Princess Leia/Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher is an American actress, screenwriter, and novelist. She was born on October 25, 1956, in Beverly Hills, California to parents Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Her parents divorced when she was two (sad, huh?), but she began appearing on stage with her mother when she was 12, so it was clear that she would go into the family business: acting. She appeared on the Broadway show Irene after leaving high school early to join her mother on the road.

In the 1970s, Carrie enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama for 18 months. She made her film debut in 1975 in Shampoo. In 1977, she appeared as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV- A New Hope. The huge success of Star Wars made her internationally famous. Then Fisher appeared in the music video for Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" as the love interest in 1978 on Ringo's TV special of that year.

In the 1980s, Carrie appeared in The Blues Brothers (cameo role) and on the Broadway show: Censored scenes from King Kong. Then she appeared again as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back(my personal favorite) and her final Leia appearence in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. After wearing the metal bikini (aka, slave girl outfit), Carrie became a sex symbol whom all boys in the adolescence stage fell for.

Some of the other films Carrie has appeared in are: The Man With One Red Shoe, Hannah and her Sisters, When Harry Met Sally, The Burbs, Postcards From The Edge, Drop Dead Fred, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Scream 3, These Old Broads, Hook, and many, many more. She appeared in Broadway shows, and even does the voice of Peter Griffin's boss in Family Guy. Carrie has written Postcards from the Edge, 1987, Surrender the Pink, 1991, Delusions of Grandma, 1993, Hollywood Moms, 2001, (introduction) and The Best Awful There Is, 2004.

Carrie recently joined Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne on Saturday evenings for The Essentials with informative and entertaining conversation on Hollywoods best films. She guest-starred in the episode titled "Sex and Another City" from season 3 of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker. This episode also featured Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner and Sam Seder in a guest role. On October 25, 2007, Carrie guest-starred on 30 Rock for the "Rosemary's Baby" Episode 4 of Season 2 for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She starred as Rosemary Howard. Her last line in the show was a spoof from Star Wars: "Help me Liz Lemon, You're my only hope!". On April 28, 2008, she was a guest on Deal or No Deal.

Carrie was married to musician Paul Simon in a relationship that lasted them several years (pretty good for Hollywood) and was in one of his music videos, and mentioned ina few of his songs (Hearts & Bones, Graceland, Allergies, and She Moves On). After their (i guess) divorce, she had a relationship with Bryan Lourd. They had one child together, Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992). The couple's relationship ended when Lourd left her for a man (isn't that just sad???). She was linked for a time to Senator Christopher Dodd and was briefly engaged to Dan Aykroyd. She also dated broadcast reporter Bob Tur in 2004-2005. Carrie has publicly discussed her problems with drugs, her battles with bipolar disorder, and overcoming an addiction to prescription medication, most notably on ABC TV's 20/20 and The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive with Stephen Fry on the BBC. Carrie was raised as a Protestant, but often attends jewish services.

Carrie Fisher is very talented, and altogether my favorite actress. I first discovered her when I first saw Star Wars, but she has apeared in over 30 films. I have chosen her for my Halloween costume this year. Even though she has had some problems with drugs, and relationships, she could be a good person to follow in terms of career and personality. Who doesn't love a pretty heroine with a sense of humor?