She grew up with a violent father, started drinking alcohol at just 9 years old, and then she was institutionalized!
The story of Drew Barrymore is one of the most harrowing and ultimately triumphant arcs in the history of American cinema. To the world, she was the golden child of a legendary Hollywood dynasty, the wide-eyed girl who captured the heart of the planet in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. But behind the precocious smile and the cinematic…









