Fisher, Carrie (1956– )

US film actor and writer, most famous for her role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977–83). She has also turned her hand to writing: Postcards from the Edge (1987) was a novel loosely based on her own relationship with her actor mother Debbie Reynolds, and was made into a successful film in 1990.

Fisher was born in Los Angeles, California. She suffered from well-publicized bouts of depression and drug dependency following her early rise to fame. Later work includes a character part in Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters (1986) and supporting roles in comedies such as When Harry Met Sally (1989). In 1995 she began presenting her own television show Carrie on Hollywood, a showcase for her own caustic and witty views of the industry into which she was born.