Daughter of Debbie Reynolds, star of the film Singing in the Rain and Eddie Fisher, Carrie Ficher was born in Beverly Hills, California on October 21, 1956.
Two years after her first movie role, in the romantic comedy Shampoo, Carrie Fischer had an audition that would change her life forever. In 1977, and until the end of her life, she will remain in the popular imagination as the interpreter of Princess Leia Organa, sister of Luke Skywalker and daughter of Darth Vader, in the film series Star Wars – Star Wars. Following the worldwide success of the first part, released in 1977, Carrie Fischer resumed her role in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and The Return of the Jedi in 1983.
But sudden fame comes at a price. Undermined by addiction problems, Carrie Fischer struggles to give her career a second wind. She will still have the opportunity to tour under the direction of the greatest, such as Woody Allen in Hannah and her sisters in 1986, but also Rob Reiner in the cult romantic comedy When Harry meets Sally, in 1989.
In the 2000s, Carrie Fisher turned to writing. In 2004, she wrote her autobiographical novel, The best awful, but also Postcards from the edge, which was adapted for film by Mike Nichols. However, she has not completely broken with the world of cinema, since she will be a member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2013 and has agreed to resume her mythical role as Princess Leia in the new episode of the Star Wars saga: The Awakening of the Force, directed by J.J. Abrams, on the screens in December 2015.
On the private side, Carrie Fisher has a daughter born in 1992, Billie Catherine Lourd, the fruit of her relationship with Bryan Lourd.
On December 27, 2016, Carrie Fischer died at the age of 60.
An extremely complicated end of the year … On December 27, 2016, Carrie Fisher, star of the Star Wars saga, died of a heart attack.
For the past fifteen years, Harrison Ford has had a very beautiful love affair with Calista Flockhart, who became his wife in June 2010. But
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