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Carrie Fisher

Highest Rated: 100% Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)

Lowest Rated: 0% Under the Rainbow (1981)

Birthday: Oct 21, 1956

Birthplace: Burbank, California, USA

A child of Hollywood, Carrie Fisher grew up in the shadow of scandal as the daughter of Eddie Fisher, who left her mother Debbie Reynolds for best friend Elizabeth Taylor. No stranger to scandal herself later in life, Fisher was best known as Princess Leia in "Star Wars" (1977), one of the biggest box office hits of all time. With a Danish pastry hairdo and white robes, Fisher's Leia endeared herself to generations of obsessive fans who flocked to the sequels "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983). She tried to escape the role with memorable turns in "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and "When Harry Met Sally" (1989), but was unable to break free. Meanwhile, Fisher secretly struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as bipolar disorder, which she first revealed with the semi-autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge (1987), which was adapted into a 1990 film starring Meryl Streep. Equally discordant were her romantic affairs, which included a brief dalliance with Dan Aykroyd and a longtime relationship with singer Paul Simon, whom she married in 1983. In 2006, the self-deprecating Fisher took to the stage to poke fun at her addictions in the one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking." Though she continued to act, Fisher earned critical acclaim and industry respect for her work as an author and sought-after script doctor, all while embracing the character she once tried to avoid, eventually reprising Leia as a defiant, strong older woman in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015). Fisher's death on December 27, 2016, following a massive heart attack suffered on a Los Angeles-bound flight several days earlier, was mourned by friends, fans and industry peers across the globe.

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Highest rated movies

100% 86% Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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95% 97% Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Watchlist 93% 96% Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Watchlist 93% 84% Star Wars: The Force Awakens Watchlist 91% 90% Hannah and Her Sisters Watchlist 91% 41% Star Wars: The Last Jedi Watchlist
89% 89% When Harry Met Sally...
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83% 67% Postcards From the Edge
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82% 94% Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Watchlist
81% 72% White Lightnin'
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
38% 73% Wonderwell Hazel (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 99% Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - 40th Anniversary Princess Leia (Character) - 2023
51% 86% Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Leia Organa (Character) $515.2M 2019
91% 41% Star Wars: The Last Jedi Leia (Character) $620.2M 2017
No Score Yet 18% Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Leia (Character) - 2017
100% 86% Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Self - 2016
93% 84% Star Wars: The Force Awakens Leia (Character) $123 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Speed and Mayhem Down Under Unknown (Character) - 2014
63% 44% Maps to the Stars Self $347.6K 2014
No Score Yet 32% It's Christmas, Carol! Eve (Character) - 2012
81% 72% White Lightnin' Cilla (Character) - 2009
25% 33% Sorority Row Mrs. Crenshaw (Character) $12.0M 2009
33% 57% Fanboys Doctor (Character) $685.5K 2009
13% 38% The Women Bailey Smith (Character) $26.9M 2008
40% 18% Ghost Writer Reporter (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 18% Cougar Club Glady Goodbey (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 91% Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive Unknown (Character) - 2006
6% 48% Undiscovered Carrie (Character) $1.0M 2005
24% 60% Stateside Mrs. Dubois (Character) $174.3K 2004
34% 65% Wonderland Sally Hansen (Character) $1.1M 2003
41% 40% Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Mother Superior (Character) $100.8M 2003
No Score Yet 34% The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Interviewee (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 46% These Old Broads Screenwriter - 2001
52% 75% Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Nun (Character) $30.1M 2001
54% 51% Heartbreakers Ms. Surpin (Character) $40.3M 2001
44% 40% Famous Self $112.5K 2000
41% 38% Scream 3 Bianca Burnette (Character) $89.1M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anything for Love Unknown (Character) - 1996
36% 49% This Is My Life Claudia Curtis (Character) $2.8M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazing Stories: The Movie V Laurie McNamara (Character) - 1992
11% 77% Drop Dead Fred Janie (Character) $13.9M 1991
74% 63% Soapdish Betsy Faye Sharon (Character) $33.9M 1991
No Score Yet 22% Sweet Revenge Linda (Character) - 1990
83% 67% Postcards From the Edge Writer $36.9M 1990
25% 32% Sibling Rivalry Iris Turner-Hunter (Character) $16.8M 1990
89% 89% When Harry Met Sally... Marie (Character) $90.4M 1989
50% 56% Loverboy Monica Delancy (Character) $3.9M 1989
56% 71% The 'Burbs Carol Peterson (Character) $34.1M 1989
No Score Yet 42% Appointment With Death Nadine Boynton (Character) $603.6K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet She's Back Beatrice (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 13% The Time Guardian Petra (Character) - 1987
65% 58% Amazon Women on the Moon Mary Brown (Character) $388.2K 1987
91% 90% Hannah and Her Sisters April (Character) $37.3M 1986
No Score Yet 17% Hollywood Vice Squad Betty Melton (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunday Drive Franny Jessup (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberty Emma Lazarus (Character) - 1986
47% 40% The Man With One Red Shoe Paula (Character) - 1985
57% 50% Garbo Talks Lisa Rolfe (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 20% Frankenstein Elizabeth (Character) - 1984
82% 94% Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Princess Leia (Character) $314.3M 1983
0% 49% Under the Rainbow Annie Clark (Character) - 1981
71% 92% The Blues Brothers Mystery Woman (Character) - 1980
95% 97% Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Princess Leia (Character) $291.9M 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave Yesterday Behind Marnie Clarkson (Character) - 1978
25% 25% Star Wars: Holiday Special Princess Leia (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come Back, Little Sheba Marie (Character) - 1977
93% 96% Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Princess Leia Organa (Character) $345 1977
68% 56% Shampoo Lorna (Character) - 1975

TV

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No Score Yet 73% Das Boot Leia Organa (Character) 2018
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Angela (Guest Voice) 2005-2008 2010-2011 2013-2014 2016-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2015
No Score Yet 100% QI Guest 2014
No Score Yet 91% The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Guest 2014
81% 84% The Big Bang Theory Carrie Fisher (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spoilers With Kevin Smith Guest 2012
65% 82% Entourage Anna Fowler (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deal or No Deal Guest 2008
78% 92% 30 Rock Rosemary Howard (Guest Star) 2007
70% 80% Weeds Arlene Cutter (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Lot Judge 2007
78% 70% Smallville Pauline Kahn (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Morning, Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nero Wolfe Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
70% 80% Sex and the City Carrie Fisher (Guest Star) 2000
46% No Score Yet It's Like, You Know ... Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
57% No Score Yet Gun Unknown (Character) 1997
76% 78% Roseanne Writer 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ellen Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
95% 95% Frasier Phyllis (Guest Voice) 1995
78% 85% The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Writer 1993
No Score Yet 78% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laverne & Shirley Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1978