew’s mother became concerned and dragged Drew to a Family Treatment Center, in Van Nuys, California. Drew attended many therapy sessions with other patients her own age. She spent only 12 days in the hospital and proved she was satisfied with the program. She left the hospital early, due to a prior commitment for a shoot in Nevada.
This shoot had to travel to New York City, where, after more than 2 months of sobriety; Drew craved for cocaine and immediately fell back into her terrible habits. Her mother hired two private agents to track down Drew, they found her and a friend and returned them in handcuffs to the hospital. Drew finally thought to make her recovery her top priority, and she was forced to admit she had hit rock bottom. After 3 months ...

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Added: 5/8/2007 07:10:01 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
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