Carrie Fisher is a famous Hollywood actress who’s starred in many feature films, from “The Blues Brothers” to “The ‘Burbs” to “When Harry Met Sally.” However, all her appearances on the big screen were eclipsed by one major role, which was that of Princess Leia Organa from the “Star Wars” trilogy. She revisited that role three decades later, when “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” came out last year. But Carrie wasn’t always the kickass galactic princess several generations of viewers came to love.
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She was born in posh Beverly Hills, to a Jewish singer, Eddie Fisher, and famous Hollywood actress, Debbie Reynolds. Her family was no stranger to show business. Aside from her parents, her brother, Todd Fisher, entered Hollywood as a producer and actor. Carrie’s half-sisters, Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, also saw moderate success as film actresses.
At the age of two, Carrie’s parents divorced. To cope with the situation, the very young Carrie immersed herself in literature and became sort of a bookworm. She was exposed to the works of classical writers and poets. One of her first major acting gigs was that of a debutante of the Broadway show “Irene” in 1973, in which her mother had the lead role. Fisher prioritized this over school, and never graduated from high school.
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That same year, Carrie entered the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and spent a year-and-a-half learning acting and honing her craft. In 1978, she moved to Sarah Lawrence College to study, but before she could finish, she caught the eye of a director by the name of George Lucas.
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