Carrie Fisher known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, passed away on Dec 27, 2016 following a cardiac arrest. She is survived by her daughter.
She enrolled in Central School of Speech and Drama in 1973 to study acting in London.
She made her film debut in the 1975 Warren Beatty lead movie Shampoo.
She was focused on her writing career too and published Surrender the Pink and Delusions of Grandma.
She created scripts for numerous successful Hollywood movies like The Wedding Singer, Hook and Sister Act.
In 1990, she wrote her memoir Postcards from the Edge which detailed drug addiction and her rehab experiences.
In 2005, she won the Women of Vision Award given by Women in Film & Video DC.
She also appeared in TV shows like Sex and the City, The Big Bang Theory and a recurrent role on British comedy Catastrophe.
She also wrote her own autobiography entitled The Princess Diarist.
