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Carrie Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an United
States|American actor|actress, screenwriter and
novelist.

She was born Carrie Frances Fisher in Beverly
Hills, California|Beverly Hills, California, the
daughter of singer Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie
Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. Her younger
brother is Todd Fisher. Her half-sisters are
actress Joely Fisher and actress Tricia Leigh
Fisher, whose mother is actress Connie Stevens.

When she was two years old, her parents divorced
and her father married actress Elizabeth Taylor.
The following year, her mother married shoe store
chain owner Harry Karl.

Fisher grew up wanting to follow in the footsteps
of her famous parents. She began appearing with
her mother in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas at age
12. She attended Beverly Hills High School, but
left to become an actress. She appeared as a
debutante and dancer in the hit Broadway
theatre|Broadway revival Irene (musical)|Irene
(1973) starring her mother.

Soon after, she enrolled at London's Central
School of Speech and Drama, where she attended 18
months. Her first film|movie appearance was in the
Columbia Pictures comedy film|comedy Shampoo
(film)|Shampoo (1975 in film|1975) starring Warren
Beatty, Julie Christie, and Goldie Hawn, with Lee
Grant, and Jack Warden.

In 1977 in film|1977, Fisher starred as Princess
Leia|Princess Leia Organa in George Lucas's
science fiction|sci-fi classic Star Wars Episode
IV: A New Hope|Star Wars opposite Mark Hamill and
Harrison Ford, with Peter Cushing, and Alec
Guinness.

Star Wars was a huge success and made her
global|internationally famous in her own right.
Princess Leia became a merchandising triumph;
there were small plastic dolls of her in every toy
store nationwide. At the same time, Fisher became
addiction|addicted to various drugs.

She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes From
King Kong (1980), playing Iris. She was also a
replacement in the Broadway stage play|play Agnes
of God (1982).

Fisher's book Postcards from the Edge, which was
autobiography|autobiographical in the sense that
she fiction|fictionalized events obviously from
her real life, such as her drug addiction of the
late 1970s, was publishing|published in 1987 in
literature|1987. It became a sensational
bestseller and she won the Los Angeles Pen Award
for Best First Novel.

In 1990 in film|1990, Columbia released a movie
version of Postcards from the Edge, which was
adapted for the screen by Fisher and starred Meryl
Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid.

Fisher was married to musician Paul Simon
(1983-1984). She is the mother of Billie Catherine
Lourd (born July 17, 1992), whose father is
Creative Artists Agency|CAA principal and agent,
Bryan Lourd. The couple's relationship ended when
Lourd left Fisher for a man.

Her other novels include Surrender the Pink (1991
in literature|1991), Delusions of Grandma (1993 in
literature|1993), Hollywood Moms (2001 in
literature|2001), and The Best Awful There Is (2004 in literature|2004).

In 2001 in television|2001, she co-wrote the
Television|TV comedy movie These Old Broads, of
which she was also co-executive producer, starring
her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth
Taylor, Joan Collins, and Shirley MacLaine. In
this, Taylor's character, an agent, explains to
Reynolds's character, an actress, that she was in
a Alcoholism|drunken blackout when she married the
actress's husband, "Freddy."

In an interview on National Public Radio|public
radio in 2005, Fisher expressed some regret about
being known overwhelmingly for her role as
Princess Leia, and joked that she was afraid that
if she became dementia|senile she may begin to
slip back into character.

Fisher has publicly discussed her problems with
drugs, her battles with bipolar disorder, and
overcoming an addiction to medical
prescription|prescription antidepressants, most
notably on American Broadcasting Company|ABC TV's
20/20.

On February 26, 2005, 42-year-old Republican Party
(United States)|Republican Party media adviser R.
Gregory Stevens was found dead in a guest room at
Fisher's home. She stated that he was a longtime
friend and often stayed with her. An autopsy
revealed he died from an overdose of cocaine and
Oxycodone|OxyContin.
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Besides acting and writing, she has worked as a
"script doctor" on the screenplays of other
writers.

==Filmography==
*Shampoo (film)|Shampoo (1975 in film|1975) ...
Lorna
*Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars IV: A
New Hope (1977 in film|1977) ... Princess Leia
Organa
*The Star Wars Holiday Special|The Star Wars
Holiday Special (1978|1978) ... Princess Leia
Organa
*Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|Star
Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980 in
film|1980) ... Princess Leia Organa
*The Blues Brothers (1980 in film|1980) ...
Mystery Woman
*Under the Rainbow (1981 in film|1981) ... Annie
Clark
*Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Star
Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983 in film|1983)
... Princess Leia Organa
*Garbo Talks (1984 in film|1984) ... Lisa Rolfe
*The Man with One Red Shoe (1985 in film|1985) ...
Paula
*Hannah and Her Sisters (1986 in film|1986) ...
April
*Hollywood Vice Squad (1986 in film|1986) ...
Betty Melton 
*Amazon Women on the Moon (1987 in film|1987)
(Reckless Youth segment) ... Mary Brown 
*The Time Guardian (1987 in film|1987) ... Petra
*Appointment with Death (1988 in film|1988) ...
Nadine Boynton
*The 'burbs (1989 in film|1989) ... Carol Peterson
*Loverboy (1989 in film|1989) ... Monica Delancy
*When Harry Met Sally... (1989 in film|1989) ...
Marie
*She's Back (1989 in film|1989) ... Beatrice
*Sweet Revenge (1990 in film|1990) ... Linda
*Sibling Rivalry (1990 in film|1990) ... Iris
Turner-Hunter
*Drop Dead Fred (1991 in film|1991) ... Janie
*Soapdish (1991 in film|1991) ... Betsy Faye
Sharon
*Hook (movie)|Hook (1991 in film|1991) ... Woman
kissing on bridge (uncredited)
*This Is My Life (1992 in film|1992) ... Claudia
Curtis
*Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997
in film|1997) ... Therapist (uncredited)
*Scream 3 (2000 in film|2000) ... Bianca Burnette
*Heartbreakers (2001 in film|2001) ... Ms. Surpin
*Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001 in
film|2001) ... Nun
*A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002 in film|2002) ...
Mia's Mom
*Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003 in
film|2003) ... Mother Superior
*Wonderland (2003 movie)|Wonderland (2003 in
film|2003) ... Sally Hansen
*Stateside (2004 in film|2004) ... Mrs. Dubois
*The Aristocrats (2005) ... herself

==External links==

*http://www.carriefisher.com/ Personal Website at
CarrieFisher.com
*imdb name|id=0000402|name=Carrie Fisher
*http://movies.go.com/filmography/Filmography?pers
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*ibdb name|id=80327|name=Carrie Fisher