She managed to become an icon herself without remaining in her mother's shadow. A true Hollywood kid whose life is a novel full of ups and downs. As can be understood from the screenplay Postcards from the Edge, which she adapted from her semi-autobiographical book, she is also an excellent writer.
Carrie Fisher is an American actress who played the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies.
Carrie Fisher was born on October 21, 1956, in Beverly Hills, California, USA, as the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and film actress Debbie Reynolds. Her full name is Carrie Frances Fisher. Carrie Fisher's parents divorced when she was 2 years old. She studied at Beverly Hills High School. She studied theater and cinema for 18 months at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. Fisher played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) — a posthumous release that was dedicated to her — and appeared in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens.
She started acting in 1975 with the movie "Shampoo", starring Warren Beatty.
Then, in 1977, Carrie Fisher starred in the original trilogy of George Lucas' classic science-fiction series Star Wars, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and Princess Leia Organa and General Leia in The Force Awakens. She took on the biggest role of her career by portraying the character Organa. She became a world-renowned actress with this role.
In 1977, Carrie Fisher played the character of Princess Leia Organa in George Lucas's science-fiction movie "Star Wars", while Mark Hamill starred with Harrison Ford.
Another popular production that Carrie Fisher starred in after Star Wars was Jazz Brothers in 1980. In this movie, she shared the leading role with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Carrie Fisher married Musician Paul Simon on August 16, 1983. She divorced in 1984.
In 1986, she starred in the movie "Hannah and Her Sisters" directed by Woody Allen, alongside Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Woody Allen, Carrie Fisher, Max von Sydow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Dianne Wiest.
In 1989, she starred with Tom Hanks in the movie "Burbs".
In 1990, the movie "Postcards from the Edge", for which she wrote the script, was directed by Mike Nichols and starred by Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, and Richard Dreyfuss.
Carrie Fisher later lived with talent agent Bryan Lourd from 1991 to 1994. She has a daughter named Billie Catherine Lourd (b. July 17, 1992).
She served as a jury member at the Venice Film Festival in August 2013.
Carrie Fisher, who had a heart attack on the flight from London to Los Angeles on December 23, 2016, was taken to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and treated in intensive care as soon as the plane landed.
However, she died in the hospital on December 27, 2016.