she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award and five Emmy Awards
She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
Barrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her 1982 role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost.
She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream and Ever After
Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in several films, including The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended.