Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Los Angeles, California to Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She dropped out of Beverly Hills High School to join the chorus of the Broadway revival of Irene starring her mother. Two years later she made her film debut in Shampoo (1975) opposite Warren Beatty. Carrie’s next film role was as Princess Leia in George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope. This was her first leading role and the one for which she is most famous. She starred as Leia in the following two film—The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The year of Jedi’s release, Carrie married Paul Simon, a musician. The marriage lasted less than a year.
In 1990 Carrie became a literary sensation with the release of her New York Times best-selling novel, Postcards from the Edge, for which she won the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. She has since released two other novels, Surrender the Pink and Delusions of Grandma, both best sellers. In 1993 she gave birth to her daughter, Billie Catherine (father Bryan Lourd).
An extremely talented and witty writer, Carrie is one of the most sought-after “script doctors” in Hollywood and has worked on such films as Hook, Sister Act, and Lethal Weapon 3. She co-wrote the 1997 Academy Awards Ceremony presentation. She is currently working on her fourth novel and several screen plays.